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Category Archives: News
Black Type II Curta calculator July 1953
Gaze and weep at this engineering beauty. And remember, this was made in the days before CNC equipment!!! Arrived this morning, courtesy of E-Bay 🙂 🙂
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Meridian Weather picture 31/07/2012
Simon Parkin showed the recent Crescent nebula with Carbon star image on tonight’s Meridian Weather 🙂
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300,000 not out!
I was just about to post up last night’s imaging session when I saw the counter has just gone over the 300,000 mark 🙂 Thank you all for visiting, and keep the visits coming, the mini-WASP array will be imaging … Continue reading
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Slabscape: Reset
If you’re into Science Fiction I can highly recommend “Slabscape: Reset” – the best thing I’ve picked (well Kindled anyway) since William Gibson’s Neuromancer – and that’s going back a LONG time 🙂
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Spica Star name: Spica Other names: Alpha Virginis, Azimech, Alaraph, Dana Constellation: Virgo Other ID: 67 Virginis, HR5056, HD116658, SAO157923, HIP65474 Magnitude: +1.04 Absolute magnitude: -3.55 Luminosity, Sun = 1: 12,100 R.A. 2000: 13hr 25min 11.5793sec … Continue reading
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A new camera for the Hyperstar III
Well I don’t think there is going to be much let up in the rain for a good few months now – I have just received a new camera for the Hyperstar III. For quite a while now I have … Continue reading
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WZ Cassiopeiae – a Carbon star near Caph in the constellation Cassiopeia
WZ Cassiopeiae Star name: WZ Cassiopeiae Other names: Constellation: Cassiopeia Other ID: SAO 21002, HIP 99, HD 224855, B+59 2810, PPM 11856 Magnitude: 6.772 to 7.215 Absolute magnitude: -2.7 +/- 1.0 Luminosity, Sun = 1: 980 +/- … Continue reading
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UU Aurigae – a Carbon star in the constellation Auriga
UU Aurigae Star name: UU Aurigae Other names: Constellation: Auriga Other ID: SAO 59280, HD 46687, HIP 31579, HR 2405, BD+38 1539 Magnitude: 5.446 Absolute magnitude: -3.1 +/- 1.1 Luminosity, Sun = 1: 1400 +/- 1400 R.A. … Continue reading
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RS Cygni – a Carbon star lying close to the Crescent nebula in Cygnus
RS Cygni Star name: RS Cygni Other names: Constellation: Cygnus Other ID: SAO 69636, HIP 99653, PPM 84477, HD 192443, B+38 3957 Magnitude: 7.1 to 8.5 Absolute magnitude: -0.77 +/- 0.92 Luminosity, Sun = 1: 170 +/- … Continue reading
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SAO 12870 Carbon star next to Kemble’s Cascade in Camelopardalis
SAO 12874 and SAO 12870 Star name: Other names: Constellation: Camelopardalis Other ID: SAO 12874, HIP 17296, HD 22649, B+62 597, PPM 14446 Magnitude: 5.05 Absolute magnitude: Luminosity, Sun = 1: R.A. 2000: 03hr 42min 09.325sec Dec … Continue reading
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