Does that mean that, looking at the colouring of the streak in isolation, you could tell its direction of travel as it moves through different densiti...

The colouring of that trail is extraordinary. Is that genuine or a by-product of the processing??? The colours are real, Andy. It's not always possib...

Did you point your camera at Perseus or a bit away from it? A little away from it... about 10-20 degrees more towards the north. I wanted Polaris in ...

Any photos, Mike, or anyone else? Only had time to process one, Tej. Here it is: Perseid meteor - 11Aug2016 - taken from Cudham by Mike Meynell, on...

Well, this could be one potential answer: Then we have Saturn, Uranus and Neptune that have vast quantities of deuterium and helium-3. See This i...

Oh dear... another scare story with very little basis in facts. This came up a few years ago (big press story that we'd no longer have helium party ba...

Will certainly let you know if I plan to go out again... like you, I want to get another decent view of Mars in this apparition. I did poke my head o...

Not going to make it to Blackheath after all unfortunately. It will have to be another day.

Oh, we're getting dangerously close to introducing politics to the Flamsteed forums. This day was bound to come :) So much nonsense and scaremongerin...

I think that's the right call, Tej. There's a very annoying blanket of high haze, which would make observing near impossible. Tomorrow looks a little...

Unfortunately I won't be able to join you this evening... a shame, cause I'd like to give Mars a go. Latest forecast is suggesting that cloud will ro...

Mike: My bad, I forgot I had my damn monitor in dull Text mode, switched it back to calibrated and now I can see the colours of your ring nebula
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