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Poor weather and bright Moon made it difficult here in Orkney too Bill.
My meteor camera recorded 10 Lyrids out of the 20 meteors detected.
The brightest here was mag -1.29 at 02:48 on April 23.
Callum
There is also an archive on the SOHO website.
E.g. for 8th April
https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/synoptic/sunspots_earth/sunspots_1024_20240408.jpgCallum
Andy – yes, i used exactly the same place. Not sure what is going on there…
I’ll try some more tests.
Callum
I think the Journal search is working, it’s just difficult to be specific enough about what you are looking for.
You can search on a phrase in quotes which helps like “ngc 5194” but if you don’t put it in quotes it will match both ngc or 5194.
And if you search on something common like “patrick moore” you will get a lot of hits.
Callum
There were some spam forum replies which were confusing the website – these have now been dealt with, so things should be back to normal (whatever that is).
Callum
I also did not keep accurate records in 2023 (a new years resolution for 2024 again – sure to fail though 😉
But I photographed aurora on 13 nights.
Had 6 nights clear and dark enough for wide field imaging (including comets)
Just 6 visual deep sky observing sessions (limited by dark of Moon periods, and telescope issues)
39 solar observing sessions in h-alphaNight time observing is severely restricted from May to July due to the light nights at 59 degrees north.
Callum
I Like the daily star headline – Euston we have a problem!
[oops – snap Paul]
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I turned over in bed this morning and was surprised to be woken by John Mason – on Radio 4 Today, at about 8:50 am. You can probably listen again on the iPlayer / BBC Sounds thing.
Callum
Is there a date when the electronic version of the Handbook is due out? It seems the paper versions are out.
The 2024 Handbook is now available to download from the Handbooks page.
Callum
I think this link would be to the old BAA shop where we sold Philips planispheres – but we don’t sell these online any more.
Because there is no target in the new site, it ends up at some random place.
Just needs the text updating on the UKDSP site.
Callum
Back on topic though. Could those additional items be added to the forum topics list?
They have been!
Callum
There is still time to book tickets for the Deep Sky Section meeting in Bedford on March 19th, but the window will close on Sunday night.
Only £7.50 for members or £10.00 for non-members, which includes lunch and refreshments.Hope you can make it.
Callum
Thanks Nick – not sure why you got this error message, but we will look into that.
Your message was actually held for moderation because it had 4 links, but I have approved it now. I’ve also increased the number of links limit to 6.
All the best,
CallumA bit of a strange bug – will add to the issue list – there were a couple of deleted replies at the end of the thread which I think must have confused the front page widget. The thread is now shown now that I have deleted those replies.
Callum
I remember meeting Bob in 2009 – he was visiting family in Cheltenham and had asked if he could borrow a telescope. Our local club (Cotswold AS) invited him to one of our observing evenings but as it was very wet he gave us a talk about supernova patrolling instead. A really nice guy.
Attached photo from the evening is a little poor, sadly (Bob is at the right).
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Grant, David Davies recommended to me caravan cleaner – i chose Fenwicks Caravan Cleaner & Fenwicks Bobby Dazzler which came in a twin pack – the Bobby Dazzler is a top coat that repels water (like you get for cars). Worked well for me.
Callum
A small error: the title link to Picture of the week does not work:
https://britastro.org/observations/potw.phpThanks Mark – fixed now.
Hi Robun,
All the text of the journals is stored in a field and when you do a search this field is searched in all the journal issues.
So, if, for example, you searched on arbour – looking for articles by or about Ron Arbour you will get a lot of Journals returned (because there the address of Mike Frost is Arbour Close.
If you just type ron arbaor there will be matches on either ron or arbour
If you want to search on a phrase contain it in double quotes e.g. “ron arbour” and you should find Journals which have this phrase.
In the PDF viewer you can CTRL-f (or CMD-f) to show the find tool (in that PDF).
Hope this helps,
CallumHi Denis – i can’t help with advice on a magnifying ‘screen’ – but windows has an accessibility toll caked Magnifier which can be used to magnify the screen and give a bigger ‘virtual’ screen. I have used ut but found it a bit coarse grained. The MacOS accessibility tool called Zoom i find is a lot better (one of the reasons I mainly use MacOS these days).
Whatever type of computer your friend uses it would be worth looking into the accessibility options for visually impaired.
I also find that a lot of astro programmes often have small controls with lots of options, which make them difficult to use for those with visual challenges.Callum
