Well, it’s official now, the “Comet of the Century” is dead!



www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12 ... 71817.html

Well, it’s official now, the “Comet of the Century” is dead!



www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12 ... 71817.html

3 million years to get here & it dies just as we're about to see it

3 million years to get here & it dies just as we're about to see it

Not at all. [url=http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/There's loads[/url. You could with a bit of effort view 5 comets at the moment. One of them (Comet Lovejoy) is even just about naked-eye visibility, in the early morning, though due to twilight, binoculars are far better.



cometchasing.skyhound.com/comets/2013_R1.pdf

Not at all. [url=http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/There's loads[/url. You could with a bit of effort view 5 comets at the moment. One of them (Comet Lovejoy) is even just about naked-eye visibility, in the early morning, though due to twilight, binoculars are far better.



cometchasing.skyhound.com/comets/2013_R1.pdf

Cheers. I have a telescope I haven't used in a while, I was looking to get an adaptor for my SLR to try photography through it. Do you know if these are any good (in general)

Cheers. I have a telescope I haven't used in a while, I was looking to get an adaptor for my SLR to try photography through it. Do you know if these are any good (in general)

There's loads. You'll want a T-ring to fasten your camera to your adapter, there'll be specific ones for your make of camera. www.firstlightoptics.com/adaptors/t-rings.html



Then you need a T-mount adapter like so www.firstlightoptics.com/adaptor ... apter.html (depending if your eyepieces are 1 1/4" or 2" variety)



They make eyepiece adapters like so www.firstlightoptics.com/adaptor ... hread.html which have some travel for focusing. You can also extent the magnification by use of extension tubes like so www.firstlightoptics.com/adaptor ... -tube.html



I'm sure FLO or any good optics shop would be delighted to discuss chapter and verse and also as ever having a word with people at your local astronomy club is a good idea as there are always people with loads of old kit surplus to requirements.

There's loads. You'll want a T-ring to fasten your camera to your adapter, there'll be specific ones for your make of camera. www.firstlightoptics.com/adaptors/t-rings.html



Then you need a T-mount adapter like so www.firstlightoptics.com/adaptor ... apter.html (depending if your eyepieces are 1 1/4" or 2" variety)



They make eyepiece adapters like so www.firstlightoptics.com/adaptor ... hread.html which have some travel for focusing. You can also extent the magnification by use of extension tubes like so www.firstlightoptics.com/adaptor ... -tube.html



I'm sure FLO or any good optics shop would be delighted to discuss chapter and verse and also as ever having a word with people at your local astronomy club is a good idea as there are always people with loads of old kit surplus to requirements.

Nice video of the moon circling Earth, taken from the Juno spacecraft as it did a fly-by in October on its way to Jupiter. The sort of video that definitely makes you think.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25328277

Nice video of the moon circling Earth, taken from the Juno spacecraft as it did a fly-by in October on its way to Jupiter. The sort of video that definitely makes you think.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25328277

meteors over dartmoor



www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Spectac ... story.html

meteors over dartmoor



www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Spectac ... story.html

Over Christmas, when you're bored, reclining with a port, and letting the turkey digest, how do you fancy discovering supermassive black holes at the cores of distant galaxies?



Radio Galaxy Zoo, a citizen science project, has launched. It will only take you about a minute to learn to match galaxy images and once you've done that, you'll be able to work out if a galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its core. There are billions to check, which is why without the help of amateurs like us, the job can''t be done.



"Did you do anything interesting over the holidays?"



"Why yes, I discovered a supermassive black hole"









radio.galaxyzoo.org/

Over Christmas, when you're bored, reclining with a port, and letting the turkey digest, how do you fancy discovering supermassive black holes at the cores of distant galaxies?



Radio Galaxy Zoo, a citizen science project, has launched. It will only take you about a minute to learn to match galaxy images and once you've done that, you'll be able to work out if a galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its core. There are billions to check, which is why without the help of amateurs like us, the job can''t be done.



"Did you do anything interesting over the holidays?"



"Why yes, I discovered a supermassive black hole"









radio.galaxyzoo.org/

So, is anybody else going to drag their sorry carcass out tonight?



www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/trave ... itain.html

So, is anybody else going to drag their sorry carcass out tonight?



www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/trave ... itain.html

Space Weather are predicting possible auroras as far south as the UK Midlands.

spaceweather.com/

> Current auroral oval

> switch to Europe view.



No doubt the good Professor and his daft Irish sidekick will bring us up to speed on BBC2 this evening.

Space Weather are predicting possible auroras as far south as the UK Midlands.

spaceweather.com/

> Current auroral oval

> switch to Europe view.



No doubt the good Professor and his daft Irish sidekick will bring us up to speed on BBC2 this evening.

Could be a better chance tonight .

Could be a better chance tonight .

A spectacular 'smoking gun' has been discovered which if confirmed finally clinches the theory of the Big Bang and inflation.



Basically, what the researchers have found in the Cosmic Microwave Background is exactly the predicted distortions in the gravitational waves that any such inflation would have had to produce. And nothing else could have produced them.



www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26605974

A spectacular 'smoking gun' has been discovered which if confirmed finally clinches the theory of the Big Bang and inflation.



Basically, what the researchers have found in the Cosmic Microwave Background is exactly the predicted distortions in the gravitational waves that any such inflation would have had to produce. And nothing else could have produced them.



www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26605974

Lyrids anyone?



www.ibtimes.co.uk/lyrids-meteor- ... ne-1445519



Tried & failed last night, will try again - weather permitting

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Lyrids anyone?



www.ibtimes.co.uk/lyrids-meteor- ... ne-1445519



Tried & failed last night, will try again - weather permitting

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