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From Professor Brian's Cox's twitter a few minutes ago... Quote:
There is very heavy geomagnetic activity and it may get stronger as the night goes on - Look out for Auroras.
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Some bloke down in cornwall took a photo, claimed a UFO sighting
It was this one: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/878172-...l-having-a-poo Then I laughed when Brian suggested that if you really think that is a UFO, you need to switch over to Big Brother... then it was pointed out that Big Brother had not started yet Several years ago, there was a once in a lifetime chance to view a comet. You could see it real good with just a basic pair of binoculars. I had to drag my parents away from Eastenders to view it, then they thought it was amazing Look, eastenders and every other friggin soap is on every night.. complete with repeats at the weekend... now think about the fact, this was your one chance in a lifetime to view this comet It just baffles me, that people choose to ignore, and keep on watching the telly Last edited by StrmChaserSteve : 22-01-2012 at 18:33. Reason: some words seemed to disappear down a black hole |
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i would rather watch a one off event rather than eastenders if given opportunity
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can anybody help me find the pleides constellation i keep looking out but can't remember where to look for it
have looked near orion but can't seem to find it ![]() 7driving me mad i want to find it |
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Hi TVQueen...
First of all, the Pleiades isn't a constellation, it's a star cluster. to find it, sstart at Orion, locate the row of 3 'belt' stars - then project an imaginary line through them, and extend up and left..... You'll come to a grouping of stars known as the Hyades - they made a sideways 'V' shape a bit like this: > and contain a bright, reddish star known as Aldebaran. Then extend the line from Orion, through Hyades, and on about half as far again - and that's where you'll find the Pleiades. Gimme a few mins and I'll knock up a finder diagram.... |
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i would rather watch a one off event rather than eastenders if given opportunity
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Gimme a few mins and I'll knock up a finder diagram....
http://i39.tinypic.com/2888r4i.jpg I've also notated a few of the brighter stars, and the Orion nebula. Stars are born in clusters, from clouds of dust and gas. The Orion Nebula is one such star-forming nebula - through binoculars you can see wisps of the gas which is contracting under it's own gravity, to form new stars. The Pleiades are a cluster of newly-formed stars - over the next few million years, the Orion Nebula will develop into a star cluster much like the Pleiades. The Hyades are also a star cluster, quite a 'loose' one - older than the Pleiades, the stars of the Hyades are beginning to spread out. |
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From Professor Brian's Cox's twitter a few minutes ago...
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Here we go....
http://i39.tinypic.com/2888r4i.jpg I've also notated a few of the brighter stars, and the Orion nebula. Stars are born in clusters, from clouds of dust and gas. The Orion Nebula is one such star-forming nebula - through binoculars you can see wisps of the gas which is contracting under it's own gravity, to form new stars. The Pleiades are a cluster of newly-formed stars - over the next few million years, the Orion Nebula will develop into a star cluster much like the Pleiades. The Hyades are also a star cluster, quite a 'loose' one - older than the Pleiades, the stars of the Hyades are beginning to spread out. peole near me have reported aurora but gutted i can't see it
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Faint green aurora on northern horizon here.. autofocus on my camera is screwed up so the picture came out blurry. Ill see if I can fix it and try again shortly..
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Faint green aurora on northern horizon here.. autofocus on my camera is screwed up so the picture came out blurry. Ill see if I can fix it and try again shortly..
edit: no matter, just noticed sorry. |
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Faint green aurora on northern horizon here.. autofocus on my camera is screwed up so the picture came out blurry. Ill see if I can fix it and try again shortly..
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Don't use autofocus it won't work -- probably hunts -- manual focus on infinity
Someone landing here in Gothenburg said they could see it out the plane window! Just need the cloud to b#gger off!! |
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So, rather as expected, that solar flare only produced high latitude aurora.
However, it is reported that there has been another, slightly stronger, flare during the night which could affect the Earth in the next few days so, let us hope this one is more active when it gets here, though it is not likely to be a big one either. |
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Venus 2012 Transit
I've just booked June 6th off work to see the 2012 Venus Transit....next one due is 2117 so thought I'd better make the effort to see this one! I can't afford to fly abroad to watch it so fingers crossed the UK weather is ok. I'll be watching the forecast and them driving to clearest place possible. I'm thinking off the coast of Norfolk or maybe North Yorkshire. The end of the transit will be viewable to the UK from approx 4.37am - 4.54am. I'm going to make a solar filter for my scope (£20 Baader Planetarium solar film) and try to capture it photographically.
Anyone else aware and planning to capture it? In terms of Stargazing I found another 11 Messier objects this weekend I haven't looked for yet, including all the Leo groups of galaxies and observed Io's transit last night. |
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I've just booked June 6th off work to see the 2012 Venus Transit....next one due is 2117 so thought I'd better make the effort to see this one! I can't afford to fly abroad to watch it so fingers crossed the UK weather is ok. I'll be watching the forecast and them driving to clearest place possible. I'm thinking off the coast of Norfolk or maybe North Yorkshire. The end of the transit will be viewable to the UK from approx 4.37am - 4.54am. I'm going to make a solar filter for my scope (£20 Baader Planetarium solar film) and try to capture it photographically.
Anyone else aware and planning to capture it? In terms of Stargazing I found another 11 Messier objects this weekend I haven't looked for yet, including all the Leo groups of galaxies and observed Io's transit last night. |
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It is going to be an early start for a very short event. I saw the one on 8th June 2004. That was great. Wall to wall sunshine and the whole event was visible.
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Sorry if this has already been posted, but the BBC have posted pictures of this weekends aurora http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-16679422
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I'm thinking of buying a camera that can take decent long exposure photo's of the starry night sky, but my budget is limited to about 300 UKP. Not a lot for a good camera but it's all I can afford.
This isn't for attaching to a telescope, it's just a standalone digi cam I'd like, new or second hand. Any suggestions welcomed! |
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can someone please put my mind at ease and tell me i should not be worrying about this 2012 solar storm that will hit earth with the force of "100 million hydrogen bombs"
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can someone please put my mind at ease and tell me i should not be worrying about this 2012 solar storm that will hit earth with the force of "100 million hydrogen bombs"
![]() That "100 million hydrogen bombs" quote probably referred to the (guessed-at) force of the explosion which took place on the Sun, rather than its force on arriving here, and has been taken out of context. |
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I'm thinking of buying a camera that can take decent long exposure photo's of the starry night sky, but my budget is limited to about 300 UKP. Not a lot for a good camera but it's all I can afford.
This isn't for attaching to a telescope, it's just a standalone digi cam I'd like, new or second hand. Any suggestions welcomed! "Cannon EOS 1000D" or "Cannon EOS 400D" Both seem very similar, but can't decide between the two. |
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OK, I'm thinking ..
"Cannon EOS 1000D" or "Cannon EOS 400D" Both seem very similar, but can't decide between the two. |
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I'd like to know too....probably better to post a thread in the photography forums.. Will set one up.
OK, let me know when you do. Both camera's are listed as OK here .. http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/NIK_CAN.HTM |
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can someone please put my mind at ease and tell me i should not be worrying about this 2012 solar storm that will hit earth with the force of "100 million hydrogen bombs"
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You should not be worrying. Over the centuries there have been masses before, and the present ones are not that big. You are in far greater danger from dying of old age than from the effects of a solar flare.
That "100 million hydrogen bombs" quote probably referred to the (guessed-at) force of the explosion which took place on the Sun, rather than its force on arriving here, and has been taken out of context. [I should make clear that there is no impending prediction of such an event, and indeed nobody knows how to predict it. But it will happen.] |
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