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- Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:28 pm
- Forum: Forthcoming meetings and events
- Topic: Kendal Solar System Model and solar viewing August 13th 12-4
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Kendal Solar System Model and solar viewing August 13th 12-4
For those in the right area, the Eddington Astronomical Society of Kendal are holding the third annual Kendal Solar System Scale Model, publicity image below: Poster The model runs on Waterside from the cafe, which will again be doing themed food (last year's "space cakes" were apparently ...
- Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:07 am
- Forum: Astrophysics
- Topic: ESA Publish A Roadmap for Fundamental Physics in Space
- Replies: 9
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That's pretty much what these things are for. The Americans have also done their own version , defining the present priorities for astronomy, and so ranking the biggest potential projects in terms of how well they meet these priorities. Then, they get funded one by one (though it isn't certain even ...
- Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:54 pm
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: your earliest observations ??
- Replies: 20
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- Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:11 am
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: Noctilucent Cloud Activity - 2010
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4372
This year wasn't as good as last year for me, but I did get a night or two of shots. Full set from all nights here . http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4762096077_1200199498.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1290/4705184612_d447a4a7ec.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4762085763_c8511df3e9.j...
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:54 am
- Forum: Forthcoming meetings and events
- Topic: Solar System Scale model, Kendal - August 14th
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Solar System Scale model, Kendal - August 14th
A few of us from the Eddington Astronomical Society and others will be standing like lemons (big, planet sized lemons) along the banks of the River Kent in Kendal to produce a scale model of the solar system. There'll be information leaflets, themed wares and displays at the cafes et al that coincid...
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:43 am
- Forum: Astrophysics
- Topic: What happens to mass at different speeds
- Replies: 24
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Re: What happens to mass at different speeds
Does this result follow intuitively from E=mc^2 ? If not, is there any other way to understand this. It doesn't follow on from E=mc^2 as that is the rest equation, there's a slightly more complicated formula for masses in relative motion, which is energy squared = (mc^2)^2 + (pc^2)^2 - and the incr...
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:46 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: NLCs from the 16th of June
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- Views: 639
NLCs from the 16th of June
Taken in Kendal with a variety of ISO equivalents (100, 200 and 400) all at 1 second exposure times. There was a lovely set of nocticulent clouds (I know, I have fallen, using the words "lovely" and "clouds" in one sentence without the phrase "blocked by"...) at 3am jus...
- Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:20 pm
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: Crescent Moon
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3121
I was giving taking a shot of the Moon a go tonight too, sadly my telescope turned into somewhat of a cloud machine. I got it pointed at the Moon, went back for the camera and by the time everything was lined up, a small finger of cloud from a larger bank had crept over the Moon, making it too blurr...
- Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:14 pm
- Forum: Forthcoming meetings and events
- Topic: Kendal MoonWatch - April 3rd
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Kendal MoonWatch - April 3rd
For those in the area, come along to the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal for some lunar observing (and anything else we can grab during the evenning). Starts at 7:30, goes on until everything has clouded over completely (coincidentally also 7:30 going on recent form...). http://cumbriansky.files.wordp...
- Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:06 am
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: Crescent Venus
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4613
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:56 pm
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin), 2009/1/23
- Replies: 131
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- Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:04 pm
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin), 2009/1/23
- Replies: 131
- Views: 30243
...There was a meteor flashing through the sky as I set up... I saw a meteor whilst looking at the comet too. :D Mine was heading southeast, just to the right (west) of the comet... maybe passing through Leo. Heard lots of owls hooting too. It was great to be observing again - the last time I had t...
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:59 pm
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin), 2009/1/23
- Replies: 131
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I managed to catch it last night too. It was the first time in a long time there was a break in the cloud. There was a meteor flashing through the sky as I set up. Eventually got my 'scope on it after a few views of Saturn, very obvious with a lovely big coma (the comet, not Saturn...). Unfortunatel...
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:54 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: work as astronomer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1431
The computer guy in charge of UCL's astrophysics group managed to get a phd through some stuff he was doing supporting the group, so yes you can convert to professional astronomy, so long as you find a group willing and able to use your skills to their advantage. Other channels could include doing a...
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:50 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: photo/image hosting websites
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1577