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07-04-2006, 09:18 PM
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I dont think April is the most exciting month for astronomy, but there is the Lyrids meteor shower that peaks on the 22nd, if we are lucky up to 15 meteors an hour can be seen  paul |
07-04-2006, 09:31 PM
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Let's hope for some clear skies! |
07-04-2006, 09:48 PM
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I sat in our green house one year with my son when there was a meteor shower and we saw loads out of the cornewr of our eyes never straight on.
It was good though,  I'll be looking out for them
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08-04-2006, 05:50 PM
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Yes I will have a bit of that thanks. I love a good old meteor shower. Haven't seen a decent one for a while so will make a point of catching this one. Thanks for the heads up. |
22-04-2006, 09:08 PM
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Sadly the skies around Manchester are overcast, nothing to see  paul |
22-04-2006, 09:12 PM
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Nah, nothing here either. Too overcast. Not good enough |
22-04-2006, 09:23 PM
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Same here...as usual.. |
22-04-2006, 09:50 PM
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It's overcast here too in the South west and I live on a main road with a mass of light polution.
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26-04-2006, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Beryl It's overcast here too in the South west and I live on a main road with a mass of light polution. | Watch out for comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann which is making its way towards Hercules at the moment. On 12th May it (or rather its bits because it broke up in December 1995) will make its closest approach to Earth in the constellation Vulpecula.
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26-04-2006, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Rosemarie Parks Watch out for comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann which is making its way towards Hercules at the moment. On 12th May it (or rather its bits because it broke up in December 1995) will make its closest approach to Earth in the constellation Vulpecula.
Rosemarie Parks | Thanks I will do that
I will be getting my telescope out and settingit up.
I will have to darken th room and draw the curtains so people accross the road don't think I'm a peeper . I don't have a garden now and live on the main road so there is a great deal of light pollutiomn. but I will type in the coodinates and see what I can see when the time comes.
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27-04-2006, 07:46 AM
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Remember watching the leonids (I think) way back when (I was 15!), while camping out Trentham way. You couldn't miss them - the whole sky was streaked! |
27-04-2006, 10:01 PM
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I have a small movie I made of the Hale-bop comet.
I'll certainly be watchingh for this next one
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27-04-2006, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Beryl I have a small movie I made of the Hale-bop comet.
I'll certainly be watchingh for this next one | good luck hope you see it
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