Hello everyone, I have just joined your group, though I was a member of the society back in the early 90s. I ended my membership because the meeting night ...
HI ALL , ONE DAY TO GO…. AFTER WHICH WHOLE WORLD WILL MOVE IN 2006. SOME GOOD THINGS HAPPENS THIS YEAR…. UNFORTUNATELY SOME BAD THINGS ALSO….. SOME UNEXPECTED...
Hello, This newsgroup has been pretty much dead for the last month. I haven't been able to post anything because I've been insanely busy attempting to ship ...
Hello, The annual parade of Christmas Lights that currently adorn the houses in our cul-de-sac has reached a new and previously uncharted level of lameness and...
Just got back from Tenerife after a week of sunshine and clear skies and no moon. It was great to sit out on the balcony with a beer and pair of bins without...
I'm developing a software package specifically for astro imaging for the PC which 'should' work with any camera that can be connected to the PC either directly...
Folks, Just a quick reminder that there is a meeting tonight at the Herschel Building, Newcastle University. The speaker is Dr. Ian Morison and the subject is...
I'm just catching up with these - my blueyonder account seems to have chosen to 'bounce' these emails as spam (without my knowing...). I agree with everything...
Folks, A discussion... Last night, a friend asked me why I was interested in astronomy. Then he asked me why I bothered actually observing the sky. To him,...
Hello, The weather forecast for Friday is looking pretty grim. Saturday looks better but Saturday is bad for me because Jules is out at college until fairly...
Folks, We have approached Dr. Gerard McCartan of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with respect to using the telescopes at Close House for a on-off ...
Hello, I've added three pictures from the recent Start party at Gosforth Park racecourse to the "Events" section of the web site. They're pretty dreadful but...
Well, after sitting around in the cold for a couple of hours waiting for a hole in the clouds and taking David's advice and sacrificing a few virgins a couple...
Life's Building Blocks are Common in Space Summary - (Oct 12, 2005) NASA researchers have found that many of the basic building blocks for life here on Earth...
Stars Form Near the Heart of the Milky Way Summary - (Oct 13, 2005) NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory has released detailed new photographs of the region...
For the first time, astronomers have shown that large stars can form close to a supermassive black hole, such as the one at the centre of the Milky Way. Big...
Hello, Anyone know anything about this lecture series: ... They appear to be an annual event but I've never seen any publicity for them. David -- Infection...
Folks, I have added two new entries into the Member's Pages on the Society web page to showcase the remarkable work by Andy Ellis and Simon Murray. Have a look...
Hello, BBC2 has a new sitcom starting tonight entitled "Supernova" (2200 hours). It's about an astronomer who goes to work at an observatory in Australia and,...
Hello, One of my customers has asked for a custom front panel with an astronomical theme. It was a real pleasure putting these together for him. I figured that...
hi all, i am rabh from india i have completed my batcholer in engg. from india in extc. i want to be astronaut is it possible to be that by doing ph.d. in...
Can someone send me details of how to become a member of NAS? (i.e., who to send a chq to?) A bit about me. My name's Andy Ellis and I live in Heaton. I'm...
Hello, Since our next society meeting is the Star Party and, after that, it's the open meeting at the Herschel with the Institute of Physics, we won't have had...
Hi all, I've already been to the Mars Exhibit with the kids, and can recommend it. If you go to their web site and fill in the questionnaire, you can save a...
Hi all, Well I set my telescope up outside at 9 and left it for half an hr to cool down, when I went out and the sky was ok. By the time I got it all set up ...
