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Commander Chris Hadfield Sings Space Oddity

John_Brady — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:09:14 -0400

This is great, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield sings David Bowie's classic onboard the International Space Station

Good to be back

kensamay — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:41:05 -0400

Hi all,
Just wanted to say hi again to all the old & new members , I've been away working for a few months & am looking forward to spending sometime out searching the night skies again :)

Bargins

karl — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:47:36 -0400

Anyone know of any telescope bargins as im looking for a new or s/h 8"-10" telescope.

Partial lunar eclipse April 25th

Andromeda — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:45:00 -0400

At it's maximum at 21.07 - http://earthsky.org/tonight/lunar-eclipse-for-eastern-hemisphere-on-night-of-april-2526?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook#what-time

forum query regarding Inbox please

sdf76 — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:39:21 -0400

It seems to me there is no way of previewing or editing a pm (private message) once you have posted it to another forum member? your only option is to delete the entire conversation which wasn't really what I wanted. I had posted a photo of the sky to another member, then wanted to delete it as it was a pretty fuzzy pic. I couldn't even delete that individual message. however it seems that (unlike the posts on the general discussion board) there are no Preview, Edit or Delete message options for pm's? Is this correct?
sue :)

M89

erectus — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:19:47 -0400

Well, that isn't a new discussion... The problem is the location of M89. The site says in Coma but I think it's in Virgo... Who's to be corrected?

HELP PLEASE ! Lost the name of the site that gives full virtual views of the sky, stars etc .

pleione — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:50:35 -0500

Due to my computer crashing I have lost the beloved site that allows stargazing even if the skies are overcast . I really found it interesting as it allowed a virtual scan of the sky from my location . I can't believe I didn't write it down , as I have an " Astronomy Notebook " filled with info . Bit like being back at school .
Fingers crossed someone will help . XX

Brecon Beacons is Newest Dark Sky Reserve

John_Brady — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:01:16 -0500

This is great news, the Brecon Beacons National Park has been designated as the world's 5th international dark sky reserve http://bit.ly/WTkjir

All about space magazine

Stephen — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:40:54 -0500

I was wondering does anybody buy this magazine? Ray if you are reading I just seen your snaps in this months issue! nice job!

comptuter message 'long script running'

Sue — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:04:21 -0500

Hi, having trouble getting onto the website on my home computer. I keep getting a message,' long script running' or something like that. I am unable to scroll down your pages. Has anyone got any ideas what is wrong?

Recommendations please

Andromeda — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:26:17 -0500

Can anyone recommend an eyepiece with illuminated reticle for GOTO alignment. Also has anyone used a laser collimator, if so what are your thoughts in comparison to a non-laser collimator, the one I'm considering is - http://www.pulsar-optical.co.uk/prod/AE/2and125laser/collimator.html

Thanks for any feedback

Neil

star gazing live

Stephen — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:40:11 -0500

just to let you all know. Stargazing live will be back on the 8th, 9th and 10th of January.

Why Britons Are Looking to the Skies...

John_Brady — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 08:48:47 -0500

I thought this Guardian article was interesting http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jan/05/astronomy-hobby

What did you get for Christmas

karl — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:48:27 -0500

My wife got me a new camera it's a canon 1100d to replace my dead canon 350d
I'm a happy man. I got her flowers lol

Facebook

John_Brady — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:41:09 -0500

Astronomy Central is now on Facebook, yeah I know, better late than never!

For interesting facts, links, and updates...like us at https://www.facebook.com/AstronomyCentral

Apocalypse?

John_Brady — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:09:19 -0500

See you all on the 22nd of December, the world is not ending, nothing in the sky is lining up with anything else...Bruce Willis can stay at home :-)

Great Xmas gift

djbozz — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:11:23 -0500

My mother in law got me a Star named after me its in M93 open cluster :)>-

Sharing Astronomy

Andromeda — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:15:21 -0500

Most of my observing is done from my front garden as it offers the best views compared with my back garden. I live in a close which has a fair amount of foot traffic and I'm constantly amazed by how many strangers stop for a chat, ask what I'm looking at and then ask if they can have a look through my scope.

So many people are surprised that objects other then the moon can be seen so easily. Saturn always gets a "wow" and a enthusiastic "thanks for letting me see that". Recently, one of a group of teenagers who were all a little worst for wear, asked for my scope details so he could ask for one for Christmas.

I've often thought about asking our community PCSO's for help in organizing one or two evenings a year for youngsters to come and be inspired by the night sky. Has anyone else tried such a thing?

Neil

Earth like planet

kenny27 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:16:43 -0500

http://news.sky.com/story/1027310/earth-like-planet-discovered-by-scientists :)

Patrick Moore R.I.P

Andromeda — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 09:00:04 -0500

So sad to hear that Patrick passed away today, a true legend.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939

New to the group! : )

kenny27 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:16:40 -0500

Hey all, My names Kenny, Current location on the outskirt of Manchester just in the peak district! Great place for some dark sky's! I'm 27 years old! Always been interested about whats above! Always watched The sky at night growing up when i could! never really done out about it tho! and can honestly say im now kicking myself as i wish id got into it when i was young! but your never to late to start! : )! lets hope for some great clear sky's!

Roll on Winter

philbod — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:37:39 -0400

I never thought i would be saying this but if like me you live in the NW of England then you`ll know why..the summer as been dissapointing to say the least endless cloudy skies and seems to have rained for ever...so I`m hoping that the Autumn and Winter months will be better nice frosty clear nites fingers crossed..I ended up basically putting my telescopes to bed for now because it just hasnt been worth setting them up just to find the clouds coming over at night when all day its been a sunny one , when we have managed to glimspe the sun that is...never known a summer like this up ere in the NW..I should have emmigrated down south as they seem to have had the best of the weather..lol....well lets hope for everyone that the improvement comes and we can all get out and really enjoy the wonders of the universe..Philbod

Approaching comet

Mike in Nidderdale — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:41:12 -0400

Does anyone anything about a comet which is visible now with a telescope, but will be with the naked eye next month?
Mike

Website

Mike in Nidderdale — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:43:22 -0400

Hi Betelgeuse,

I know your announcement was flagged "No comments allowed" but in desperation I have to post a comment here just in case you're not aware of this. I can't sign in other than by clicking on your photo in Recently active forum members and then I only have half a second to click 'sign in,' otherwise the page returns to Home page. If I can catch 'sign in' before it disappears, I then have to start to enter details within a second otherwise the page just disappears again and returns to the home page. Once I'm in it's ok.

Not sure of the reason, but it's only happened since the site changed. Oddly, my sister has no problem viewing the site.

I'm on a mac, if this has any bearing.

I did try 'leave a message for Betelgeuse' but it wouldn't let me and returned to Home page.

Cheers,

Mike

Curiosity Descent in HD

kensamay — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:06:24 -0400

Saw this on youtube off the landing in HD awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gZX5GRPnd4U

Multiverse. Whats your opinion?

Stephen — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:27:59 -0400

i was just reading an article on the possible multiverse theory and how they hope to find hard evidence for it in the cosmic microwave background image. imagine that, an infinite number of these "bubbles" floating around beyond our own universe. its hard to comprehend such a thought but i am keeping the door open for this theory. afterall blackholes were just a theory not long ago.

Astronomical Festival on Exmoor In August (weather permitting) all welcome

Stu — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:46:10 -0400

Hello everyone,
I'm in the process of organising an Astronomical Festival with the help and assistance of the local council and the dark sky discovery organisation,hopefully this event will be something really good,Iv'e been on a week long mission to email every astronomical society,group and club in the west country inviting everyone to come together for a weekends viewing,if your interested in joining us in what could easily become one of the largest astronomical events of the year please visit this site,http://exmoorastronomicalfestival.webs.com/ for further contact details.
thank you for reading

Jupiter's moons

jack — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:10:44 -0400

Is there anyway that I can identify Jupiter's moons ?

hubble seen a new moon in at pluto

razzle119 — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:29:46 -0400

hubble see the best stuff. for pluto not being a plant it has a lot of moons

Moved to new house this week

karl — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 08:34:57 -0400

I have just moved to my new house in earls colne in essex.
I love the 200foot garden and is nice and dark at night with no lights or houses overlooking me whoop whoop.
Plus my wife has just got me a huge garden shed for all my goodies to go in. I hope to put in a glass or clear roof in the shed for night viewing..
atb a happy karl