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- Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:29 am
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: Mars and Uranus together
- Replies: 1
- Views: 60
Mars and Uranus together
Mars and Uranus are still close and just two degrees apart and not far from the Moon tonight in the South. See today's www.spaceweather.com .
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:13 pm
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: The great deluge ..
- Replies: 2
- Views: 74
The great deluge ..
It's an absolute deluge in Lancs today. All in all, it wouldn't be surprising if the last twelve months have been the wettest in the North West since records began. There have been so many dreary "twilight" days and the sullen faces that they generate. They seem to get it much better in th...
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:32 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: Another Beast from the East?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 261
Re: Another Beast from the East?
The Guardian might have meant that, regardless of direction, the weather would be the equivalent of the Beast from the East - severe cold and heavy snowfall.
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:43 pm
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: Another Beast from the East?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 261
Re: Another Beast from the East?
I'm sure you'll agree Cliff that the British weather puts many people off stargazing. Probably, there are quite a few more people who find indoor astronomy more interesting. I refer to TV and radio science programmes. Over the years there have been, for example, some excellent HORIZON programmes on ...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:19 pm
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: Looking for VESTA
- Replies: 24
- Views: 387
Re: Looking for VESTA
A friend and myself saw Uranus without optical aid in the early '60's and from inside the town. The planet wasn't difficult to see. Mind you, we were young then with better vision, and light pollution was nothing like it is now. Previous to the unaided sighting, we'd been observing Uranus in a homem...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:30 am
- Forum: Space exploration
- Topic: Why BIG moon rockets?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 213
Why BIG moon rockets?
The Saturn rockets, as we know, were enormous, but, do moon rockets still need to be big?The ISS ( International Space Station ) was assembled in Earth-orbit from modules. Why not do the same for moon rockets? Instead of launching enormous one-off, fuel-greedy, rockets, the modular parts for moon ta...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:11 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: Making a Monocular from a Binocular
- Replies: 8
- Views: 131
Re: Making a Monocular from a Binocular
What everybody would like to know Jeff, is when did you drop those binoculars? 

- Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:45 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: A nice Christmas Card
- Replies: 4
- Views: 131
Re: A nice Christmas Card
Very nice Cliff. The rose-tinted twilight horizon is an added feature that complements the comet.
The best thing I'll be getting this year is the Covid jab tomorrow.
The best thing I'll be getting this year is the Covid jab tomorrow.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:51 am
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: The Moon through binoculars
- Replies: 20
- Views: 206
Re: The Moon through binoculars
I have the Helios, Voyager, zoom 10X-25X42mm monocular. It's very good for general purpose and astronomy. It also functions as a microscope with its minimum focal distance of 25 inches. The Voyager can be attached to a grip or tripod. It's good to see insects, especially butterflies, in intricate de...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:26 am
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: The Moon through binoculars
- Replies: 20
- Views: 206
Re: The Moon through binoculars
The man who uttered that was Pascal in 1833 or thereabouts. Ironically, it was at the same time that Fraunhofer was making his first solar observations.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:24 pm
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: The Moon through binoculars
- Replies: 20
- Views: 206
Re: The Moon through binoculars
When the book was published, it was a Newtonian universe, the galaxies were regarded as clouds of gas in our galaxy, and the Sun was burning like a piece of coal, not nuclear, etc. The author would have been astonished to know what astrophysics has revealed about the Universe since then.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:10 pm
- Forum: Visual Satellite Observing
- Topic: The UFO files
- Replies: 6
- Views: 290
Re: The UFO files
I've checked in Webster's Stella and they use the same "Aerial" as in the English dictionary. As you know, some Americanisms are spelt differently. Yes, I know what an Ariel is here.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 3:19 pm
- Forum: Visual Satellite Observing
- Topic: The UFO files
- Replies: 6
- Views: 290
Re: The UFO files
Ariel might be the American ( Webster's ) spelling. In the "Tempest", Ariel is a spirit of the air.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:39 pm
- Forum: Visual Satellite Observing
- Topic: The UFO files
- Replies: 6
- Views: 290
The UFO files
The US Congress has ordered the intelligence agencies to reveal all that they know about UFO activities. Congress's directive has given less than 180 days for the Office of Naval Intelligence the Unidentified Ariel Phenomena Task Force and the FBI to give detailed analyses of UFO data that they hold...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:05 pm
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: Another Beast from the East?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 261
Re: Beast from the East.
If it's any consolation Brian, whatever Nature throws at us, she's equipped us with a brain that, given enough time and resources, can solve or, at least, moderate these problems.