stilldellin Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Hey DK is that you up there standing on the banks broo, is it the noaries or the moon you're watching ? :-http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb479/beenister/IMG_2824sdsmbmoon_zpse556d861.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyKipper Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Don't know what a noary/ie is and it's definitely not me up there! Sadly the sky was too bright (should have known) for the aurora storm and I never saw the planets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 ^ That DK is prime puffin or " noarrie " viewing country up there, yes that was a moon to remember. Yes, too light skies now until maybe the middle of August, overall despite the predictions it's been a fairly disappointing aurora season. Prime puffin country :-http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb479/beenister/IMG_2841sdsmbmoon_zpsd6477b09.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyKipper Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Aha I was put off by the 'a'. If you had said tammy norries it would have been different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogling Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 Supermoon tonight. http://earthsky.org/tonight/is-biggest-and-closest-full-moon-on-june-23-2013-a-supermoon "This full moon is not only the closest and largest full moon of the year. It also presents the moon’s closest encounter with Earth for all of 2013. The moon will not be so close again until August, 2014. In other words, it’s not just a supermoon. It’s the closest supermoon of 2013. We astronomers call this sort of close full moon a perigee full moon. The word perigee describes the moon’s closest point to Earth for a given month." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 Thanks for the heads up. It would be good if the cloud could just disperse a little first and the rain stop too....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Last night's moon was well worth a look, for a few minutes there were two golf balls on top of Compass Head :-http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3808/9368752190_c33aee8656_c.jpgMoonrise Compass Head IMG_6330 by Ronnierob, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogling Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 "August 10-13, 2013 before dawn, the Perseids The Perseid meteor shower is perhaps the most beloved meteor shower of the year for the Northern Hemisphere. The shower builds gradually to a peak, often produces 50 to 100 meteors per hour in a dark sky at the peak, and, for us in the Northern Hemisphere, this shower comes when the weather is warm. The Perseids tend to strengthen in number as late night deepens into midnight, and typically produce the most meteors in the wee hours before dawn." http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 I used to have, on my old computer, a bookmark for a website that showed the real time movement of the earth with the aurora in place if it was on the go. It used to be the earth view in a separate window. I've lost the link. Anyone got it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 I use this link http://www.auroraspy.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Brilliant - that is the one. Bookmarked (again!) Many thanks. shetlandpeat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 The setting sun last night was well worth a look :-http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7320/9955983914_ccf253d58d_c.jpgSunset o'er the Loder 3 by Ronnierob, on Flickr ArabiaTerra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thanks again to dizzy kipper, quite a good show of the aurora tonight, just a bit windy for pictures but here's one picture taken tonight anyway :-http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/10582539214_06c4c81fbe_c.jpgaurora IMG_2430 by Ronnierob, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogling Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Nearly forgot to say about the Leonid meteor shower - peaks late tonight....hopefully there'll still be a bit of clear sky to see something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOYAANISQATSI Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 Sup ISON?Corona not hot enough for ya? http://soho.esac.esa.int/hotshots/index.html/ "28/11/13 - Last night I was optimistic that comet ISON would continue its dramatic brightening trend, and soar into the negative magnitudes. This morning it is indeed with a heavy heart that I show you the image opposite, in which we clearly see that ISON has faded rather dramatically in the past few hours. It is still likely around -1 magnitude, but this number is falling fast. The question on everyone's lips is "will it survive perihelion?", and now I'm reluctantly thinking it seems very unlikely to survive at this point. I do think it will reach perihelion, , I will be very surprised to see something of any consequence come out the other side."____________ "29/11/13 - we're up to our necks in media inquiries and attempting to do real science to figure out the mystery that is comet ISON.After impressing us yesterday, comet ISON faded dramatically overnight, and left us with a comet with no apparent nucleus in the SOHO/LASCO C2 images. As the comet plunged through the solar atmosphere, and failed to put on a show in the SDO images, we understandably concluded that ISON had succumbed to its passage and died a fiery death. Except it didn't.After perihelion, a very faint smudge of dust appeared in the the LASCO C2 images along ISON's orbit. This surprised us a little...Now, in the latest LASCO C3 images, we are seeing something beginning to gradually brighten up again. One could almost be forgiven for thinking that there's a comet in the images!As ISON plunged through the corona, it continued to fall apart and vaporize, and lost its coma and tail completely just like Lovejoy did in 2011. Then, what emerged from the Sun was a small but perhaps somewhat coherent nucleus, that has resumed emitting dust and gas. In essence, the tail is growing back, as Lovejoy's did.We have a whole new set of unknowns, and this ridiculous, crazy, dynamic and unpredictable object continues to amaze, astound and confuse us to no end. It has risen from the solar corona and shines once more." Here's a hint for the NASA boys pulling their hair out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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