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I will certainly post the video I hope she gets a good grade for the project although last time about the Romans we made a helmet shield and sword did 3 pages of writing extra drawings and got 15/30 I was fuming we had done above and beyond what they asked for.

I live in St. Helens Merseyside to be honest I don't know Sandcastle (Royal Insurance) so I could not tell you if they are still going I would have to Google them. Congratulations on your upcoming grand parenthood your in for a treat. Thank you for everything I really appreciate it.

I am going to make one of those we have a park 2 minutes away I will video it, get my son help me and my granddaughter will love it.

I would love to but I want the school think she has done it herself why did you have something in mind

recipes.sainsburys.co.uk/articles/fun-stuff/transform-a-bottle-into-a-rocket-in-6-easy-steps. Following this don't want it to be too elaborate especially as she is supposed to do it herself.

There in front of me but I'm going around the hard way thank you so much.

Brilliant thanks Now how do I work out if I am looking at Jupiter is that the same because light illuminates it or is it shorter because earth is closer the same goes for all the other planets.

I'm trying to find out how long light takes to get to each planet sounds easy but then want to say like the sun we see 8 minutes back in time what is it for each plane. So like we look at Jupiter how old is the image. Doing this with granddaughter who is 9 just adding for extra marks we have done moon phases and how we get seasons going to do the time taken and a bit on super novas producing heavier elements make a rocket then we are done. if any one can give the answers or point to a couple of websites I would really appreciate it thanks.

I have never known September and October to be so wet it has constantly rained I have had 2 sessions out in 10 weeks its ridiculous, more of the same this weekend say the forecasters we have 2 days of respite not long enough.

Quite a list there great to work through the brighter ones some of the Nebula`s I wont see from home.

I would but the weather looks great tonight and tomorrow then breaking again with rain forecast for the weekend so there is no point wish I had gone this weekend and stayed until tomorrow.

Did you find a solar filter for me I'm gutted cannot pick it up at the party a real shame. All your hard work sorry its come to this. Thank you very much really appreciate it. Paul

Definitely wish I was there now SGL has been cancelled due to flooding.

Really disappointed but I had an inkling when said they would appoint pitches when you get there. Going have to look at Buxton or North Wales now for a weekend. Thank you all for your hard work organising this feel every sympathy for you and everyone who was attending.

That will be the laser out do what you did again but this time use the laser Barlow method to do the primary.

If I was closer I would come and show you, depending on the laser collimator you have that may need collimating if it's a cheaper one it more than likely will but you could use the Barlow method. Read these they will help. http://www.schlatter.org/Dad/Astronomy/collimate.htm http://www.smartavtweaks.com/RVBL.html Just take your time once you have the secondary in place you won't have touch that again unless you drop the OTA.

As John says M101 and M51 are quite a bit fainter I've never seen them from home I was lucky enough see M51 in a 22" dob in Buxton what a site that was.

You need dark skies to see alot of things, M81 and M82 should be easy as they are bright. Go for clusters and double stars at home go to a dark site see deep sky objects. They all look like smudges some better than others. Ring nebula M57 you can see as well as the blue snowball NGC 7662. Get a good book on clusters and double stars. That is what I have done and it has transformed my viewing I leave the deep sky stuff until I go to Astronomy meets or camping in dark skies.

Forecast clear skies here until 1am what have you got Damian.

I`m going to check Wednesday night probably be accurate then If its raining all weekend I may not come dont fancy pitching a tent in the rain. Paul

I have checked 8 different weather outlets each one is different and they change daily. I had the BBC weather app in my phone this told me totally different weather to what was on the TV. On TV said be clear all night whereas the app said cloud all night. I believe the BBC get their weather from Metoffice but when you check both they have different forecasts unbelievable.

I use one of those with my EQ5 goto have done for 3 years got mine from Fleabay for a tenner with extra connections I use for dew bands.

Wish I had booked now but I knew I was having bi latereral tender point injections Thursday did not think I would be fit enough. 😢

Thank you very much really appreciate it. Paul

Thank you very much the circumference of the Meade is 483mm hoping sort it for the Mercury transit not sure if you have anything but I can only ask. Paul