Monthly Archives: October 2008

Oct
24
2008

Webcam video of the launch of Falcon-1

Just catching up on some blog reading and found this great Webcam video of the launch of Falcon-1 thanks to Bad Astronomer blog.
Until the next post… Clear Skies!
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Oct
23
2008

Moon Occultation of Neptune or Grazing?

A few weeks ago the topic of “the Moons possible Occultation of Neptune - 6th November 2008″ came up at my local Astronomical Society meeting.  It was thought that Neptune may be Occulted or may Graze what we see as the edge of the moon.
I decided to see what Stellarium though about this and my finding are that Stellarium predicts that it will [...]

By Steve Dangerfield | Posted in Observing | Comments (0)
Oct
22
2008

Housekeeping: Blog subscribers -> New Feed

Just realised that I’ve not been using my blog feed through feedburner.com correctly <blush>.  Anyway I’ve got it setup how it should be now so if you want you can subscribe using this link or the one to the top right of the blog with the  sign.
Until the next post… Clear Skies!
Edit: I’ve installed FeedSmith, [...]

By Steve Dangerfield | Posted in General | Comments (0)
Oct
10
2008

New Project: Home Observatory

As most astronomers find out sooner or later, time spent setting up your telescope is wasted observing time.  The frustrations of clouds rolling in just as you finish setting up, or missing the object you planned to observe, amongst other issues, lead many astronomers to want their own observatory.  Well, I’m no different.  As a [...]

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Oct
07
2008

Twitter

Been using twitter for a couple of months now.  At first I couldn’t get into it but after I spent some time finding people to follow I realised what a useful tool it is.  There’s a lot of people out there with astronomy (and astro related) interests tweeting away. 
So, for all you readers new to Twitter, what’s it [...]

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Oct
04
2008

Book Review: Stargazing, Astronomy Without a Telescope

If you are new to Astronomy and feel the urge to go out and buy a telescope then wait!  If you search around the forums and read the “Introduction to Astronomy” guides dotted around the internet then you’ll have come across the ultimate tip for all budding Astronomers; don’t buy a scope first, instead buy [...]

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