Mike Meynell
Mike Meynell
@mikem
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Joined: Jun 19, 2020
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RE: Science on TV

Yep, must admit, I enjoyed that S@N. No Tej, I won't be specifcally mentioning the Mars / Antares conjunction... not enough time to fit everything in...

8 years ago
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RE: Cloudy nights = more processing...

Easiest way to share an image from Flickr in this forum (now that we have BBCode activated) is to go to Flickr and click on the "Share" icon. Then sel...

8 years ago
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RE: My first ever DSO image...I am cruel

I personally now use something called Alignmaster Never used this, but have heard good things about it. Link is here. You're right that the Polar Al...

8 years ago
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RE: Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival

Many congratulations... look forward to seeing the result. Most amusing to see Pete Lawrence under that blanket... are you sure he was imaging? Looks...

8 years ago
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RE: Cloudy nights = more processing...

Looks like the image source is from your laptop - you'll have to post the images elsewhere (e.g. Flickr or Photobucket) and link back to the image her...

8 years ago
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RE: Science on TV

Just realised that it's a Sky at Night night. BBC4 at 10pm. "The Hunt for ET"

8 years ago
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RE: My Prrecccioussss - The Ring Nebula

That's significantly better than the previous image, Tej! The stars looks round now. You've captured some nice colours in M57.... obviously no chance ...

8 years ago
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RE: RAS Public Lecture - How to find exoplanets

Sounds very interesting, but I'm not in London this weekend, so I'll miss it.

8 years ago
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RE: My first ever DSO image...I am cruel

I did not know I can polar align the HEQ5 Pro to any bright star Check the firmware on your handset... if it's version 3.35 you can do it... if it's ...

8 years ago
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RE: My first ever DSO image...I am cruel

So, just to be clear, you have a really nice, relatively portable, imaging kit... nice f/6 scope and an auto guider... a HEQ5 mount (use one myself as...

8 years ago
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RE: New Astronomical Festival

Jackson, Mississippi, is further south than London therefore it was closer to the comet making it easier to see Impressive that you can see through t...

8 years ago
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RE: New Astronomical Festival

I love this Mary Chapin Carpenter song. She must have had bloody good eyesight to see Halley's comet in 1986! It was rubbish trying to view it with t...

8 years ago
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RE: My first ever DSO image...I am cruel

Poor little M92... whatever has it done to you to deserve such treatment ;) Seriously though, Tej, I think this is a great effort given the constrain...

8 years ago
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RE: What are astronomers

When in doubt, reach for the OED: astronomer ► noun an expert in or student of astronomy. astronomy ► noun the branch of science which deals with ce...

8 years ago
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RE: John Maynard Keynes and Isaac Newton

Genius though he was, I don't think Newton was a particularly nice man. Interesting that Keynes showed such interest in Newton... one could say that t...

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