Sky at Night Programme

[daz]

Just watched S@N from Jan's magazine - November's programme - which covered the annular ecplise and of course Mars. They had a little section with PM going over his first sketches he made when he was 12, in the early 30's!!!!

I thought that was fantastic, 70 odd years of sketches, notes and observations! Makes me take a look at my observational habits and asking myself if I could still read mine in 70 years!!!!

[col]

puts us to shame doesnt he/, i mean me to shame, forgot to fill in my log for my first view of mars, would you believe it , reading this has reminded me to,

[lunator]

Just watched S@N from Jan's magazine - November's programme - which covered the annular ecplise and of course Mars. They had a little section with PM going over his first sketches he made when he was 12, in the early 30's!!!!

I thought that was fantastic, 70 odd years of sketches, notes and observations! Makes me take a look at my observational habits and asking myself if I could still read mine in 70 years!!!!

I have difficulty reading my log after 70 minutes!

[Grant]

This is the whole point behind the observation map I've been working on, so people can keep a track of their observations and collect up their sketches etc... also a plan for others to be inspired by your observations... http://iseestars.net/map/

[mark RD]

Hay dont forget you can watch S@N anytime Online here :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/

I always seem to miss it when its on TV

Mark

[daz]

I have difficulty reading my log after 70 minutes!

I know what you mean Ian! I've just looked back at my notes from the 4th and I can hardly read them!! Must learn to write properly sometime .......

[Rob]

Bought the mag a few days ago, not watched yet... sounds great!.

[The Warthog]

Patrick Moore was one of my boyhood heroes. I got "The Boy's Book of Space" for Christmas, about 1956, and read anything I could find by him for years. I never got the chance to see "Sky at Night" as I came to Canada in 1957. Thanks to the magazine, I have now seen two episodes, but if I had stayed in England, I am sure I would have seen most of them. I've always enjoyed Sir Patrick's writing, and I hope he stays around to do much more.

[GazOC]

WH,

You can download old programmes from the Sky at Night site, I think you need Realplayer if memory serves.

Gaz

[The Warthog]

I'll have to make the time to do that. Thanks!

[daz]

WH, yes you do need Real Player

[The Warthog]

Got same, t'anks.

[AstroTiger]

Yes Patrick Moore has always been an inspiration to me. i read all his books as a kid, still find them informative and enjoyable to read.

Sad thing now is i am doing what i vowed i never would. Spending less time on astronomy. Business is taking over so much qt present.

Still once money starts to come in and a few depts have been cleared i will invest in a meade. Has been my childhood dream to own one of these.

Hope also now i have my laptop to have a go at doing some imaging.

BUt i still need a Toucam Pro II Webcamera with adapter :-(

Oh well i am sure i will get there eventually :-)

Al

[Starman]

Hi all,

Patrick's observational logs certainly are very impressive - I've spent many an hour just looking through them - a wonderful record of a fruitful astronomical life. He often laments missing out on the digital age and I think it's true that (as long as you keep your images) these too will provide a fascinating record for many modern astronomers.

There's a S@N special on the Moon coming up in February. I don't think this is part of the regular monthly scheduling though - it's something else. There's a wonderful bit with Dr Allan Chapman, Patrick, a bowl of clay and a catapault. You'll have to watch the programme to see the result though

[Sonia]

I missed this months issue! Going to have to order it when feb issue comes out.! grr!

[The Warthog]

It's not in the shop downstairs this month. At $14.95 a pop, they may not sell very many of them. I hope they havent' dropped it. I was shocked to see it there in the first place.

[orion f6.3]

When my day brought me my first scope he drummed in to me "You log is your diary, your diary is your life's log" needless to say my diary has over 8300 compleat entries the astro log not as compleat but has been kept for 25 years!

[daz]

Well, I now keep a written log of my oberving sessions and when I get round to doing any sketches, they will be logged to. I hate to think of turning to my GrandChildren and saying "Nope, Grandad hasn't got anything for you to look back at".