Wednesday 6th of August 2008 06:25:52 AM

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Read All About It!!!

Our eZine PDF 'Look Up!' is now available for free public download.

Now even bigger with 20 Pages, group news and with further details of our 2 new observing sites in...

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Tuesday 22nd of July 2008 01:54:31 PM

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Just got hold of some 'superlube' grease. the RA axis on my meade has quite a bit of play, when i took the bottom plate off i noticed the worm gear wasn't meshed with the main gear very well, because...

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Monday 3rd of March 2008 04:25:39 PM

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To coincide with our new year, the website has now been updated with a fresh new look. It is an ongoing process to upload the content, so please bear with us.

In the meantime, feel free to look around...

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Monday 3rd of March 2008 12:29:33 PM

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Hello to all, I've managed to upload some pictures for the first time on this forum/site. Not the most inspiring images I know but i'm still fairly new to the astrophotography lark. Hope to post...

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Tuesday 8th of January 2008 10:13:33 AM

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I found myself in a Greek mountain village on the night of 30th of December 2007. The sky was unbelievable. Orion alone seemed to have more stars than an entire Oxford sky. Andromeda (M31) was easily...

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Friday 23rd of November 2007 02:29:34 PM

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A wish list to keep things in one place:

1. A decent Barlow to replace the plastic x3 that was included in the Powerseeker 114EQ package. The Tal x3 beckons. The Ultima x2 sounds under-powered. I got...

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Tuesday 30th of October 2007 09:16:27 PM

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I was surfing the web today, and i read about comet 17P/Holmes. I as over the moon, as i had never seen a comet before, and this was in a perfect position for tonight.

The clouds stayed away, and i...

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Tuesday 23rd of October 2007 01:41:25 PM

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This is a sad entry...

Last night, when cleaning under my telescope set-up, i banged my head on a sticking out collimation screw when i came to stand up.

 It seriously hurt, and it started to bleed,...

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Saturday 20th of October 2007 05:53:22 PM

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Lastnight, i braved the cold, to get some great use out of my new telescope.

I sepertated the mount, tube and tripod, and took it outside in 3 bits, and set it up. I started to observe. I am still...

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Friday 19th of October 2007 10:15:44 PM

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While out observing tonight, I decided to start off a blog, so that I can keep track of my astronomy.

I shall make my first entry explaining a little about myself. 

 My name is Remy, and I am...

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Monday 17th of September 2007 11:36:37 PM

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I now know what truly great skies looks like. Saturday just gone was my long-awaited trip to the autumn star party at Kelling Heath. I can't honestly remember a great deal but I'll do my best...

 

So...

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Tuesday 11th of September 2007 11:20:44 PM

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2 clear nights in less than a week? This must be some kind of record for this year! The Kelling Star Party is only a couple of days away and it seems like almost the entire astro community is going!...

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Friday 7th of September 2007 11:41:16 PM

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Well my first observing session without giving first lights to new gear in what seems like eons. So without further ado, this was done with my WO ZS110 on my CG5GT mount.

Most of these objects form...

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Thursday 19th of July 2007 02:26:52 PM

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Today is a special(ish) day for me in Taunton and indeed anyone living on the 51st parallel - the 19th July marks the return of true astronomical darkness. We've been stuck in astronomical twilight...

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Thursday 19th of July 2007 09:51:11 AM

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...or so the hypnosis track is telling me. I'm stopping smoking. Easilty the toughest thing I've had to stop doing and it's been over 2 days and while I'm not snapping at everyone and generally being...

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Wednesday 11th of July 2007 10:53:45 AM

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My new PST arrived on Monday but the tripod etc hasn't arrived. That wasn't going to stop me though and with a bit of fiddling with a dovetail and some screws I managed to mount the PST on my EQ5...

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Tuesday 10th of July 2007 12:34:53 PM

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Woo Hoo my PST has arrived from FLO... just awaiting the mount/tripod and I'll be away... ahh... its raining. :-(

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Monday 9th of July 2007 03:48:44 PM

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Having spent time living in both cities and near the country I've seen a variety of night skies ranging from a light grey haze that I could read a book under to darkness so intense I couldn't see my...

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Saturday 7th of July 2007 10:18:37 AM

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Last night was a night under the stars for the first time in what seemed like ages. Breaking cloud from about 10ish meant the scope was put out for later and I hoped for the best and the clouds...

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Wednesday 27th of June 2007 11:39:17 AM

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This weather is pretty depressing. Floods up north, clouds and rain virtually everywhere else. I haven't been out for what seems like ages. So it was quite surprising last night to see the clouds...

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Monday 25th of June 2007 09:59:31 PM

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Just got back from a week in Brittany where the rain rarely stops... there were several clear patches though.
Unfortunately I chose not to take my telescope as I figured that a) there'd be no space in...

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Friday 22nd of June 2007 07:45:09 PM

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I keep eyes on satellite pictures from metoffice and it seems that I should be able to image Jupiter again and if I'm very lucky I should picture shadow transit of Europa. Anyway I will see and if...

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Monday 18th of June 2007 11:35:19 PM

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For some reason I couldn't upload any pics, but after some fiddling with my computers settings we are up and running again.

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Monday 18th of June 2007 06:37:38 PM

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Just received this beautiful little scope from Rob.  Had a few problems focusing, then realised that the extender should be used with my EP's.

Been looking at clouds and chimney pots because of...

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Monday 18th of June 2007 07:08:57 AM

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Just been woken up by my rabbit and slept only 2hours. I am feeling quite knackered. Sky is cloudy like never before so I don't think any observing this night. Anyway the forecast for next week looks...

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