Observational and Visual Astronomy [Archive] - Page 4

Space viewing last night (4 replies)
The Joys of Visual Observing (23 replies)
Shooting star? I'm not sure it was. (12 replies)
What's best to record in Observation notes? (2 replies)
Find Stars and Planets in The Daytime - Using your EQ mount Setting Circles. (1 replies)
The mighty Eta Carina, viewed five ways (10 replies)
Student observation tour to go & wooden telescope parts to Australia (9 replies)
Watching the sun (2 replies)
New SN candidate just 4 arcmins from Eta C (6 replies)
Tonight for Insomniacs (7 replies)
What can I look for? (2 replies)
Stars have stopped twinkling ... Jupiter looks 'wow' (3 replies)
Know Any Good Viewing Sites 100km from Bris (3 replies)
Times to see Nova from Hobart (4 replies)
Nova near Alpha Centauri (42 replies)
Introduction to Astronomy (1 replies)
Freakishly Good Viewing Last Night (13 replies)
Dark skies in Victoria (3 replies)
thin wispy mist obsuring sky- chemtrails? (40 replies)
Observing the Horsehead Nebula Tonight (2 replies)
Favourite Northern Hemisphere Objects (5 replies)
Favourite Deep Sky Objects (13 replies)
ISON outburst (37 replies)
Ten Favourite Galaxies (24 replies)
Five Favourite Globular Clusters (30 replies)
Tble Mountain Cape Town: light polluting floodlighting ? (0 replies)
Five Favourite Planetary Nebulae (15 replies)
Always smoething new! NGC 121 (1 replies)
Odd (double?) Iridium flare from Melbourne (3 replies)
Is the Veil visible from Lostock? (1 replies)
Any observing tonight? (4 replies)
Fireball in Gove NT (5 replies)
Five Favourite Nebulae (27 replies)
Observe in the USA 2015 & Texas Star Party (0 replies)
Observation suggestions during tonight's full moon (2 replies)
CBAT subscription. (3 replies)
Cathedral Reserve camping (5 replies)
R Oph (0 replies)
Good Visual DS site east of Melbourne (0 replies)
Viewing Comet Ison from Norway (Tromso)? (5 replies)
Favourite Open Clusters (33 replies)
Finally! (2 replies)
Comet ISON Viewing in Perth (5 replies)
Fake constellations: they exist ! (0 replies)
camping in Northern NSW (3 replies)
Moons full and Im bored. (10 replies)
Terry Lovejoy's Latest Comet Discovery- C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy). (37 replies)
VY canis Majoris? (2 replies)
Astronomik CLS filter (3 replies)
Article: NGC 6749 Aquila - Tough Cookie, Soft Heart (2 replies)
How many objects did you see with the naked eye ? (0 replies)
anyone use one of these? (8 replies)
Fighting back on light pollution (9 replies)
Last Night (11 replies)
The most amazing fact? (5 replies)
Antares Observations (6 replies)
The eye (6 replies)
Moon and Spica (2 replies)
August good targets rising? (4 replies)
Good BOM chart for identifying seeing conditions (7 replies)
Resolving member stars M54 (5 replies)
Irridium flare????? (4 replies)
The GCL Globular Cluster List. Origins anyone? (3 replies)
120 Southern Gems Images (6 replies)
the moon (4 replies)
Predawn observing near qld. (0 replies)
Virgo galaxy cluster. (5 replies)
Barnard's Star (2 replies)
NGC6380 on star charts? (16 replies)
How many globular clusters can you resolve with a small scope ? (4 replies)
July Obs Challenge - The DARK side (7 replies)
Converting solar eclipse magnitude to percentage? (5 replies)
ISS to jump over the moon (0 replies)
Mak-Cass cooling time? (4 replies)
Enormous moon halo above Adelaide (4 replies)
Saturn wows again!! (3 replies)
the year 14000 (4 replies)
Antactica: is Orion a winter or summer constllation ? (9 replies)
ISS n' Co. (7 replies)
A planetary gift (1 replies)
Call for visual sightings HP 1 and Ton 2 (13 replies)
Did anyone else see a star brighten and fade in Musca constellation? (22 replies)
Planet Dance in the Evening Twiglight (1 replies)
Planets (5 replies)
Winter sky...small scope?? (24 replies)
Colour! (6 replies)
What do folks do to stop their breathe fogging eye pieces whilst observing? (16 replies)
Bright star? in the West (5 replies)
'Twas a glorious night (1 replies)
Oh my god! (6 replies)
Occultation of Aplha Librae by Moon tonight (13 replies)
Universe receding? (4 replies)
Has anyone been observing at Lake Maroon, QLD? (3 replies)
Awesome image of Panstarrs & M31 (0 replies)
ISS, Aldebaran and Jupiter for Sydney Mar 30 (0 replies)
ISS Pass on now SW to NE Canberra etc (2 replies)
Another Satellite (7 replies)
Solar spectrum question UV (3 replies)
Satellite (2 replies)
How Binoculars Help Overcome Light Pollution (1 replies)
How do Australians call the Ursa Major constellation ? (38 replies)
Filters - Help to settle a disagreement :) (7 replies)
Moon, Jupiter and Alderberan make... (0 replies)
re M104 Sombrero Galaxy (24 replies)
It pays to look up .. (0 replies)
Dust pillars in the Carina Nebula (1 replies)
Comet Panstarrs naked eye (31 replies)
List of doubles by separation to use for seeing estimates (4 replies)
Two evening visual comets - what a treat! (6 replies)
Supernova 2013aa in NGC 5643 (4 replies)
what is this cluster? (5 replies)
What is this object? (12 replies)
Lemmon at last! (12 replies)
The Moon and Jupiter very close together. (11 replies)
Meteor explodes over central Russia! (3 replies)
The mars exploration program (0 replies)
Panstarrs C/2011 L4 sighted (7 replies)
Asteroid 2012 DA14 to pass within 17,000Km from the Earth on Feb15! (20 replies)
Easy find of comet c/2012 F6 (6 replies)
Satellite Orbits (1 replies)
Star splitting? (5 replies)
The moon catching up to jupiter . (1 replies)
Wearing glasses while observing? (4 replies)
Two nights under a Southern Sky. (2 replies)
Horse Head Bagged (14 replies)
Trapezium - drawing or map (3 replies)
SN 2013E and Others (6 replies)
Observation session based on Alt-Az locations but no computer in the field? (17 replies)
Have Star, need RA and Dec (4 replies)
What a wondrous site the sky is! (3 replies)
Nextar 6SE - Star alignment issues (18 replies)
First look at Comet C2012 K5 (Linear) (3 replies)
Large Magellanic Cloud Tour #1 - Tarantula area. (4 replies)
Light pollution in Sydney (1 replies)
What did I see?? (5 replies)
A New Chart of Extended Objects in the SMC (25 replies)
What is it called? (10 replies)
Crazy Proms today (0 replies)
Extremely bright satellite pass (2 replies)
What were your best observations in 2012 and will be in 2013 ? (15 replies)
Trio Moon-Jupiter-Aldebaran (0 replies)
Comet Wirtanen meteors report (2 replies)
Light pollution in Western Australia ? (4 replies)
SN 2012fr in Ngc 1365 (1 replies)
Rosette Nebula (3 replies)
Geminids 2012 12 12 (6 replies)
What a great night viewing (5 replies)
Solar Eclipse Port Douglas Info (1 replies)
Flinders Ranges ... Dark Sky? (6 replies)
DSO's and colour perception (0 replies)
Jupiter-Orion-Sirius-Rigel (4 replies)
Magnetic fields & electron flow in galaxies (3 replies)
Antares close to Sun in full daylight ? (6 replies)
Bright white light in eastern sky (5 replies)
Oil leak in CPC 925 (23 replies)
Interesting sighting over Hobart. Any ideas? (5 replies)
Moonlit Nights? (5 replies)
Unusual Clouds? (9 replies)
Ageing eyes and ER in eyepieces (6 replies)
Andromeda from Hobart (33 replies)
Lake Mountain (11 replies)
Meteor ! (1 replies)
Spot the International Space Station (1 replies)
Waning Gibbous (4 replies)
The Moon (4 replies)
Ha line and UHC filters (2 replies)
Small Magellanic Cloud tour #2 - the northwest (9 replies)
Biography of James Dunlop (9 replies)
HST, crestent Moon and Saturn, what a sight (3 replies)
Clear Skies (2 replies)
GAA Observing Night - Oct 2012 (0 replies)
SN2009ip, NGC 7259 (1 replies)
A transit of something (7 replies)
Close Approach of Asteroid 2012 TC4 (2 replies)
Dark sky site a few hours drive from Sydney?? (4 replies)
Small Magellanic Cloud tour #1 - the northeast. (13 replies)
Comet 168P/Hergenrother (14 replies)
Southern Index Catalog Objects (9 replies)
Stargazing in US. (6 replies)
Solar System bingo (0 replies)
Heads up Canberra (ISS Pass Thursday night) (8 replies)
Stargazing at Tasmania (8 replies)
Suggestions for sketching please (10 replies)
Advice for some bright targets (10 replies)
Visiting the Siding Spring Observatory at Night? (10 replies)
Why it's so hard to see much in Octans (2 replies)
Find this Star (5 replies)
Article: The Fornax Dwarf and its Five Globulars (3 replies)
Ceres disk visually possible? (5 replies)
Faint Galaxies (3 replies)
Which is the Darkest Site within 45 Km of Melbourne CBD? (15 replies)
26 day old moon . (3 replies)
8" dob at first light - What to look at? (12 replies)
What the hell did I see??? (6 replies)
Interesting PN - IC 1295 (0 replies)
Triangle plus Moon (9 replies)
Mystery Galaxies (7 replies)
Can someone please observe NGC 5946 for me? (6 replies)
Cartwheel galaxy. (4 replies)
Daylight Planets (5 replies)
Have I photographed moons either side of Jupiter? (12 replies)
Stars visible from aircraft ? (7 replies)
Clear Sky at Last! (10 replies)
Beaut Sight. (0 replies)
NGC1084 Supernova visual Astrofest target? (0 replies)
Why do we *see* colors of the stars ? (2 replies)
There is a peace about observing (25 replies)
Perseids 2012 (7 replies)
Jewel Box (0 replies)
What did I see? (14 replies)
Conjunction Vesta-Aldebaran (0 replies)
Humongous prom on display (4 replies)
Proxima Centauri and colour perception (3 replies)
Sharp Park River Bend (0 replies)
Objects in twilight more difficult when older ? (5 replies)
What if... (6 replies)
Suzy's Observing Targets: July/August 2012. (28 replies)
July Obs' Challenge: teasing out the detail (9 replies)
Bright aurora over southern NZ tonight. (9 replies)
M104 and NGC 5128 (8 replies)
Did anyone Sirius with Naked Eye in daylight ? (9 replies)
What can I realistically expect to see with my Nexstar 8SE telescope? (4 replies)
Venus in the sky in w.a (1 replies)
Did anyone see bright stars before sunset with naked eye ? (0 replies)
Large bolide on the Sunshine Coast 6 - 6:30 last night (3 replies)
30 June-ginormous prom visible (8 replies)
Question for experienced observers (8 replies)
The joy of downsizing - an experience, not-so-much a report (16 replies)
Magnification (15 replies)
Excellent meteor over Melbourne! (3 replies)
Double star list entire sky for small scopes ? (3 replies)
meteor/asteroid (12 replies)
Bright object in Melbourne skys (10 replies)
What was that! (2 replies)
Most obscure object you've seen (53 replies)
Shenzhou 9 launch video (2 replies)
NGC 3918 'pulsating' (4 replies)
Rare opportunity in Perth (11 replies)
Space junk or meteorite? (3 replies)
Unitron Images. (4 replies)
Atque in perpetuum, Venus, vale atque ave! (1 replies)
Cant sleep so excited Venus transit!!!! (19 replies)
Imaging location (0 replies)
New version of FOViewer Android app live! (5 replies)
Did anybody else see this bright metior? . (7 replies)
Near Earth asteroid 2012 KP24 (15 replies)
Best time to observe in Melbourne (11 replies)
Object over Brisbane.. SpaceX Falcon 9? (2 replies)
Arp peculiar galaxies - anyone observed any? (14 replies)
Spotting satellites (6 replies)