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Alerts! Questions? Discussions... / Re: Fireball over western Scot...
Last post by Rick - Today at 11:29:20It likely flew over Ben Nevis still at some altitude. The likely strewn field is in the middle of nowhere, access-wise. It spreads from Stob Coire Easain across Loch Treig, past Chno Dearg and Ben Alder and ending near Loch Ericht. The bigger bits are more likely to have landed further east. The nearest road is the A86 to the north. The nearest places of any significance are Dalwhinnie at the top end of Loch Ericht, Rannoch to the south-south-east, and the Ardverikie Estate on Loch Laggen where the TV series "Monarch of the Glen" was filmed to the north....
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Alerts! Questions? Discussions... / Re: Fireball over western Scot...
Last post by Carole - Today at 08:38:46Yes I read that thy think the meteor may have landed on Ben Nevis or close by, and have asked walkers to look out for meteors.
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Alerts! Questions? Discussions... / Fireball over western Scotland...
Last post by Rick - Yesterday at 18:22:52Early on the morning of Thursday 3rd July there was a very bright fireball over western Scotland. A few Global Meteor Network cameras caught parts of the event, but for some of them the flash it made pretty much saturated every pixel on the camera sensor. Here's what's been collected so far:
https://archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2025/orbits/202507/20250702/20250702_235005.149_UK/index.html
There's a BBC report here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0mygn38r4o
https://archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2025/orbits/202507/20250702/20250702_235005.149_UK/index.html
There's a BBC report here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0mygn38r4o
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In the Media... / Re: The Moon that Never Sets
Last post by Dave A - Jul 02, 2025, 09:12:14Rick
This is an interesting article - we forget and just assume that we can always see the Moon from anywhere- although we are used to seeing a crescent Moon at different angles in different Latitudes
This is an interesting article - we forget and just assume that we can always see the Moon from anywhere- although we are used to seeing a crescent Moon at different angles in different Latitudes
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In the Media... / The Moon that Never Sets
Last post by Rick - Jul 01, 2025, 16:29:23The Moon that Never Sets
It turns out that those of us living in the mid and low latitudes have only been seeing half of the Moon's trajectory! We're used to the Moon rising in the east and setting in the west. If we observe closely, we'll notice that its path shifts north and south every month, while the Sun only shifts north and south once a year. From February 22 to March 7, 2025, I traveled to northern Norway, around 69 degrees north latitude. The first few days I was there, I found that I couldn't see the Moon at all, day or night. It then dawned on me that because of how far north I was, the Moon's path was too far south for me to see.
More: https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2025/07/the-moon-that-never-sets.html
It turns out that those of us living in the mid and low latitudes have only been seeing half of the Moon's trajectory! We're used to the Moon rising in the east and setting in the west. If we observe closely, we'll notice that its path shifts north and south every month, while the Sun only shifts north and south once a year. From February 22 to March 7, 2025, I traveled to northern Norway, around 69 degrees north latitude. The first few days I was there, I found that I couldn't see the Moon at all, day or night. It then dawned on me that because of how far north I was, the Moon's path was too far south for me to see.
More: https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2025/07/the-moon-that-never-sets.html
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Astrophotography / Re: Posting images onto the Ga...
Last post by Dave A - Jun 29, 2025, 15:53:02Carole,
Great idea to put this on with pictures, it will hopefully encourage more members to post on the Forum and Gallery
Great idea to put this on with pictures, it will hopefully encourage more members to post on the Forum and Gallery
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Astrophotography / Re: Posting images onto the Ga...
Last post by Carole - Jun 29, 2025, 10:13:59
Your image should now appear in your forum post.
N.B. YOu can also add images from other hosting sites such as Astrobin, Flicker etc etc using this same method of right click, copy image address and then post in the forum.
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Astrophotography / Re: Posting images onto the Ga...
Last post by Carole - Jun 29, 2025, 10:08:32
Add your image and details of Equipment used and length of exposures etc
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Astrophotography / Re: Posting images onto the Ga...
Last post by Carole - Jun 29, 2025, 09:59:53
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Astrophotography / Re: Posting images onto the Ga...
Last post by Carole - Jun 29, 2025, 09:55:29
