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ISS to pass over UK about 2212.

I'm going to try ang grab an image later. Probably widefield with a camera is best, as it's too fast for the scope. RE: The worst result possible. I panicked, as is obvious. Would have had more time if it hadn't ducked behind cloud. Oh well, better luck next time.
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Cloudy Tonight

Cloudy & a full Moon tonight, what a mix. Still, sometimes it looks like the Moons at the end of a tunnel. Definitely worth taking an image. This image doesn't do it justice, I'm afraid.
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Webcam Video Footage

Here's my attempt to capture Sirius on a cheap Webcam through my Telescope. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c_vbVHAPkU&feature=player_profilepage Here's my first ever attempt to video the moon, again with my webcam, unfortunately upside down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwQ3qD1FLQI&feature=player_detailpage Regards Neil
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Inspired by NASA

I've just watched a documentary called Beyond the Moon for 90 minutes about NASA, which has inspired me. The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and the Columbia tragedy shown in the documentary moved me to express my thoughts tonight. I was unaware of the pressure that NASA has been under since the Apollo 11 flight. I was also unaware of the skill and commitment and dedication of the flight crew, mission control and the as stated 400,000 human beings involved in the Apollo program. I can only say
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International Space Station

Now I'm really happy. At 04:49, I spotted the ISS pass over. It was brighter than Sirius, moving fast with a luminous glow. The ISS passed across the front of my south facing house for abouth 10 seconds. Another amazing first for me. I used the link below to track the ISS, which was really accurate. http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25544 Definitely worth getting up for. I also used my Minocular to track it and I think I saw some slight detail. It would be great if I could track with the telescope, but I
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Images of The Sun 10th April 2011.

I finally received my sun filter film. Today around noon I took some images and had a mess around with microsoft picture editor to change the contrast and brightness. I'm dead chuffed, what an amazing sight.
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7th April 2011, Prt2

Tonight, I was really lucky. 1st I saw a meteorite fall across my line of sight fron north to south. Then I spotted a satellite around 21:20. I managed to follow this for about 30secs with my spotter scope in hand. That was quite interesting. The best thing of all, was through my 20mm eyepiece, as I was moving from East to North, a meteorite shot across the view of the scope. That was incredible. For a second it looked as if it bounced on the atmosphere. It caught me off guard, as through the e
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7th April 2011

I didn't get solar film today, maybe tomorrow. Anyway, tonight is an excellent night for Star Gazing. For the first time, I have managed to get the polar alignment correct. I have also managed to get the speed correct on my single axis drive. As a result I have managed to take my best shot so far. The picture is of Arcturus in the east tonight about 22:00. This was taken with a 30 second exposure, with and ISO of 800. The DSLR camera was mounted directly on the scope. I realise there is a lot of
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Solar Filter

I've got some solar filter film coming this Week. I'll have a go with the Baadar ND 5.0 type first. Here's my idea for the filter and housing.
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14th March 2011 Tried a few images tonight using the prime focus method. I am having trouble finding Nebula with the Live View on the new DSLR camera. I found the Orion Nebula with my 20mm lens, but lost it when I swapped to the camera lens. I think my main problem is the spotter scope. The spotter scope I received with the main telescope from Celestron is useless, I can't align it very easily. It always seems to be a few degrees out. I lost Orion below the horizon after numerous attempts, fort
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11th March Picked up my T-pice and T-ring from work today. Great service from First Light Optics, cheap price and 2 Day delivery. Looking forward to another clear night....... ..... ..... .... Still waiting ..... .......
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8th march Reliased I needed a T eye piece and T-ring for the Cannon EOS 1000D camera, looking to order from somewhere. Still, I'm managing to take some shots with just the Camera on its own, linked to my laptop. Having a lot of fun, although proably getting funny looks from the neighbours. I'll have to hold a street star party to give them peace of mind.
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7th March 2011 Got my DSLR camera today, looking forward to taking some great images. Cannon EOS 1000D
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6th March 2011 Woolsthorpe Manor I Visited the home of Sir Isaac Newton today. Amazing to think I stood next to the same Apple Tree as the man himself did over 300 years ago.
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27th February 2011 Luckily a clear night, managed to spot Saturn this morning @04:56 in the south. Using a 20mm lens and my webcam again, I had a shot at getting an image. Although the image was clear using the lens and my eye, the Webcam wasn't so good.
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24th January 2011 Chuffed tonight, really clear night, managed to spot Jupiter tonight in the south. Using my trusty webcam I had a go at getting an image. I think I also caught some of Jupiters moons aswell.
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21st January 2011 After checking some videos on the sky at night website, I decided to see if I could find the double stars Mizar & Alcor in Ursa Major (The big dipper). To my surprise, I did manage to locate the two stars, which are supposedly caught in each others gravitational pull. I must admit I am amazed to think the two stars I was looking at are actually caught in a tug of war with each other. I also watched a video tonight that explains that each star is also a separate binary syste
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16th January 2011 I Managed to get out about 9pm tonight as the weather cleared. Finally, I was able to focus the Telescope on The Moon. I was really surprised at the detail I could see. e.g. Craters Impact etc. I managed to tape the 20mm lens to my webcam. After a bit of time adjusting the webcam settings, I managed to filter out the suns relection on the Moons surface. Unfortunately, the Webcam doesn't show the detail you can see through the eyepiece, but a great result for my second night.
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15th January 2011 Telescope setup and alignment Using the instruction manual, I setup up the Telescope. I also found videos on "YouTube" to aid me in balancing and aligning the Telescope. I found these videos invaluable, as the instructions with the Telescope can get a bit complicated for the beginner. I had a play around with the Telescope the first night for a few hours, but had issues finding celestrial objects. I realised the problem was with the finder scope. I've aligned this today, with
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14th January 2011 I've been thinking about it for a while now and have finally decided to jump in to Astronomy Feet first. I've spent hours reading reviews for the last two weeks to try to decide which telescope to purchase. I finally decided on a Celestron Powerseeker 127EQ. The reviews seemed pretty positive, and Celestron seems to have a good reputation for beginner Telescopes. I suppose this seems to be quite a large scope to purchase for a beginner, but after reading all the reviews, I g
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