Chris, If they are going to have the Awake Festival (summer soltice) on Town's Square maybe some of us can team up with the Imaginarium guys and set up a solar...
I haven't had time this year to get involved as I was last year. I'm working on(actually leading) a playground committee to renovate a playground needing...
This sounds like the 2003 encounter. I think this year's encounter happens October/November. Am I wrong? Scott ... Earth ... closest ... time Mars ... tugs...
I think your right too, last go around Mars was at about 25 arc seconds. This go around I think it will be more like 20 if memory serves me. Looks like JPL is...
... 20 arcseconds sounds fine to me! But will Mars get into the usable elevations here this time? I seem to recall it was much more favorable this year. You...
20.2 on Oct 30 - Closest to earth. 19.9 on Nov 07 - opposition. Should be 30 degrees more northerly in the sky. dec between 15 and 16 in Aries? ... steppers ...
Slightly OT: New Yahoo group formed for geodesic observatory building. I have decided to try to build a geodesic domed observatory and am looking for other...
Howdy...got this in an email today...looks like they are looking for some volunteers. Is anyone going to be at the Summer Solstice Event June 17 - 18, 2005?...
Saw the news about the salmon vandalism in Town Square and wondered whether some tools that are used to combine astro photos might be able to add detail to the...
Chris Erickson and I set up our telescopes at the Summer Solstice Awake Festival at Anchorage's Town Square on Friday. Chris was there bright and early....GCI...
Reminder from the Calendar of AlaskanAstronomy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/cal Summer Soltice Tuesday June 21, 2005 All Day (This event does...
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I hope that this mission is a successfully one. I am surprise that the private sector had to test this concept, make it a reality. Kind of sad when thinking...
They can't find it. It won't talk to them. They must have made it mad but sticking onto a rocket and blasting it into space. ... Fred Charleston, AR ... that ...
Arrived in Phoenix this morning. Tonight the sky is relatively light polluted both with man-made light and nature's light. Vast areas of the sky just light...
I wish you clear skies the nights leading to and around the impack of Deep Imact with Temple 1 From what I read the comet is about a 10 in magnitude. ...
Michael, Thanks, I'm not sure what I'll see but since I'm here I must at least give it try. It's really strange when you take your scope outside and you have...
Getting ready for Deep Impact tonight. Comet Temple 1 will be about 25° above the horizon at time of impact. The skies here in north Phoenix are pretty...
They sure did whack that comet. The impactor, the size of a washing machine, hit comet Temple 1 right on target. The fly-by spacecraft has taken some awesome...
Here are the program dates, interspersed with the lunar schedule. We are still some weeks away from nailing down the Program Topics, so if there is anything...
...Has only been on paper! I have been torn between: 1. A backyard roll-off based on the Skyshed plans. 2. A backyard roll-off based on a Lowes heavy-duty...
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