Not sure how to read that Flamsteed VLF receiver Hi Tej, there's a good explanation of how to read these graphs on one of our Radio Astronomy Group r...

its only an 8.5″ X 8.5″ square format You've just sent me scurrying back to my book shelves to check again... my version is a full-size 12" x 12" (30...

My gut feel is that my favourite image (above) is too similar to last year's winner, so the judges will probably go for something different this year....

books that Bletchley Park genius Alan Turing borrowed from his school library Blimey, I'm feeling slightly inadequate now. That's some reading list f...

What the public thinks an astronomy photograph looks like That's probably true, Andy. However, though these pictures are technically brilliant, they ...

So here is my first “proper” (for my humble standard) Solar image using the new camera. Very, very good, Tej. I'm hugely impressed with what you are ...

Very tough to pick a winner out of this lot (though I note this is only part of the shortlist!). My personal favourite is this one: ... but there ...

For such a massive project, it is impressive that they seem to be right on schedule for their planned restart. For the project planning geeks, there i...

Hi Clive, this does sound like a very interesting idea. It would certainly complement the VLF data. How big is the kit antenna, out of interest?

Thanks for your kind comments, Clive. It makes organising trips like this really worthwhile to know that they are appreciated by attendees. To be hone...

Right, that's it... my patience has now snapped. All further discussion on Star Trek is hereby banned on this thread. Feel free to set up a new thr...

Right, my fault... I've taken this thread seriously off topic. By way of recompense, here is another gem from Pathe News... this time, it's the visit...

;) ;) Thanks, Brian... quite right :) Yes, indeed, silver recovery is pretty big business. As far as I know it's been going for as long as the film h...

Interesting stuff... discussions around "Planet X" have taken place since Percival Lowell in the early part of the 20th century... which led to the di...