Monday, April 30, 2007

Managed to complete most of the End of Course Assessment (ECA) for the OU Introducing Astronomy course and get it submitted on time! I think I might scrape a pass, if not I will give up this course of academic study and stick to observing!

Found the time just now to nip outside with my monocular and take a peek at Venus and Saturn. I can't remember Venus being on view for as long as this, but then I haven't been following all of this for a long time.

It looks like the new garden should be better than than the previous one for skies. But I will have to wait until I can build a shed for the scope before it sees any action. The thought of hauling it all down the stairs and back up hill to a suitable spot is not very appealing!

But I'm looking forward to some summer evenings lying back in a deck chair and taking in the whole sky. Last summer I had one evening in particular when I could see M31 with the naked eye, that was my best ever observinf session!

Later
Mitch
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  1. mark_smith2:48 PM

    Just got myself the cannon 400D first impressions brilliant you had any clear skies lately. Clear here today will have to wait to see what it’s like tonight.

    Mark

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  2. Mitch10:14 PM

    Mark,

    Had some clear skies but not had the chance to get the scope out since the house move. I've been busy setting out a base for my new workshop as well as starting on the kitchen!

    Good news is that the new shed/workshop arrived yesterday so I'm now busy re-organising everything.

    Anyway, glad to hear that you have a 400D, you won't be disappointed! This camera will serve you well for all aspects of photography as well as astro stuff.

    cheers
    Mitch

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