And does it work well? My 2 year old was going manic tonight with the mosquitos in the house... FLYYY BITE FLYYYYY BITEEE FLYYYYY BITE... If this kills em...
It is powerful and works well on all kinds of flying creatures. Be careful as it charges up a capacitor (sort of like a camera strobe capacitor) and if you...
OK that erases the visions of my 2 year old chasing mosquitos. I am sure he would gleefully watch me do it though. Mike ... From: "Christopher Erickson"...
The snapping and popping sounds when you get one are satisfying but nothing beats nailing them at night, when the bright bolts of electricity fly through their...
Chris, That's neat! We have a SkeeterVac that captures thousands of the bloodsuckers (it REALLY works) but the idea of also enjoying a little bit of up close...
Well here I am down under in Sydney, Australia. Haven't had a chance to look at the sky just yet. While flying here last night, somewhere south of Fiji and...
After dinner I went outside to search for a darkish area from which to look at the sky. Hard to find in the city but all the light around helps one read the...
Scott Glad you made it to Australia. I hope you have dark skies for the SPSP at Wiruna. I was there in 2003, and it was great. Keep me posted. Read my...
I am not sure if its the right time of year, but I would certainly look for Neptune, at least its more like 45 degrees above the horizon then 10 degrees in...
I just wanted to thank Chris for putting this together and for providing the supplies! Thanks also to Keith for supplies and helping out! Thanks for all that...
(picked up from another group) Quote: gnowellsct <tim71pos@...> to amastro More options 9:06 am (13 minutes ago) I read, in the May S&T, that have a...
If you're not already familiar with Agena Astro Products, you might want to check it out at http://www.agenaastro.com Agena is a small vendor owned and...
Large Sun spot has been moving along the sun recently. http://www.spaceweather.com/images2005/03may05/midi512_strip.gif Also looks like something big is coming...
Last night I went to the Sydney Observatory for some observing (from the light ploouted mess of Sydney). I was built in 1858 and I was able to look through a...
Scott, Look on the bright side; at least in Sydney there's something to see in the night sky. Back here it's 11:30pm and the only things visible are Vega,...
Go to http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu Click on "Images" and the featured photo of the day is a stunning new picture of the Sombrero galaxy, M104 Keith...
Hi Michael, Tomorrow I'm traveling out to a place called Coonabarbara about 6 hours west of Sydney. It's a dark sky site where some major telescopes are...
Whoops, Scope mount.... I have the Teegul alt-az mount with the D & S tripod. Haven't had it out yet. Tomorrow night. Scott ... night, ... was ... the ... ...
I don't know. I'll have to check that out. The water/drain thing is because of the coriolis affect... One has to pay for the internet down here. Most hotels...
Yes you do have a point there. I'm looking forward to tommorrow night when I travel to a true dark sky site.....I'll keep you posted. Scott ... see ... ...
Last night in Sydney it was cloudy too. I was out with work colleagues anyway...I'll be out with them tonight again too. I received you e-mail reg. that...