Posts Tagged ‘Solar System’
First light for our PST
The Society’s Coronado Personal Solar Telescope arrived from Scopes’n'Skies on Friday. Scopes’n'Skies were kind enough to donate some accessories to support our outreach events and help the Society get the most from our new solar scope.
The instructions were straightforward...
June 13th, 2010 | Danny Thomas, Featured Articles, Observing | Read More Waxing Gibbous Moon by Peter Campbell-Burns
The following image of the Waxing Gibbous Moon was taken on Sunday 25th April using a small Williams Optics SD66 and Philips ToUcam. The telescope was mounted on a photographic tripod (i.e. unguided) allowing only short AVI video sequences to be captured.
Although the SD66 has a short focal...
April 26th, 2010 | Featured Articles, Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More Images of Lunar Features by Chris Thayer
Chris thayer took the following excellent images using his 10″ LX200 amd meade DSI2Archimedes, Aristillus and Autolycus by Chris Thayer Eudoxus crater by Chris ThayerCopernicus Crater by Chris Thayer
April 24th, 2010 | Chris Thayer | 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 | Observing | Read More Copernicus Imaged by Chris Thayer
Copernicus, a prominent lunar impact crater situated in Oceanus Procellarum , is named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 – 1543). It is over 90km in diameter and almost 4km deep. Its ‘rays’ spread up to 800Km across the surrounding mare. This ‘young’ crater...
October 30th, 2009 | Chris Thayer | Read More The Moon Imaged by John Moore
Southern Highlands - click to enlarge
September 8th, 2009 | John Moore | Read More 
September 8th, 2009 | Venus Transit Imaged by John Moore
Third Contact - no black drop!
Transit of Venus – 8th June 2004. There had been much discussion before this event as to whether the previously reported ‘black drop’ effect was real. It was supposed to become visible as the two discs touched at second and third contacts. Some said it...
September 8th, 2009 | John Moore | Read More IYA 2009 Solar System Quiz – Prize Winners
In April 2009 the Farnham Astronomical Society put on a great show for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009 (see event details). As part of this event we held a solar system quiz for the under 16s. The children had to find displays featuring information about solar system which had been...
September 7th, 2009 | Past events | Read More 
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Satellite crossings and occultations July 25, 2010 11:07 -
Astronomy Teaching Resources July 20, 2010 15:07 -
Useful Links July 20, 2010 15:07 -
A series of astronomy talks presented by Maurice Kent July 12, 2010 19:07 -
FAS at Fleet Carnival July 10, 2010 23:07
- I had tried my best to present something based on info ...
- Hi there, delighted to see the article on KEE on your s...
- No other sightings to confirm the fireball and by now t...
- Hi, could I find out from John Moore where he got his F...
- Just a quick update, I had an email from Alastair McBea...
Current Moon Phase
Distance: 63 earth radii
Ecliptic latitude: 4 degrees
Ecliptic longitude: 343 degrees
Weather
Farnham
July 29, 2010, 10:09 pm
Partly cloudy
19°Csunrise: 5:23
sunset: 20:55
Forecast July 29, 2010
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Intermittent clouds
22°C
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Partly cloudy
11°C
Forecast July 30, 2010
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Intermittent clouds
21°C
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Showers
15°C
Forecast July 31, 2010
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Partly sunny with showers
23°C
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Partly cloudy
12°C
Forecast August 1, 2010
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Showers
20°C
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Mostly clear
12°C
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