Astronomy

In response to:Not too much longer

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:59:48 +0200

Thank you, not as active as I would wish but hope to be getting busy again soon.

In response to:Not too much longer

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:33:33 +0200

interesting blog!

In response to:Starry Night

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:08:17 +0200

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In response to:Carina Software

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:49:31 +0200

It's a bit of a shame, I've run it in unregistered mode and it looks pretty good, includes telescope control function as well in the Voyager package. Not had a response to my email yet.

In response to:Carina Software

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:41:42 +0200

Never bother to try again once I got the message screen about it. Twittered you about this earlier before I saw your post.

In response to:Oh dear

Tue, 26 May 2009 11:38:53 +0200

I think it was something to do with incremental/differential setting in the software so I'm going to avoid either as do a full backup everytime, even though it was starting to take over 24 hours to complete and verify a full backup.

In response to:Oh dear

Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:48 +0200

Rotten luck either way! Now I am paranoid about my backups...

In response to:Oh dear

Tue, 26 May 2009 11:03:51 +0200

I don't trust Vista which is why I used third party software and external HDD for the back up, I suspect this one is either down to Nova Backup (less likely) or the settings I used for the last backup (more likely).

In response to:Oh dear

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:36:37 +0200

You can not trust Vista with important stuff, you MUST keep full backup images of the whole machine on a separate hard disc. Also, move gradually to something secure. Suse Linux is good.

In response to:Open University S197 ‘How the Universe Works’

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:50:02 +0200

erm, astrophysics.

In response to:Open University S197 ‘How the Universe Works’

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:40:06 +0200

erm okay, what was it about?

In response to:Saturn

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:07:51 +0200

Why thank you, you are too kind.

In response to:Saturn

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:57:21 +0200

WOW WOW WOW ... I LOVE Saturn :yes: Very much so.

Thank you Very much for sharing your work :) those are Awesome pictures I would have so Loved to have been there with you looking also.

This is Exciting :D

:wave:

In response to:100 Hours of Astronomy on USTREAM

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:57:19 +0200

Is it me or does the quality of this stream suck? Begining to regret putting it up, hopefully it will improve before '80 Telescopes' kicks off with Gemini North at 09.00 GMT tomorrow.

In response to:100 Hours of Astronomy on twitter

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:08:23 +0200

Not looking good, not a thing to be seen at the moment, maybe get a look at the Sun tomorrow morning and then not much doing until early Sunday morning according to BBC weather, Metcheck is calling it very similarly. Going out there tonight?

In response to:100 Hours of Astronomy on twitter

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:31:42 +0200

Will check that out. Clear here tonight in Fife how's it with you?

In response to:Observing, 20th March 2009

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:39:23 +0200

Density anomaly in the giant planets will be news that is spectacular in the future. And if this law received the astronomical community will replace the theory that explains that the comet is ice balls that orbit the sun. It will also back up again formation the planet where the giant planet's radius is now a combination of the radius and height of the atmosphere is actually the planet.
More: http://goodwisenote.blogspot.com

In response to:iTunes U

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:01:44 +0200

I noticed that as well,
I wondered what it was :P

In response to:Observing, 20th March 2009

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:23:07 +0100

It's not the looking that keeps me up it's the scribbling and now the photography that takes the time!

In response to:Observing, 20th March 2009

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:00:11 +0100

Ah this is the write you mentioned on Twitter. But that was late and this even later. I see my astronomy problem I just don't stay up late enough.

In response to:Photography

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:12:31 +0100

I was happy with what I got but I can see what Seaside Man was getting at. I was always going to have a look at the set up on the camera and his comment gave me a starting point. Venus was about magnitude -3.6 I think so just about anything else is going to be a lot fainter so changes were going to have to be made.

In response to:Photography

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:44:36 +0100

mmm wonder if Seaside Man has ever done some astrophotography himself. I used to take snaps afocally with a point and press camera and my 10x50 binoc for moon shots. I was chuffed but not critical of the images.

In response to:Venus Photos

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:11:02 +0100

Thanks for that but they were all at ISO80 and the exposure was on automatic. There are lots of options on the camera that I need to look into further to see what works best. My expectations were pretty low and there seemed to be enough in them to keep me working at it.

In response to:Venus Photos

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:43:33 +0100

Those pictures are all pretty grainy. I'm guessing you were at a fairly high ISO rating? To my eye, they are slightly over-exposed too. I think you could probably keep your exposure the same and drop your ISO rating down considerably. Just a thought!

Tom.

In response to:What did I just see?

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:36:29 +0100

Got out but not long. Missed Venus cloud built up there but spent time with binocs looking at Moon. ;-)

In response to:What did I just see?

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:19:42 +0100

All I can say is that I couldn't identify it Mulder. No navigation lights, definitely not the local plod chopper with it's searchlight on, no noise so can't see that it would be a jet on reheat. I've got the tea and biscuits ready for the MIB just in case though. Did you get out tonight?

In response to:What did I just see?

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:10:50 +0100

UFO? or do you not believe Scully

In response to:Cloud

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:10:59 +0100

You must have a good view to the north and west, it's well down now for me below trees, sheds and houses. Got another look in the twilight and played about with my camera but don't know what I have yet. Didn't notice until I came in but it's damn cold here, hope you're keeping warm?

In response to:Cloud

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:54:08 +0100

Clear here in Fife just now. Away to get binoculars to start with and move on from there. Hope it clears for you.

In response to:Disappointed

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:38:10 +0100

This is exactly how I feel, I used to plan to go out but now I tend to plan to do other things, nothing to preclude the possibility of getting out there but where I would check every hour, or so, until I went to bed I now just have a look around 10 or 11 o'clock and if nothing doing I just get stuck into other stuff.