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Post by Fractal on Mar 19, 2012 15:50:55 GMT
Just looking at that picture of the telescope again. I reckon its over twenty years ago!
The pic of dad with the runners is from last year though. Hope he gets to enjoy it finally after having to wait for so long!!!
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 19, 2012 20:44:55 GMT
That's looking rather good steve. I have to lug mine out of the shed each time  Get him to visit our local astronomy forum. We could do with a few more brainy types  pembsastronomers.freeforums.org/index.phpIndeed anyone with an interest can pop in. We are still very new and only had a few meetings so far but getting better all the time. I have the room for an observatory but unfortunately the lie of the land makes it virtually impossible to have a permanent spot that has reasonable sky views. |
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Post by Fractal on Mar 19, 2012 22:09:21 GMT
Hmm, that is a shame sp. I'll pass the link on to him though  |
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 19, 2012 22:41:40 GMT
This may help to show where mars is at present, looking south  |
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Post by Fractal on Mar 20, 2012 22:44:23 GMT
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Post by Fractal on Mar 20, 2012 23:00:35 GMT
You can run time forward or backward to see exactly where everything is in the sky. Excellent graphics too. The 25th between 8.30 and 9.30 looks good with the moon forming an acute triangle with Venus and Jupiter. Screen capture:  |
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Post by seaburn on Mar 21, 2012 19:34:05 GMT
i was talking to geranium on monday night and we both were looking at these 2 beautiful stars. she is doing well too.
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Post by SueA on Mar 21, 2012 19:51:53 GMT
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 22, 2012 11:39:46 GMT
Looks like a few budding astronomers on here. SteveN yes I use stellarium and also skymap pro. Being a bit of a tehno dinosaur though I sometimes forget the way to use Stellarium to best advantage.  |
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Post by SueA on Mar 23, 2012 11:02:18 GMT
My O.H. has a cheap telescope Sweetpea but it doesn't seem to have much magnification on it, it was one on offer from Jessops a couple of years ago, very good for looking at the detail on the moon but not much else. The only constellation I can recognise is Orion because it's quite often right outside the back door, we have too much cloud & light pollution normally.
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 23, 2012 22:53:58 GMT
Sue, I used to live within the M25 area 10 miles from Heathrow.
A very light polluted area but still on occasion could see the milky way and even mercury.
Orion is perhaps the most distinctive of the winter constellations and very recognisable. If you follow the three belt stars down you will come to Sirius, the brightest star in our sky. It is the brightest star in the constellation Canis major also called the Dog Star.
Immediately below that there is an open cluster called M41 and can be seen with the naked eye in a DARK sky location otherwise a telescope or binoculars is needed to see it.
I was out tonight looking at the Orion Nebula through my telescope. That also can be seen with the naked eye and is that fuzzy patch where the the 'Sword' hangs from the three 'Belt' stars.
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Post by Fractal on Mar 26, 2012 20:55:46 GMT
The Moon with Venus and Jupiter are spectacular tonight!   |
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Post by grindle on Mar 27, 2012 4:48:40 GMT
weren't they just, I was looking at them too, so clear and bright
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