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AndyWB

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    Astronomy! If you're in the Reading area and fancy meeting up sometime, PM me.

    Other than that, mountain biking, running, general geeky stuff.
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  1. Completed the Messier Catalog last night with a very faint view of M83

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    2. xtreemchaos

      xtreemchaos

      well done mate great stuff.

    3. AndyWB

      AndyWB

      I'm pleased! Though now I have to try to get /good/ views of them all...

    4. Tzitzis

      Tzitzis

      Very nice. It must be brilliant the way you feel now. No Messiers for me through a scope. Have seen the Pleiades, the Andromeda galaxy and M8 and M20 through binos though

  2. Completed the Messier Catalog last night with a very faint view of M83

  3. Just ordered a refractor... turning to the dark side...

    1. Joel Shepherd

      Joel Shepherd

      Nice! What did you get (and why)?

    2. DeepSkyBagger
  4. 1 Messier left - M83

    1. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      Good going, but M83 is not easy

    2. AndyWB

      AndyWB

      M68 was hard enough last night - AV only...

    3. jabeoo1
  5. Managed a quick gander at Jupiter, X Cancri and Tegmine before fog stopped play...

  6. Scuttled out for 45mins - saw 5 planets. Not well, but still, 5!

  7. Managed a number of doubles last night. Thinking that I might start my own catalog :)

    1. ronin

      ronin

      Is it to the the AWB Double Star Catalogue or just the AB Double Star Catalogue. AWB sounds better.

  8. Hmm. So my car won't power a hairdryer if the engine is off, and the sidelights can't be turned off. Hmm.

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    2. AndyWB

      AndyWB

      I may need to consider a proper dew heater...

    3. scarp15

      scarp15

      I use a 12V 7ah battery and can connect the 12V hairdryer via an adapter (cigarette socket for hairdryer and clips for battery).

    4. AndyWB

      AndyWB

      Hmm. Yes, I'm wondering; if I started building a leisure battery type thing, I'd be tempted to just get a secondary heater...

  9. So how big an aperture do I need to spot Philae?

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    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      1000" dob.....?

      :D

    3. RobH

      RobH

      Vastly beyond anything that exists, or is even remotely planned. To see the lunar lander for example would need a scope with a mirror larger than 600 metres if I remember correctly!

    4. T-J

      T-J

      This is one of those occasions where you would have to Think outside the proverbial box and solve the question with something totallynew and revolution in the history of astronomy. Instead of thinking about aperture *which would be a ASIMHT (Astronomical Super Incredibly Mind-boggingly Huge Telescope)anyway. Instead I would opt for a system of maneuverable telescopes working in a sort of a chain. You know, you look through the first one, at your location, find the nearest one in the chain, an...

  10. Looked at Almach for the first time last night - beautiful colours. Better than Albireo!

    1. Daniel-K

      Daniel-K

      sure is and very often overlooked .but while you was in the area did you go for NGC891?

    2. AndyWB

      AndyWB

      Nope, didn't know about it. Doubtful in the LP I live in, too. But it's on the list for a dark night!

  11. 3 Messier Objects Remaining - M104, M83, M68

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    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      nice one! imaging or viewing?

    3. gooseholla

      gooseholla

      Nice. I have 39 left, but most of those will be gone within a couple of days next spring/summer.. hopfully!

    4. AndyWB

      AndyWB

      Not from home - I live in the middle of town - but from this latitude, yes. And Viewing; I don't do astrophotography!

  12. Hmm. Big night out in the dark before the working week - or early night ready for tomorrow night's date? Tricky.

    1. Daniel-K

      Daniel-K

      out out out out !!!!!

    2. faulksy

      faulksy

      as dan, or is she/he curvy lol

    3. AndyWB

      AndyWB

      Well, she's interesting and pretty, so I tried to get as much beauty sleep as possible. I'll need it :)

  13. OIII filter has arrived!

    1. faulksy

      faulksy

      what did you get andy

    2. AndyWB

      AndyWB

      Oh, sorry, just saw this. Got the Astronomik one. Had it out for a long night last Thursday (24th). Very impressed. - Best details of nebulae that I've seen.

  14. Okay, that's the random-est sounding answer I've ever heard! Still, it just goes to show, you shouldn't always jump to the answer 'Aliens'... Also, orang-utans are fantastic!
  15. Looks clear here - but I need to be in bed early :/

    1. ronin

      ronin

      Isn't 2:00AM often referred to as the early hours of the morning. So stay up until then.

    2. AndyWB

      AndyWB

      I like your thinking, but that wouldn't have qualified... :)

    3. ronin

      ronin

      But in the Status Update above this one Todd stayed up until 2:15 and reports a great night. ;-))

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