Alaska's Astronomy season is going to begin soon! Depending on how faint of an object you want to see, the season begins between August 15th and Sept. 1st,...
Neptune and Uranus will be high in the fall but of course they are sort of difficult and faint planets to observe. Not much detail with amateur sized scopes. ...
My season started last night I spent about 1 1/2 hours last night trying out my scope. One thing I found out my goto scope is not aligning properly. I...
Always glad for an excuse to get out with the scopes! I would like to try again this year for some Flat Top Parking Lot star parties. Only this time maybe we...
I have a panoramic image that I created last year that can be found in the files section of the group's home page. ...
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AlaskanAstronomy@yaho...
Aug 3, 2004 9:58 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the AlaskanAstronomy group: Where would you prefer to hold Astronomy Bull Sessions? (check all that...
well the clouds came back so it looks like i will not be going tonight....
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AlaskanAstronomy@yaho...
Aug 5, 2004 2:55 am
Reminder from the Calendar of AlaskanAstronomy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/cal Astronomy Bull Session Tuesday August 10, 2004 7:00 pm - 9:00...
Indeed the season has started(if you are awake). I've installed a Celstron NexStar 60 on a Meade Alt/Az Mount(needs a bit more work). This is the first in a...
Thanks to the Chariot Group's Larry Hatswell for donating a 12-inch piece of rear projection material for the "sun-of-a-gun" project. I had a great time...
Well golly, it was a triple-win for me. You got a big mess of random telescope parts. Wife was pleased to see a "big mess" leave the driveway. I now have room...
Wasn't it Bill the Cat who said... Ack! Phthppt!!!! I'm dying here waiting for my lens. Skies are getting dark... the lens has passed autocollimator tests...
Bill the Cat... I always used to say that "I live in 'Ank Ak', just like Bill the Cat would say." I gave up when nobody seemed to know who Bill the Cat was...
http://www.berkeleybreathed.com/opus_returns.html 1 out of 2 ain't bad...not sure if BtC has been resurrected.. TD ... Cat ... window ... mechanical...
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AlaskanAstronomy@yaho...
Aug 10, 2004 2:55 pm
Reminder from the Calendar of AlaskanAstronomy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/cal Astronomy Bull Session Tuesday August 10, 2004 7:00 pm - 9:00...
Is that negative or positive 5.1? Christopher Erickson <cerickson@...> wrote:It is getting darker all of the time! -Christopher Erickson Yahoo! Groups...
Positive 5.1 around 2am in the morning. Negative 3.8 around 2pm in the afternoon. Negative numbers are brighter, positive numbers are darker. The Sun is about...
... So I've got my focuser, and I'll have the lens. I've got two options, I can either build a tube for it, or find some lads to hold the lens and focuser for ...
Man-oh-man did that create a Monty Python-esque image in my mind! You could always build a truss frame until you can come up with the perfect round tube for...
Hi, Is there anyone in this group who is particularly interested in public speaking about Astronomy? We've received a couple of calls from local stations who...
Several 2" eyepieces are dual use. That is they can be placed on a 2" or a 1 1/4" tube. Do you lose all the advantages of having a 2" ocular for the...
