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This is a reconstructed, read-only archive of an old YaBB board that used to live on this site. The forum software is long gone, but the message files survived on the server.

The recovered posts are mostly amateur/remote astronomy notes — comet obsessions, deep-sky imaging, telescope experiments — and the sort of late-night rambling that happens when you're chasing photons.

Archive note: some attachments and off-site links may be missing or renamed, but the posts are preserved as they were originally written.

Archive tooling note: HTML→YaBB Converter Test Post (January 2026)

Information about archived records and site statistics is available in the privacy notice.

Welcome to the new Astronomy forum!
YaBB Administrator — 2005-11-08 16:00:00 UTC
M81 (Bode's Galaxy)
Administrator — 2006-12-17 16:17:46 UTC
Re: M81 (Bode's Galaxy ) - Revisited
SMacB — 2008-02-17 22:43:52 UTC
Re: M81 (Bode's Galaxy)
SMacB — 2008-03-16 00:08:14 UTC
M27 (Dumbbell Nebula)
Administrator — 2006-12-17 16:20:40 UTC
Re: M27 (Dumbbell Nebula)
SMacB — 2008-04-14 16:58:41 UTC
Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543)
Administrator — 2007-07-01 11:20:17 UTC
Cat's Eye Nebula [Update]
Administrator — 2007-07-10 16:20:35 UTC
Re: Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543)
Administrator — 2007-07-14 09:45:28 UTC
Sunflower Galaxy, M63 (NGC 5055)
Administrator — 2007-07-13 18:07:36 UTC
Re: Sunflower Galaxy, M63 (NGC 5055)
Administrator — 2007-07-22 09:24:55 UTC
Re: Sunflower Galaxy, M63 (NGC 5055)
SMacB — 2008-03-24 19:46:36 UTC
I should double check my coordinates next time....
Administrator — 2007-07-23 00:02:12 UTC
Lots of Galaxies
Administrator — 2007-09-14 22:19:10 UTC
Comet 17P/Holmes
SMacB — 2007-11-03 12:53:40 UTC
Re: Comet 17P/Holmes
SMacB — 2007-11-04 10:14:15 UTC
Re: Comet 17P/Holmes
SMacB — 2007-11-09 23:19:49 UTC
Crab Nebula (M 1)
SMacB — 2008-02-10 11:38:28 UTC
NGC 1977, Running Man nebula in Orion
SMacB — 2008-02-29 14:55:20 UTC
Re: NGC 1977, Running Man nebula in Orion
SMacB — 2008-03-04 23:41:45 UTC
Re: NGC 1977, Running Man nebula in Orion
SMacB — 2008-03-07 22:55:57 UTC
Re: NGC 1977, Running Man nebula in Orion
SMacB — 2008-03-16 00:28:25 UTC
GRB 080303A?
SMacB — 2008-03-03 16:35:11 UTC
Re: GRB 080303A - NOT!
SMacB — 2008-03-08 18:30:32 UTC
New comet?
SMacB — 2008-03-09 01:22:15 UTC
New Comet? - Oh! Disappointment!
SMacB — 2008-03-09 19:45:09 UTC
Re: GRB 080303A
SMacB — 2008-03-10 23:46:18 UTC
Re: GRB 080303A
SMacB — 2008-03-13 00:23:39 UTC
Re: GRB 080303A
SMacB — 2008-03-16 12:53:43 UTC
Re: GRB 080303A?
SMacB — 2008-03-17 22:41:38 UTC
Re: GRB 080303A?
SMacB — 2008-03-23 13:58:34 UTC
Re: GRB 080303A? - NEW IDEA
nobias0327 — 2008-04-10 09:11:58 UTC
Re: GRB 080303A?
SMacB — 2008-04-11 06:57:10 UTC
NGC 5395 & NGC 5394 (Heron Galaxy)
SMacB — 2008-03-16 11:37:32 UTC
Re: NGC 5395 & NGC 5394 (Heron Galaxy)
SMacB — 2008-03-24 20:19:03 UTC
Equipment info....(SMacB)
SMacB — 2008-03-17 00:06:34 UTC
Found in some dusty old back-up discs.....
SMacB — 2008-03-26 22:28:35 UTC
M 83, The Southern Pinwheel (NGC 5236)
SMacB — 2008-03-28 19:39:18 UTC
M 101, Northern Pinwheel (NGC 5457)
SMacB — 2008-03-29 15:57:42 UTC
Websites of interest......
SMacB — 2008-03-29 16:09:54 UTC
[m by=admin destboard=Aatronomy dest=1206806994]: Websites of interest......
SMacB — 2008-03-29 16:09:54 UTC
M 60 and partner
SMacB — 2008-03-29 20:26:45 UTC
Galaxy Zoo
SMacB — 2008-04-02 02:40:00 UTC
Planetary Nebula JnEr1 (PN G164.8+31.1)
SMacB — 2008-04-05 00:20:30 UTC
Re: Planetary Nebula JnEr1 (PN G164.8+31.1)
SMacB — 2008-04-06 16:09:55 UTC
Planetary Nebula LoTr5 (PN G339+88.1)
SMacB — 2008-04-13 10:30:44 UTC
LoTr5. Adventure into the world of spectra.....
SMacB — 2008-04-20 20:11:52 UTC
Longmore-Tritton 5, Revisited...
SMacB — 2008-05-30 16:00:34 UTC
Re: Planetary Nebula LoTr5 (PN G339+88.1)
SMacB — 2011-02-20 23:43:41 UTC
The Moon
SMacB — 2008-05-17 09:19:49 UTC
Re: The Moon
SMacB — 2008-05-21 16:18:07 UTC
Re: The Moon
SMacB — 2008-07-07 23:09:22 UTC
Re: The Moon
SMacB — 2008-08-06 21:55:02 UTC
Re: The Moon
SMacB — 2008-12-03 10:09:51 UTC
Re: The Moon
SMacB — 2009-04-11 20:19:15 UTC
Re: The Moon
SMacB — 2009-05-02 00:23:56 UTC
Saturn
SMacB — 2008-05-18 00:02:56 UTC
Re: Saturn
SMacB — 2008-05-20 23:25:27 UTC
NGC 3372: The Great Nebula in Carina
SMacB — 2008-05-24 13:52:55 UTC
Abell 61 (PK 77+14.1) in Cygnus
SMacB — 2008-05-26 12:38:47 UTC
NGC 5128 (Centaurus A)
SMacB — 2008-05-27 17:01:07 UTC
NGC 6193 (Open cluster in Ara)
SMacB — 2008-05-27 18:07:59 UTC
NGC 3576 (Thors Helmet)
SMacB — 2008-05-28 16:44:27 UTC
The Milky Way
SMacB — 2008-05-31 23:22:53 UTC
Re: The Milky Way
SMacB — 2008-06-26 20:59:13 UTC
Re: The Milky Way
SMacB — 2009-04-03 23:41:19 UTC
Emission Nebula sh2-16 (RCW 137, Gum 70)
SMacB — 2008-06-26 21:43:42 UTC
Re: Emission Nebula sh2-16 (RCW 137, Gum 70)
SMacB — 2008-06-30 19:13:05 UTC
Planetary Nebula Abell 39 (PK 47+42.1)
SMacB — 2008-07-30 22:16:10 UTC
star colour
SMacB — 2008-07-30 23:48:43 UTC
Planetary Nebula Jn1 (Jones 1, PK104 -29.1)
SMacB — 2008-07-31 18:27:47 UTC
Comet d'Arrest 6P
SMacB — 2008-08-05 18:23:09 UTC
Comet Boattini W1 (C/2007 W1)
SMacB — 2008-08-10 13:57:50 UTC
Re: Comet Boattini W1 (C/2007 W1)
SMacB — 2008-09-06 15:10:20 UTC
Jupiter
SMacB — 2008-09-01 17:35:06 UTC
Re: Jupiter
SMacB — 2008-09-14 21:47:59 UTC
Re: Jupiter
SMacB — 2008-09-21 22:58:04 UTC
Re: Jupiter
SMacB — 2008-09-23 22:03:49 UTC
Re: Jupiter
SMacB — 2008-10-18 11:09:38 UTC
Re: Jupiter
SMacB — 2009-07-10 16:34:42 UTC
Re: Jupiter
SMacB — 2009-07-28 23:03:42 UTC
M42 (NGC 1976), The Great Orion Nebula
SMacB — 2008-09-21 09:20:44 UTC
Re: M42 (NGC 1976), The Great Orion Nebula
SMacB — 2009-04-04 17:36:35 UTC
NGC 7000 (North American Nebula)
SMacB — 2008-09-23 17:37:17 UTC
Cygnus Loop
SMacB — 2008-09-23 18:29:50 UTC
Re: Cygnus Loop - NGC 6992
SMacB — 2008-09-28 08:46:45 UTC
Re: Cygnus Loop - NGC 6960
SMacB — 2008-10-06 19:02:31 UTC
Re: Cygnus Loop - NGC 6979
SMacB — 2008-10-06 19:58:44 UTC
NGC 371 & NGC 346
SMacB — 2008-09-25 22:37:33 UTC
Re: NGC 371 & NGC 346
SMacB — 2008-09-27 10:50:07 UTC
Re: NGC 371 & NGC 346
SMacB — 2008-10-01 16:01:43 UTC
Re: NGC 371 & NGC 346
SMacB — 2009-06-28 22:49:55 UTC
Pleiades (M45, NGC 1432)
SMacB — 2008-10-01 22:21:59 UTC
Merope: Pleiades (M45, NGC 1432)
SMacB — 2008-10-04 12:56:16 UTC
Re: Pleiades (M45, NGC 1432)
SMacB — 2009-06-28 22:14:20 UTC
NGC 6946
SMacB — 2008-10-06 21:00:15 UTC
NGC 1291
SMacB — 2008-10-09 19:11:32 UTC
Faint fuzzy enhancement
SMacB — 2008-10-10 17:02:21 UTC
M 32 (NGC 221)
SMacB — 2008-10-17 16:16:33 UTC
Re: M 32 (NGC 221)
SMacB — 2008-10-18 17:09:52 UTC
Asteroid (76865) 2000 XW38
SMacB — 2008-10-19 13:35:55 UTC
Henize 206 / NGC 2018
SMacB — 2008-10-20 21:16:52 UTC
Simeiz 147 (Sh2-240). Supernova remnant
SMacB — 2008-10-26 13:49:40 UTC
Re: Simeiz 147 (Sh2-240). Supernova remnant
SMacB — 2008-12-03 12:38:35 UTC
Test post
regtest — 2008-10-28 16:48:58 UTC
Supernova remnant PMNM+045421.7-700513
SMacB — 2008-12-03 15:10:51 UTC
Re: Supernova remnant PMNM+045421.7-700513
SMacB — 2008-12-07 00:03:35 UTC
Henize 70 (N 70) Superbubble in the LMC
SMacB — 2009-01-25 15:52:24 UTC
SNR MC-ROXI J0459.9-7007 (B0500-70.2 or N186d)
SMacB — 2009-01-25 17:43:36 UTC
Voorwerp van de dag....
SMacB — 2009-01-25 19:50:18 UTC
NGC 2371 (Gemini Nebula)
SMacB — 2009-02-07 12:45:16 UTC
Re: NGC 2371 (Gemini Nebula)
SMacB — 2010-01-15 17:30:32 UTC
Lulin C-2007 N3
SMacB — 2009-02-07 14:01:30 UTC
Re: Lulin C-2007 N3
SMacB — 2009-02-14 19:40:36 UTC
Lulin 18/02/09
SMacB — 2009-02-23 16:54:26 UTC
Lulin 23/02/09
SMacB — 2009-02-23 17:36:01 UTC
Re: Lulin C-2007 N3
SMacB — 2009-02-27 00:24:12 UTC
Re: Lulin C-2007 N3
SMacB — 2009-02-27 00:34:03 UTC
Re: Lulin C-2007 N3
SMacB — 2009-02-27 00:44:22 UTC
Lulin C-2007 N3 & M44
SMacB — 2009-03-06 17:08:05 UTC
Lulin & NCC 2392
SMacB — 2009-03-14 22:26:00 UTC
Re: Lulin & NCC 2392
SMacB — 2009-03-15 00:15:41 UTC
Sh2-254 to Sh2-258
SMacB — 2009-02-15 14:38:49 UTC
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)
SMacB — 2009-03-08 12:28:14 UTC
Re: C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)
SMacB — 2009-03-15 19:02:37 UTC
22P/Kopff
SMacB — 2009-03-08 23:23:29 UTC
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal)
SMacB — 2009-03-16 22:14:02 UTC
C/2009 F1 (Larson)
SMacB — 2009-03-22 11:42:27 UTC
Re: C/2009 F1 (Larson)
SMacB — 2009-03-29 16:54:03 UTC
SB follow up
SMacB — 2009-03-29 23:01:08 UTC
Asteroid follow-up
SMacB — 2009-03-31 16:32:41 UTC
SMacB — 2009-03-31 22:04:50 UTC
Asteroid follow-up - Part 3
SMacB — 2009-04-01 20:02:36 UTC
C/2009 B2 (LINEAR)
SMacB — 2009-03-25 18:57:07 UTC
Re: C/2009 B2 (LINEAR)
SMacB — 2009-03-25 22:45:28 UTC
Asteroids - follow up
SMacB — 2009-03-27 18:51:08 UTC
Asteroids - Ndolaprata & 2001 QA128
SMacB — 2009-03-27 21:32:18 UTC
C/2009 F5 (McNaught)
SMacB — 2009-03-27 22:25:19 UTC
100 Hours of Remote Astronomy
SMacB — 2009-03-31 18:11:26 UTC
Lagoon Nebula, M8
SMacB — 2009-04-01 20:33:52 UTC
Quasar 3C 273
SMacB — 2009-04-03 22:58:24 UTC
Irregular Galaxy M 82
SMacB — 2009-04-04 02:05:57 UTC
Sol
SMacB — 2009-04-06 17:12:33 UTC
The cutting room floor.......
SMacB — 2009-04-06 17:50:02 UTC
Sky View Cafe - Test
SMacB — 2009-04-08 17:47:42 UTC
NGC 2419
SMacB — 2009-04-11 19:49:55 UTC
Reprocessed: NGC 2419
SMacB — 2009-04-25 11:42:41 UTC
M 46 (NGC 2437) & NGC 2438
SMacB — 2009-04-25 12:11:31 UTC
Mercury & The Pleiades
SMacB — 2009-04-26 18:23:38 UTC
Mercury & The Pleiades + The Moon
SMacB — 2009-04-27 17:32:57 UTC
C/2009 G1 (STEREO)
SMacB — 2009-05-02 21:24:11 UTC
1976 YA6
SMacB — 2009-05-03 00:48:41 UTC
Andromeda Galaxy (M 31, NGC 224)
SMacB — 2009-05-20 19:49:31 UTC
NGC 7008 - The Fetus-Nebula (PK 93+5.2)
SMacB — 2009-05-30 15:53:48 UTC
A Selection of Globular Clusters
SMacB — 2009-05-30 19:40:47 UTC
[m by=admin destboard=Astrophotography dest=1243712447]: Globular clusters
SMacB — 2009-05-30 19:40:47 UTC
P/2009 L2 (Yang-Gao)
SMacB — 2009-06-22 19:12:41 UTC
Neptune
SMacB — 2009-07-20 18:48:32 UTC
Re: Neptune
SMacB — 2009-07-26 12:17:29 UTC
Uranus
SMacB — 2009-07-28 22:07:17 UTC
Re: Uranus
SMacB — 2009-08-09 22:41:19 UTC
Re: Uranus
SMacB — 2009-08-12 15:17:06 UTC
Re: Uranus
SMacB — 2009-08-14 23:53:57 UTC
Re: Uranus
SMacB — 2009-08-18 18:24:39 UTC
Re: Uranus
SMacB — 2009-08-23 17:31:27 UTC
Pluto
SMacB — 2009-07-28 22:43:34 UTC
Galaxy Song (swf)
SMacB — 2009-11-19 22:40:19 UTC
Asteroid: 128 Nemesis
SMacB — 2009-12-13 16:16:44 UTC
IC 443 & SH2-249
SMacB — 2009-12-13 18:37:05 UTC
Re: IC 443 & SH2-249
SMacB — 2009-12-14 14:11:23 UTC
Comet Wild 81/P
SMacB — 2010-01-22 21:40:58 UTC
Re: Comet Wild 81/P
SMacB — 2010-01-22 23:28:04 UTC
Re: Comet Wild 81/P
SMacB — 2010-01-26 00:27:35 UTC
Re: Comet Wild 81/P
SMacB — 2010-03-19 21:37:21 UTC
Re: Comet Wild 81/P
SMacB — 2010-03-27 11:06:44 UTC
Re: Comet Wild 81/P
SMacB — 2010-04-06 23:08:48 UTC
Re: Comet Wild 81/P
SMacB — 2010-11-11 23:11:30 UTC
Orion
SMacB — 2010-01-23 00:23:56 UTC
Constellation of Gemini
SMacB — 2010-01-23 12:18:40 UTC
Constellation of Taurus
SMacB — 2010-01-24 01:01:24 UTC
Asteroid 114 Kassandra
SMacB — 2010-03-26 18:30:53 UTC
Messier Marathon. Virtual Telescope 5 April 2010
SMacB — 2010-04-10 12:11:41 UTC
Comet Hartley 2 103/P
SMacB — 2010-11-13 10:15:31 UTC
Re: Comet Hartley 2 103/P
SMacB — 2010-11-13 12:10:48 UTC
Re: Comet Hartley 2 103/P
SMacB — 2010-11-20 00:01:22 UTC
NGC 735
SMacB — 2010-11-19 23:23:17 UTC
Comet Gibbs C/2011 A3
SMacB — 2011-02-21 22:12:11 UTC
Supernova SN2011dh in M51
SMacB — 2011-06-04 10:36:18 UTC
Re: Supernova SN2011dh in M51
SMacB — 2011-06-07 10:10:13 UTC
Re: Supernova SN2011dh in M51
Marie wilson — 2012-05-24 07:40:04 UTC
Auroral Imaging from Shepshed, Leicestershire (2024–2025)
SMacB — 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Auroral Display from Boscastle, Cornwall – 19 January 2026
SMacB — 2026-01-19 00:00:00 UTC
HTML→YaBB Converter Test Post (Script Validation)
SMacB — 2026-01-20 11:43:37 UTC
3i Atlas
SMacB — 2026-01-21 16:54:01 UTC
skycam
SMacB — 2026-05-06 07:51:59 UTC