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Observing Calendar – March 9th to April 12th 2010 by Steve Woodbridge

Observing Calendar – March 9th to April 12th 2010  (all times Local Time)Date                                                                                          March 15th New Moon.March 16th Mars...
March 8th, 2010 | Featured Articles, Sky Diary | Read More

NGC2403 Imaged by John Moore

  Total exposure 4.8hrs with a Celestron C11
March 8th, 2010 | Featured Articles, John Moore | Read More

Eskimo Nebula (NGC2392) Imaged by John Moore

Eskimo Nebula - click to enlarge  Eskimo Nebula in narrowband. RGB = Ha, O3, S2. Total exposure 2.5hrs with a C11
March 8th, 2010 | Featured Articles, John Moore | Read More

Outreach Event – Haslemere Cub Scouts

Farnham AS will be assisting Haslemere Cub Scouts this year by hosting an evening observing session on 20th March . The members-only session will run from 8pm-10pm but members will need to  arrive in good time to allow set-up - which may need to take place in semi-darkness. If any members are able...
March 8th, 2010 | Featured Articles, Venues | Read More

Is the World going to end in 2012?

A brief search on YouTube reveals large numbers of videos asserting that the world is coming to an end on the 21st Dec 2012. It’s disappointing to learn that large numbers of young people watch such videos and many are both persuaded and frightened by these claims. Some are even convinced that there’s...
February 14th, 2010 | Featured Articles | Read More

Astrometry Tools and the Aladin Sky Atlas by Peter Campbell-Burns

I have recently completed an Advanced University Certificate in ‘Astrophysics of Galaxies’, a challenging two-year distance learning course run by the University of Central Lancaster.  One of the course assignments required students to research the characteristics of a given peculiar galaxy using...
January 3rd, 2010 | Featured Articles | Read More

Flights to sunny spots

Astronomers face a number of factors that can influence our view or image of the stars and planets even in a “clear” sky. Some of them are natural effects, like clouds or the light from a bright Moon. Moisture in the atmosphere can also play a big part and is the reason why the stars “twinkle”...
December 28th, 2009 | Featured Articles, Observing | Read More

Why can’t I see fabulous coloured nebulae with my telescope?

We are all used to seeing fabulous, colourful images from space, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope or from some of the world’s best observatories, and I know this prompts many people to want to buy their own telescopes with expectations of seeing these delights first hand, only to result in...
December 11th, 2009 | Beginners, Featured Articles, Observing | Read More

Blue Moon in December 2009 by Danny Thomas

Most years have twelve full moons, which occur once in each month, but the cycle doesn’t take a complete year and there is about eleven days left over.   The extra days accumulate, so that every two or three years there is a thirteenth extra full moon which is known as a “blue moon.” As...
December 1st, 2009 | Featured Articles, Forthcoming events, Sky Diary | Read More

Light Pollution Maps

Ignorance and apathy with respect to the problem of light pollution mean that our sky continues to be under threat, and whilst there is much noise made about CO2 emissions the mesage to turn off lights is slow to get through.   Nevertheless, the news is not all bad and there does seem to be a...
November 10th, 2009 | Featured Articles | Read More