Observational and Visual Astronomy [Archive] - Page 5

From Mariner to Astronomer....(not really) (7 replies)
M83 PinWheel Galaxy (7 replies)
Congratulations to our Mozzie too! (7 replies)
Observing M42 is it a coincidence? (8 replies)
New nova in Sagittarius (2 replies)
Congratulations Alex!!! (20 replies)
leo nebulae (4 replies)
Homunculus Nebula (6 replies)
M20 Trifid Nebula (10 replies)
3 bright orange lights across SE Melbourne (2 replies)
UFO spotted any answers? (1 replies)
Article: Visual Astronomy and the Use of Filters (5 replies)
Scott Mellish anniversary (0 replies)
From which aperture colors in nebulas ? (23 replies)
Dumb and Dumber (0 replies)
My Blog/Log (1 replies)
Observing in Tassie? (6 replies)
I had forgotten !! (5 replies)
Redshifting - Question (7 replies)
SN Alert!!! (12 replies)
A remarkable rectangular-looking galaxy (0 replies)
Mars and Saturn 18/03/2012 in Good Seeing (1 replies)
The real size of the Solar System (11 replies)
Colour Filters for Planetary (3 replies)
Need help to ID double star in Puppis (5 replies)
Observing the Sun (2 replies)
Low-flying ‘fireball' lights up Melbourne sky (2 replies)
Red Dot Finders (3 replies)
Sunspot 1429 (1 replies)
Defect of illumination of Mars (0 replies)
Space Debris or Meteor did anyone see it? (7 replies)
Deep Sky Objects and Seeing (0 replies)
Sydney: anyone like to join me for a sketching session? (4 replies)
Strange Object (9 replies)
Magellan Observatory 2.0 (0 replies)
Darwin area hazy in June? (2 replies)
Challenge (5 replies)
Lots of solar activity today (0 replies)
Excellent seeing AGAIN! Observations 24/2/12 (6 replies)
Southeast Queensland Dark Skies (7 replies)
For observing Bali is not the place to be (3 replies)
Fireballs over Goldy (3 replies)
2 amazing stars seen by the unaided eye (7 replies)
Has anyone observed the Circinus Galaxy? (15 replies)
Tiny Mars - the eyepiece view (27 replies)
From Antarctica: is Orion a summer or winter constelltion ? (2 replies)
What a time of year! (4 replies)
Eta Carinae getting brighter ? (10 replies)
Disappointed with my view of Eta Carina (23 replies)
Skies Clear over Sydney at last!!!! (9 replies)
Newcastle people, where are dark skies? (2 replies)
Sirius B with 4" apo ? (16 replies)
Introducing new folk to our hobby (10 replies)
Sky views from plane in full flight (5 replies)
observers in perth last night? (14 replies)
Large Objects (12 replies)
Yes, your eyes have noise ! (7 replies)
dusting off the Megrez 90... and my brain. (2 replies)
The sun, 23/1/12 (2 replies)
Albury visit (1 replies)
Lovejoy - Visible now with binos?? (4 replies)
Sketch East Limb Proms January 12th h alpha (2 replies)
Phobus-Grunt (6 replies)
iss (0 replies)
Light Pollution-Saturday Night Race Track! (7 replies)
Did you see lunar occultation of planet or bright star ? (1 replies)
Did anyone see stars in Daylight ? (11 replies)
Mozzie scores an ASOD for his sketch of Lovejoy!!! (21 replies)
Occultation of the asteroid 4 Vesta (1 replies)
Sirius (2 replies)
Need Help In Identifying These Objects (4 replies)
How was your observing year 2011 ? (6 replies)
Desert Lovejoy (2 replies)
Lovejoy - making a Christmas to remember (4 replies)
La Nina and observing, a mourning (10 replies)
Lovejoy video from the ISS (6 replies)
What's Lovejoy doing? (3 replies)
Are you all behaving yourselves? (2 replies)
Supernova in NGC4945 (9 replies)
Auckland is not too bad .... (5 replies)
viewing Sirius B (9 replies)
Is Nibiru real....a second Sun? (44 replies)
Exploring the southern urban deep sky (12 replies)
jupiter first time (7 replies)
celestial object halos and reflections (0 replies)
Satellite across the sun (0 replies)
Great Seeing in WA (4 replies)
Did anyone see that??? (4 replies)
My first DSO (9 replies)
Good observing sites in SA (5 replies)
Viewing Uranus and Neptune (3 replies)
What did I just see ? (0 replies)
Terry Lovejoy has found another comet! (2 replies)
Thursday 1/12 viewing- Lightbridge 16 "first" light (3 replies)
UFO over Melb - tonight 30/11 (5 replies)
Anyone seen Jupiter Last night (27/11/11) (18 replies)
Not sure I am looking at the right object!! (4 replies)
"Quickview" tools showing what any galaxy looks like (4 replies)
pollution on corrector plate (1 replies)
Crude and basic pastel sketch (7 replies)
Quick and Dirty Jupiter with Io Transit (1 replies)
meteor - 0006hrs Friday 18 November 2011 (2 replies)
Grab & Go (6 replies)
Planetary Nebula in Magellanic Clouds? (11 replies)
Wikisky (10 replies)
Few Question and Observations (5 replies)
First Light on a 16” Dob (25 replies)
First night out! (5 replies)
Leonids Question (8 replies)
comet 78p/gehreis (4 replies)
Poll: favourite DSO (32 replies)
They're coming from both directions .. !! (2 replies)
Melbourne Moon Tonight (2 replies)
Iridium ..? (1 replies)
2nd time ever, think i saw nebula? (4 replies)
Not Happening (3 replies)
HST visible passes (2 replies)
Don't know what I just saw (3 replies)
possible UARS sighting, need confirmation (3 replies)
How to hone observing sensitivity and accuracy (49 replies)
what do you take on your observations (8 replies)
Favourite time of the year to observe and why (13 replies)
Transit times for Jupiter's moons? (3 replies)
The Ultimate Messier Object Log (3 replies)
Article: Finding the Messier Objects with Binoculars - Successes and Failures (7 replies)
Variable Stars (8 replies)
NGC 2070 - the Tarantula under OIII (6 replies)
List of bright Southern galaxy groups (0 replies)
wow the sun !!! (3 replies)
Finally got a look (8 replies)
Summer observing for a northerner...? (13 replies)
An exceptional PN: NGC 6572 (7 replies)
Article and Download: 150 Dunlop Deep Sky Objects (82 replies)
Elongation Table for Uranus Opposition (1 replies)
Elongation Table for Triton (Neptune Oppo) (0 replies)
New Moon Map (0 replies)
Gum 49 and Gum 50 (6 replies)
Double Double in Lyra (1 replies)
Seriously Red! (2 replies)
Are we seeing one of Saturns moon? (5 replies)
Astronomy Camps (21 replies)
Southern hemisphere equivalent of M57? (6 replies)
Images of Leo Triplet by Australian Astronomers. (8 replies)
Latest pictures of Saturn compared to 6, 12 and 18 months ago (2 replies)
Neptune and nearby faint star (4 replies)
GRRRRR cant find which satellites I have just seen (5 replies)
Observing I will go (4 replies)
LMC supernova remnants (4 replies)
NGC 3628 : a boxy & X shaped Bulge, plus a peculiar dust lane (6 replies)
Looking up (2 replies)
Meteor Sighting Saturday 10.30pm CST (4 replies)
Double star identification help needed (3 replies)
images of ngc objects (12 replies)
Neptune 1 year old today (6 replies)
ISS & the Shuttle (3 replies)
Mercury July 2011 (1 replies)
Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd (64 replies)
Shuttle and ISS Close Pass (2 replies)
Abell S805 (alias LGG 422) - an interesting but challenging object (0 replies)
Eagle Nebula, Pillars of Creation (4 replies)
Slender Lunar Crescent at Dusk Today (2nd July 2011) (0 replies)
LVL survey - Superb imaging resource for nearby galaxies (1 replies)
EOI Magellan Observatory " Time Share " (3 replies)
recorded change in sky conditions. (0 replies)
PN to try for medium scopes in the evening (8 replies)
Galaxy Buster !! (7 replies)
HST tuesday 5:55pm (0 replies)
July Obs. Challenge - plus 1'st "Sketch-a-Fest" (9 replies)
Galaxies- 13th hour on the meridian (0 replies)
M6 and M7 (7 replies)
Three mag 13 galaxies IN TOWN! (5 replies)
Need to locate a Solar Active Region (AR) number for an old image. (2 replies)
Definitely an orange tinge .... (1 replies)
Aaaaah the Serenity! (4 replies)
Johannes Kepler ATV reentry (3 replies)
Centaurus A- Latest Pic From Hubble Showing Star Forming Regions. (33 replies)
Alpha centauri - how to make you want to throw away your new scope... (11 replies)
Large Meteor NW of Brisbane (3 replies)
Observation for this weekend, Cluster night! (2 replies)
first observation report; 04/06/2011 (19 replies)
Best place in and around Brisbane to view the Total Lunar Eclipse ? (5 replies)
Obs report 4 June 2011 (9 replies)
Finally! A sky to look at! (3 replies)
And finally...some obs! (2 replies)
Start June with Clear skies .. ! (7 replies)
Centaurus A - FOUND! (19 replies)
Saturn and Porrima - a double treat? (6 replies)
First Galaxy (15 replies)
Lets hear about your single favourite object and why (40 replies)
Three Faint Fuzzies for this Newbie (6 replies)
"Seeing" & "Transperancy" - How to determine, please. (17 replies)
Monday 22/5 (2 replies)
Bright Flash across Melbourne (1 replies)
Easy & Beautiful Targets For Binos. (18 replies)
RCW nebulae - plug that "gap" in the NGC/IC (3 replies)
Naked eye colours - Arcturus? (2 replies)
May/June Observing Challenge (by Suzy, yeah!). (40 replies)
GalexView - surveying the Sthn sky with UV eyes (4 replies)
What makes a telescope Comfortable & Efficient to view from? (13 replies)
Alpha Crucis - Acrux - Double or Not (3 replies)
Could I have Heard a meteorite?+ were they eta equa (26 replies)
5 Planets in the morning sky (6 replies)
What to view in May ? (6 replies)
Clear Skies in Sydney tonight (7 replies)
Eta Aquarids .. (22 replies)
Our first Galaxy (11 replies)
Old Eyeballs and Exit Pupil (2 replies)
Spirograph Nebula. (7 replies)
Also Not an Observing Report (1 replies)
Dew in Canberra? (2 replies)
Not an Observing report (15 replies)
Writing/sketching dew hutch (3 replies)
Festoons on Saturn, who can see what I see? (10 replies)
Observing Eta Carinae. (8 replies)
Those baby stars in the Carina Nebula (4 replies)
T-Pyxidis in outburst (14 replies)
My top 12 moons (1 replies)
Unidentified Orbiting Object...? (11 replies)
Mimosa and its companion (4 replies)
HJ star catalogue? (9 replies)
jet stream (7 replies)
Moon 6th April 2011 (0 replies)
observing list giving distances (4 replies)
SDSS Data Release 8 - Best online Virtual Telescope (0 replies)
3 star alignment (3 replies)
Revisiting Some Old Friends at Coonabarabran (2 replies)
Bright object in western sky at sunset (4 replies)
Great night last night (3 replies)
not a happy first light for new C14 (23 replies)
Clouds of Magellan now has section for sketches (4 replies)
Observing list for face-on spirals? (19 replies)
Solar System & DSO sketches (347 replies)
Meteor (11 replies)
Saturn's moons - nice asterism! (1 replies)
Is there a comet currently in Scorpius? (11 replies)
Running Chicken, Lambda Cen objects (6 replies)
A new sketching subforum? (32 replies)
First light with an Old Girl: an original Celestron orange tube C8 (3 replies)
unrelenting cloud cover (7 replies)
Saturn 6th March (3 replies)
Astronomy Journal Software (0 replies)
March obs. Challenge -Variety! (13 replies)
A french in Australia (17 replies)
Paddy, this one's for you, mate! An open letter. (6 replies)
Shooting the breeze and a sketch (7 replies)
shooting stars (4 replies)
need a little help (2 replies)
THe Pup and Surrounds. (5 replies)
Observing Report 26/01/11 (13 replies)
Sirius split at last (13 replies)