Society for Popular Astronomy

Thanks Tracie, great to know I wasn't the only one to see it! Those other observations seem to match mine.

Saw what I thought was a bright meteor or possibly fireball through high cloud this evening from my location, 53.44.18N 1.39.12W, at around 19:18 (mobile phone NTP time). It appeared at my ESE at about 30 degrees above the horizon traveling vertically down but only lasted a couple of seconds. I coul...

RMSteele wrote:I couldn’t agree more Stella.
I would have suggested the late prof Wänke, the noted planetary scientist, as a suitable candidate to name a european space probe after.
Kind thoughts, Bob

I can't help thinking this may be misunderstood

The main reason for me not posting regularly is because you tend to get "flamed" by regular contributors, e.g. Stella, for not being 100% correct all of the time.

Absolutely incredible! You need to see the landing of the boosters https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c it's like a ballet, the hardware and software engineering is almost beyond belief.

Balls, brass monkeys, etc. etc.

Hi Joe, logging on automatically works OK for me in Firefox, you may need to check your cookie/security settings in your browser. I do think the site should be https though as we are sending passwords across the internet in clear text. Not a massive problem for a forum like this but it is best pract...

I often come and visit but rarely post.

Excellent images

Very nice

I know this is an old thread but I've just picked up a pair of these 8x60s for £10 at my local Lidl. They had loads in stock and for 10 quid you can't go wrong

I fail to understand the vitriol of Brian's posting about PM I am totally baffled by it. It's almost as if Brian holds some kind of personal grudge against Patrick, for whatever reason. I remember something similar with respect to Brian Cox earlier in the year, and I was just as baffled then. I thi...

Both are listed on http://spaceweather.com/

"The images show that the Phobos-Grunt is moving backwards, with the solar panels deployed but not lightened by the Sun," French astrophotogapher Thierry Legault writes on his website.

http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/phobos-grunt.html

Ah, that explains it - came to me in a email stating "Recent Supernova Discoveries", must learn to read....