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14-09-2007, 08:28 PM
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| | | My God it's Full of Stars
A good clear night full of stars i spotted a satelite overhead! Anything special to be looking for? |
14-09-2007, 09:17 PM
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Looking at the title I thought this thread was going to be about Hell's Kitchen  
Too cloudy and lots of street lights here in Manchester at the moment  |
14-09-2007, 09:41 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nr Kidderminster-The loosing Town of Britain In Bloom
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Sorry to disapoint you Stu. Feel free to chat all things hells Kitchen if you wish! Angus Deaton grinds me with his auto cue wit!!! |
15-09-2007, 12:22 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Oxfordshire
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A very clear night tonight, even faintly see the Milky Way + a few satellites passing over.
Paul
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15-09-2007, 07:58 AM
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It was a very clear night here last night! got home at 4 this morning and i could see the stars very clearly. 
jen xxx |
16-09-2007, 09:10 AM
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any body see any shooting stars?
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16-09-2007, 02:03 PM
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hijacking a little here!
I have a large telescope at work which i want to buy a motor for and an attachment to project with a digital projector and grab images. If I get the details is there anybody here who could help with selection of said equipment?
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16-09-2007, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by jordanno  any body see any shooting stars? | Well, the best I got was some splendid views of some eerily floating, orange-coloured UFOs which turned out to be party lanterns. I do wish people would think twice before loosing the damn things... |
17-09-2007, 06:27 PM
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hahahah! lol
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17-09-2007, 07:28 PM
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| | | Re: My God it's Full of Stars
I put my camera on the ground and took a few shots at Slapton
not terribly sucessful but the stars and the milky way were as clear
as a bell
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18-09-2007, 10:32 PM
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i was in cumbria at the weekend (langdale) and the night sky was terrific - we saw a shooting star which was nice 
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22-09-2007, 01:08 PM
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By the thread title I thought someone had spotted a monolith floating up there too.. |
22-09-2007, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by eeyore i was in cumbria at the weekend (langdale) and the night sky was terrific - we saw a shooting star which was nice | I've just got back from a fortnight up in Cumbria. The sky was fantastic, saw loads of stars (don't get that many here in Reading ). But seriously, loads of shooting stars on Sat & Sun nights (16/17th) towards the south west.
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22-09-2007, 01:54 PM
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Thought you not been here for a while AGC, hope you have a nice holiday and made lots of nice wishes on your shooting stars!
jen xxx |
22-09-2007, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by jdurbo Thought you not been here for a while AGC, hope you have a nice holiday and made lots of nice wishes on your shooting stars!
jen xxx | Thank you! Had a great time, will post a few of the *ahem* 600 photos I took when I sort through them!
Still can't get over the difference in the night sky between here in Reading and up there in the middle of nowhere.
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22-09-2007, 09:53 PM
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600 WOW thats loads and bet that will take some going through!
Looking forward to seeing your pics.
jen xxx |
25-11-2007, 11:41 PM
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The best place to go for sky pictures must be said to be Borneo.
When I went I was suposed to be watching a turtle giving birth.... Erm... I was more gorming at the sky there was billions of stars the sky was more white than black. |
14-12-2007, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by eeyore i was in cumbria at the weekend (langdale) and the night sky was terrific - we saw a shooting star which was nice | We sat outside our cottage last night and counted 6 shooting stars in 25 minutes, Some were really bright. We overlook the sea and there is no light pollution here. We are very lucky. I have heard it mentioned that you can see satelites from earth. Is that true and how do you identify it? Or am I just being silly. |
14-12-2007, 11:14 AM
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As far as i know the satelites are the ones that look like stars but move slowly across the sky.Not the flashing ones they re the planes i know. |
14-12-2007, 02:22 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In a tranquil valley with a stream in garden
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I used to see them in Cornwall quite a bit but no street lights. They are like tiny stars that move quickly but smoothly in a straight line...planes lights flash ans sometimes appear to move about a bit and are larger (hmm, maybe they were ufo's not planes?! )
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14-12-2007, 11:27 PM
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Yes you can see satilites they are bright lights that look like stars and move slowly across the sky.
Quite amusing... =] |
15-12-2007, 03:11 PM
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call me stoopid but i always thought they were just slow moving shooting stars!! ok so now i know lol i have seen a few satalites, although i didnt realise thats what they were! i have seen quite a few shooting stars too tho. up here in orkney you get very good starry nights. we are one and a half miles outside a village so there are no street lights to spoil the sky. |
15-12-2007, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Tazni The best place to go for sky pictures must be said to be Borneo.
When I went I was suposed to be watching a turtle giving birth.... Erm... I was more gorming at the sky there was billions of stars the sky was more white than black. | My vote is for the middle of the Namib Desert in Namibia. Countless stars plus we had venus, mars, jupiter, and saturn, and we could see gas clouds too. Amazing.
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15-12-2007, 08:24 PM
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| | | Re: My God it's Full of Stars
The best place I've ever experienced for stars was climbing to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. The air is thin and there's no pollution at 19000 feet and the stars were absolutely amazing. Apparently you can see more stars with the naked eye from the southern hemisphere than from the northern. The only trouble was because of the extreme cold and relative lack of oxygen all I really wanted to do was descend to the warmth and comfort of the hut several thousand feet below! |
15-12-2007, 10:38 PM
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wow you've climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. you lucky thing. how was it? bet it was amazing. i am so envious! | | | |
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