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HI There, Weeks of constant cloud meant I only saw this comet for the first time at 22:00BST on the 2nd. I got a pleasant surprise,as its a wonderful sight in the NW sky with 7X50 bins in the same fov as the Andromeda Galaxy.For me it was a great introduction to Panstarrs-well worth the wait. 8) Th...

Morning all,I finally spotted it last evening at 9.20pm.after a few slow sweeps with my swift 10X50 binoculars.a nice tail pointed up towards m31.really pleased I saw it.andy

Cheers for the heads up steve.have bookmarked your site.andy.

Hi all,I scanned the sky last evening with my 25x100 binoculars. After enduring bitterly cold winds I saw no comet.hope to have a go again later.saw a nice sporadic meteor along the eastern horizon,with a faint trail. Andy

Thanks for that info steve,much appreciated,let's hope for some good observations. Andy

thanks Steve,a good newsletter that,much appreciated.
Andy

Well done David,missed that contact due to work,sounds like you had a good time.
rgds,
Andy

Morning All, just had x 4 short packet signals again on 145.825FM,loud here today.
rgds,
Andy
at 10.41 am,uk time.

HI All,just heard the 'packet signal' on 145.825FM.Two loud bursts only though.
Andy.
at 13.55pm uk time.

Thanks Dave,looking forward to sundays.By the way Dave,what satellite tracker you using!!
I came across one called 'orbitron' looks very good actually,even gives the radio freq's the ISS is using.
All the best,
Andy.

Thanks for that Pete,yes it was a spectacular sight,wish it was visible here for a 'tad' longer.
andy

Hi there,i saw a bright 'orange' coloured fireball here at approx 11.30 pm last evening,it was heading on a north west trajectory,almost parallel with the mountainside opposite my house.I saw it for approx 2 seconds,very bright,then it faded.
the best i've seen for a long while.
rgds,
andy

Thanks for the 'Heads up' Dave,will give the scanner a run,you never know.It has been quiet,on the monitoring front,hopefully we will all get something soon.Looking forward to the Autumn/winter here,get some observing done then,for some reason i prefer observing in the winter hours.
Andy

Hi Dave,thanks for that,i am back to monitoring regular now,hope to catch some comms.
all the best,
Andy

Morning Dave,thanks for that.I have heard nowt for a long time here,did have a visual the other evening though,well s/west of me,but nice to see.
cheers,
andy