Many of the events incorporated in the 100 Hours of Astronomy event are being streamed. Seems to be a little high brow and wordy right now but other events, such as 'Around the World in 80 Telescopes' and '24 Hour Star Party' may be a little more accessible.
Live TV by Ustream-
Oh dear
@ 2009-05-25 – 23:09:05
Not a lot going on at the moment. I have lost my observing log, which ticked me off considerably, I had a copy on the laptop, the laptop died, new HDD was part of the repair, so that copy disappeared and the backup of the desktop I did before reinstalling Vista does not seem to have included the observing log, I have no idea why not.
I though I was going to be back in business when my woodworking friend came over this evening with the filter mount. He is one of my very best friends and is pretty anal about detail in just about everything he does so the last thing I expected was for it not to fit. It didn't fit. I had to get the tape out to check the measurement as I was far more ready to believe I had given him the wrong size than that he had made a mistake, but it was true, he had machined it to about 160mm and I had told him 162mm. How awkward was that?? There is enough spare wood to open it out a little more but I don't see him that often and he's had to take it away again so there is no telling when I will get it back. The bottom line is that it will save me about £70 so I will just have to grin and bear it.
