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It’s nice to see all this discussion and for my part I’m quite happy for it to fall within the VSS, but at the same time, I’d prefer somebody else to take the lead as I have more than enough to do with the VSS.
Roger
I’ve used Gary’s 14″ Meade for another 7 years and only this year was brave enough to try Ron’s method of Sellotape. It still left a few marks and checking Ron’s article again he used a standard window cleaner but make sure that it doesn’t contain any vinegar. Mine didn’t and the plate came up sparkling. Not sure it really made any difference to the images but at least I’m happier knowing that it must be the sky conditions and not my telescope if things are not as good as I feel they should be.
Cheers,
Roger
No James, not yet, but it is with the Printers and should be sent out later this week.
Cheers,
Roger
Hi Bob,
I don’t know why but it seems to me that people never seem to think of posting stuff re spectroscopes to the I&I.
Something we need to think about.
Cheers,
Roger
Hi Callum,
But if you could let me know if you are coming as we need to know for the catering.
Cheers,
Roger
I’m thinking at the moment that it may have to come under a more general section such as the I & I.
As you say Andy, let’s see what the Meeting brings in October.
Cheers,
Roger
Hi Alex,
Just to add a comment about older observations. We are still finding and entering observations from the 1970,s etc!
Cheers,
Roger
Hi Mike,
Sorry for the tardy reply. We’ve been away for several days.
You ask about Short Period Stars and I can confirm that the VSS has no official RR Lyr or Delta Sct programmes as I’m sure you’ve noticed. However, as Jeremy points out, that doesn’t stop some of us observing such stars from time to time. Indeed, I’ve been following a number of HADS in a programme run by Patrick Wils:-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oGA2HaEHE8L6eX19ZoHqQQTu0LYV56HX3Srg7oCtOHo/edit?hl=en&pli=1#gid=5
I particularly like these stars because they are generally easy to observe (although quite frequently you need to find your own suitable comparison stars, but I can help you with that if necessary). They are also mostly quite bright and are great to observe when conditions don’t allow the observation of fainter objects.
If you wish, we can chat more about this via email (roger.pickard@sky.com)
Cheers,
Roger
