Trysull Observing Session 9th October 2018
By Richard Harvey We held another observation session at our Trysull site on the 9th October. The sky was 100% clear from clouds for once, with a slight haze in the […]
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Pack Your Bins
A report from our Spanish correspondent (aka Doug Bickley) I remembered on this holiday to Gran Canaria to pack some binoculars. I chose my trusty old Tasco 40mm 8-16x zoom
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Trysull Observation Session Thursday 13th September 2018
By Richard Harvey With Mars at its closest approach since 2003, and the prospect of a clear sky to view it, a last-minute observation session was hastily arranged for Thursday
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Perseids Data
By Trevor Clifton Given the sharp rise and fall the timings would suggest that the Earth travelled some 315,000 miles while in the debris stream from the comet.It will be
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Meteor detection activity on the increase
By Trevor Clifton Meteor detection activity on the increase as member Graham Wall is photographed working on his 6 element Yagi
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Spaceguard Centre Visit 6th June 2018
By Doug Bickley A slightly belated report on this trip!! We had talked about a summer visit for some time, and on Wednesday 6th June an intrepid band set off
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Meteor Observations in Radio 20th June 2018
By Trevor Clifton I recently changed my analysis software and the results and comments are below. The night of the 20th was just an ordinary night with no meteor shower
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M51 Mystery Object
By Trevor Clifton During the evening of Saturday 14th April while commissioning a 150mm refractor some images were taken of M51. After processing the LRGB images and comparing the final
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Bobbington Observation Session 8th May 2018
By Richard Harvey The first weekend of May gave us the best run of clear skies for months, so we arranged an observation session for Tuesday 8th May at our
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Bobbington Observation Session Friday 20th April 2018
By Richard Harvey With our Tuesday Trysull observing sessions clouded out for much of the winter, we’ve tried to find an alternative observation site that’s available on other nights of