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TERRIER!... great! Hello Bob Hope you're keeping well during these coronavirus times. Had to get an install of Celestia on my new laptop...and it's great to see so many new and updated add-ons. It's going to take me a while to sort through them all....but I mustn't forget the space shuttle missions...

Job done! Mariner 10 trajectory is more accuracy now... Venus flyby: difference by distance: +126 km... in Celestia - 5894 km... Real - 5768 km... difference by date: +1 minute!.... in Celestia - 05 Feb 1974 17:02 UTC... Real - 05 Feb 1974 17:01 UTC Mercury first flyby: difference by distance: -3 k...

I have been contacted again by the producers of The Sky at Night. My images of comets PanSTARRS and Lemmon will show up on unday 7th April, BBC1 and Thursday, BBC4, 11th April. I cannot watch the programme from Argentina, but someone else could be interested. Have you seen comet PanSTARRS? It was b...

Move over Superbowl (for 20 minutes at least), because Dr Chris Lintott will be presenting the first post-Moore episode of TSAN entitled The Sun King from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, and will be first shown tomorrow night, Sunday at 23:55 GMT on BBC1 in England or 50 minutes later in Wales and ...

Happy new year, We will, we will, moon-rock you! Here's an article from Ultimate Classic Rock; http://ultimateclassicrock.com/queen-brian-may-bbc-astronomy-show/ Despite his death on 9th December, Sir Patrick hosts the January edition of The Sky at Night which was recorded shortly before his death, ...

Very sad news indeed. I have to say that he looked and sounded very frail while presenting his final show, which was shown earlier this week. But I've got to thank him for influencing my interest in astronomy. I've no doubt the show will continue, and I'm very interested to see who the new main pres...

Coming soon, to an eastern sky near you! At sunrise in early October, the pairing of Venus and Regulus. Hopefuly this is what I should see from my hometown location at 05:00 UTC over 4 consecutive mornings, with the highlight of the closest pairing occuring on 3rd October. From the east coast of Ame...

It would be great to see in Celestia, but I've got to admit I'd never heard of the Belt of Venus until it was listed as one of the 55 heavenly objects to try and observe during April this year, as part of the Moore's Marathon from the Sky at Night TV show. It's something I've seen countless times du...

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/5568/neilarmstrongf.jpg Very sad to hear the news that Neil Armstrong has died of complications resulting from heart-bypass surgery. He had just recently celebrated his 82nd birthday on August 5th, before having the operation a couple of days later.

I've just watched the venus transit episode part 2 showing on TSAN website which can be found here; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vw8d4 and to quote presenter Chris Lintott On our Sky at Night flickr site we've had lot's of lovely images...and they really show what a global experience this tran...

Yeah, I am also caught by the Olympic fever, from a distance. Enjoyed a lot the last tennis matches, and particularly the two mens singles today.And the 100m final a little ago! What a race! Ah yes, a well deserved bronze medal for Del Potro I do believe, and the lightning Bolt strikes again! By th...

Well I don't know about anyone else, but I'm currently caught up with Olympic fever. 8) This included a trip to Wimbledon cheering on Andy Murray to victory last weekend in his first round match, before he won the gold medal today :mrgreen: Anyway this has meant that nothing else has got much of a l...

Hello All, I hope some of you managed to actually see the transit. Would loved to have seen it, but a combination of cloudy weather, tall trees and a 200ft hillside rising due east from the end of my garden meant it was an impossibility. I would have had a 1 hour window (approx) to see it, starting ...

Hello again! Part 2 of the 55th anniversary special is on tonight BBC2 at 23:55 BST (Northern Ireland 00:05, Scotland 00:40 7th May) Episode is titled Moore's Marathon and will feature impressionist Jon Culshaw teaming up with some Hampshire astronomers in an attempt to locate, and log, Sir Patrick'...

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I need a new puter to run this model!

Me too, this old clunker will be 10 years old in October - then I might invest in a new one !

Fantastic vids Linuxm@n, I especially enjoyed the shuttle/canadarm animations. Here! Here! The Canadarm - now that brings back some memories, eh bh - it's great to see them actually working within the Celestia environment :D I've just watched the beautiful animation of mission STS-130, and there is...

Happy New Year! 2012 kicks off with the latest episode (No.710) intriguingly called "Other Solar Systems" Air times are slightly later in the month this time, with the first showing on Monday 9th January 12:45am on BBC1. The episode is repeated on BBC4 and BBC HD channel Thursday 12th Janu...

I mainly use it as a night sky reference from my hometown location, and I also regularly check up on the Cassini mission.

Almost time for the latest broadcast, with the main feature focusing on both the Pegasus and Andromeda constellations. Air times : Monday 3rd October 00:00 hrs BBC1 (Wales 00:45) Tuesday 4th October 00:35 hrs BBC1 Northern Ireland Thursday 6th October 19:30 hrs BBC4 [Extended Edition] Friday 7th Oct...