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S.A.M

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About S.A.M

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    Proto Star
  • Birthday 30/10/58

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    Astronomy, Bridge, Eclipse Chasing, Golf, Gardening, Vegetable growing and DIY.
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    Swindon
  1. S.A.M started following Wiltsgire AS speaker for June
  2. Wiltshire AS speaker for June will be Mark Radice talking about 'Observing from the Caribbean'. The meeting will take place at the Pavilion, Rusty Lane, Seend nr Melksham SN12 6NS with a start time of 20:00 on the 6th of June all welcome. For more details please visit www.wasnet.co.uk Clear skies. Peter

  3. Wiltshire AS speaker for May

    S.A.M posted a topic in Astro Events

    Wiltshire AS speaker for May will be Martin Griffiths talking about 'Planetary Nebulae Marathon'. The meeting will take place at the Pavilion, Rusty Lane, Seend nr Melksham SN12 6NS with a start time of 20:00 on the 2nd of May, all welcome. For more details please visit www.wasnet.co.uk Clear skies. Peter

  4. 5.79 day old Moon

    S.A.M posted a topic in Imaging - Lunar

    First time I have stitched together a picture of the Moon using my Meade eight inch telescope with a 2.5 Televue Barlow attached. Tech details: nine pictures put together using a Canon 60Da DSLR camera at 1/13th of a second with ISO of 100. Happy viewing SGL members. Peter
  5. Wiltshire AS speaker for April will be Dr Chris North (been on 'The Sky at Night' programme) talking about 'Telescopes thru the Ages'. The meeting will take place at the Pavilion, Rusty Lane, Seend nr Melksham SN12 6NS with a start time of 20:00 on the 4th of April, all welcome. For more details please visit www.wasnet.co.uk Clear skies. Peter
  6. S.A.M started following Aug 2017 solar eclipse in the usa

  7. Aug 2017 solar eclipse in the usa

    S.A.M replied to Astroblagger's topic in Astro Events

    I am going to St Louis and going south on the day it is about 2 seconds short of the maximum time of 2:40 but as said before hand any where on the track should be good, subject to weather of course! This eclipse is the follow up to the one in Cornwall back in 1999, part of the same Saros and my first eclipsed viewed from the cloudy skies of Torbay. Happy viewing. Peter
  8. Wiltshire AS speaker for March will be Steve Tonkins talking about 'And Yet it Moves!'. The meeting will take place at the Pavilion, Rusty Lane, Seend nr Melksham SN12 6NS with a start time of 20:00 on the 7th of March, all welcome. For more details please visit www.wasnet.co.uk Clear skies. Peter
  9. Wiltshire AS speaker for February will be Prof David Southwood talking about '10 Years of Space Science at the European Space Agency'. The meeting will take place at the Pavilion, Rusty lane, Seend nr Melksham SN12 6NS with a start time of 20:00 on the 7th of February, all welcome. For more details please visit www.wasnet.co.uk Clear skies. Peter
  10. Wiltshire AS speaker for December will be Andrew Lound giving a presentation about 'Saturn - Lord of the Rings'. The meeting will take place at the Pavilion, Rusty lane, Seend nr Melksham SN12 6NS with a start time of 20:00 on the 6th of December, all welcome. For more details please visit www.wasnet.co.uk Clear skies. Peter

  11. 1.25" Lunt Herschel Wedge - SOLD

    S.A.M replied to Mark at Beaufort's topic in Sold / Expired Classified Ads

    PM sent.
  12. Wiltshire AS speaker for November will be Philip Perkins talking about 'Imaging the Cosmos'. The meeting will be on 1st of November with a start time of 20:00 at Pavilion, Rusty Lane, Seend nr Melksham SN12 6NS, all welcome. For more details please visit our website at www.wasnet.co.uk Peter Chappell
  13. Wiltshire AS speaker for October will be Paul Money talking about 'Images of the Universe'. The meeting will be on 4th of October with a start time of 20:00 at Pavilion, Rusty Lane, Seend nr Melksham SN12 6NS, all welcome. For more details please visit our website at www.wasnet.co.uk Peter Chappell
  14. For the new season our first speaker at Wiltshire AS will be Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe talking about 'Effects of Space Microbes on Earthly Life'. The meeting will be on 6th of September with a start time of 20:00 at Pavilion, Rusty Lane, Seend nr Melksham SN12 6NS, all welcome. For more details please visit our website at www.wasnet.co.uk Clear skies to all for the new viewing season. Peter Chappell
  15. Thank you all for the replies, I have cleaned all the old grease out and then air blasted the housing to remove any white spirit left? Applied new grease and it works better than it did, not up the smooth standard but much better than the rough handling I had before. I suspect the bearing have had a knock as for one turn I could feel the roughness three times, ie the three bearings inside the housing. Peter

  16. NEW STAR PARTY FOR WILTSHIRE

    S.A.M replied to davidscanlan's topic in Star Parties

    Hi Dave, I could be interested in one, been a few years since I went to one. Peter
  17. Thanks Dave, Will have a look at them. Peter