is it still visible....? gosh, me so outdated leh....   

I've just checked Starry Night Pro....

It's in the west, Constellation Aquila.... setting in about 5 pm.....   

I've just checked Starry Night Pro....

It's in the west, Constellation Aquila.... setting in about 5 pm.....   

gosh, it's gonna be hard to observe.... apparent magnitude is only 6.65.....

software-driven telescope, of course no prob lar....

me software-guided naked eye nia....   

well he's probably outside somewhere playing with his new telescope.......so while the cat's away, the mice will play.....

Anyway we are currently discussing technical aspects of astro images and this thread is called Astronomy Photography.....

jeezzz.... i need to strike lottery already.....

else, i'll know who to be very helpful with on someone with lots of money, generous, and also astromad....
just kidding...   

i missed my number to a 4D draw yesterday, a month after i sold off my car....   

censored version...., go find in BT lor..... 

so any luck today.....? 

Becoming religious ah? No need to disturb HIS Highness lah, want me to send you an alarm clock?
BTW a super loud alarm clock is the amateur astronomer's essential tool.......

it will be hard.... the apparent magnitude is getting higher, means it's getting fainter on your telescope as it is moving away....

March05> do me a favor wil'ye....? look for Proxima Centauri in your version of SNP.... i couldn't physically locate mine.....

why...?

you've got yourself the *ahem* copy...?   

If they've only got sublight engines, we still have just over 4 years to build our defences.   
But if they've got the latest hyperspace drivers, we are out of time.... 
Mr.LKM, forget Intel stuff. Buy AMD Dual Core! 

no, no, i meant drivers!
haven't you heard? AMD has been secretly exporting its Turion X2 cpus to the aliens (at huge profits; now you know why we can't get these cpus yet) for use in their sublight engines. It was recently discovered, by some LYN hackers who wrote the software hyperspace drivers to overclock the X2 units, that these engines could be speeded up to crash through the FTL barrier..........if our neighbours get hold of this new driver, we're in deep sh*t!

SciFi, my foot!

Wait, the best part is yet to come.....the comet Pojmanski is actually a scout ship sent by the aliens to test how many amateur astronomers will manage to detect them when the battle fleet crosses the Heliosheath.

This is a Critical Point.

If the scout team determines that too many amateurs with their pesky telescopes actually saw them (in the guise of the comet), they will most likely call off the invasion as they will not have the advantage of the element of surprise.........

So Mr.LKM, the fate of our beloved Earth lies in your hands. You must take a picture of the comet and post it here to prove to the aliens that they have been sighted!

are you sure....?   

what I've read from NASA, there won't be one until the max solar cycle somewhere in late 2007 to 2008....

wot's that? you got some spy device planted in NASA HQ ah?

for me can only go though official channels...NASA WEBTV......