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On Thursday 09 August 2007 01:22, Terry Hill wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > My apols for not posting for ages, and then when I do it's off-topic... > > I just wondered if there were any other astronomers in the LUG? > Having recently got my grubby hands on a nice Celestron "goto" > Newtonian, I'm thinking about organising a small star party, as I have > access to a nice dark-sky site with basic facilities. Either way, it > would be nice to expand my circle of astro-nuts (sounds painful!). My grandad was an honorary member of the RAS and when my dad kicks it I should be getting the same 6" f12 newtonian reflector with silver altazimuth rings that he used - very fine telescope but I'm wondering about getting something large with a decent ccd. Anyone up for building a visible light interferometer across Devon and Cornwall ? As for dark skies up here even the white bits are black! Dont forget the pleiades this weekend folks. Tom te tom te tom > > Hmm how to get back on-topic...ahh yes, XEphem from the clear sky > institute is a breeze to compile under Ubuntu - highly recommend it > too. Great for tracking objects like satellites and comets. > > It lives here: http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/ > > For a straightforward map of the night sky, stellarium can't be beaten > for ease of use and looks very professionally built: > http://www.stellarium.org/ - again, runs under Ubuntu nicely and is > easy to get up and running. > > Cheers! > > Tel. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html