Nice! Real clear, real dark. Constellations are looking funny, like they have extra stars :) Mars is just coming around the bend. The refractor is out...
... No fun with Mars tonight, seeing is 2 - 4 with rare moments of 5 maybe. I could see albedo features enough to mentally sync up with the free Mars Previewer...
I was out this morning at 5:30 am with the 4" refractor looking at Mars. Conditions were not that good. I also could see a dark albedo feature (Syrtis...
Wow! Great seeing this morning. Went out at 2:45. Very stable atmosphere. Mars really up there at 43deg. Blue nebulosity of the Pleiades ... splendid. And...
I was out there around 4:30 this morning, there was a cloud passing by but it was short lived and the skies were very clear. First time out with my telescope...
... Probably not Phobos. I think the Martian moons are generally only spotted in very large scopes on very dark nights at their points of greatest ?elongation?...
Great News! I was out this morning at 6:25am looking at Mars. With the 4" refractor I could see Syris Major as a grey mark on the orange/brown disk. Phase is...
... Scott, are you sure on the features? I am using Skytools 2, and Mars Previewer II to keep track of what face Mars is showing, and Syrtis Major is in view ...
Dear Mike I would like to have the mars program or a link to it. They are wanting to do public ober. here in ne tennessee. That program might come in handy. ...
Mike, I use Mars Previewer II too except this morning I didn't. This morning I used Mars Map, a Palm based program. I haven't ever compared the two. Hmmmm....
... spotted in ... heard of ... the glare ... I was basing my observation on reviewing of some photos I was taking this morning. If you look in my photos...
... Do you mean the dark spot on the planet, or is there another speck of light outside the planet disc that my (grossly) uncalibrated monitor is not showing...
... It's weird out there, the entire landscape around my house is very bright, uncharacteristic.. Much brighter than the last few nights. The Northern Lights...
Mike, I'm out right now...it's 4:52 am. How are condtionsat your house right now. Here we have some haze but the air seems fairly stable. Scott ... bright, ......
... It was very stable. I was able to sit with the scope at almost 400x power for almost 20 minutes in one sitting. At this power I really dont need my ...
I thought it was a fairly impressive show at about 10:00 PM. There was fairly significant skyglow to the east. I thought the sun was coming up! Did not see...
My views of Mars this morning were the best of the season so far....which isn't saying too much since I've only seen Mars 4 times total. I was looking at...
... That's 60x + per inch of aperture out of your Traveler. Isn't it nice to have skies that stable now and then? The atmospheric disturbances I was seeing...
Friends, I am getting ready to post some older computer equipment on ebay. However, before I do that I thought I would see if anyone on the list might need...
I am interested in replacing the stock focuser in my Celestron 8" Newtonian with a Crayford style focuser. Does anyone have any experience replacing focusers?...
We don't have to put ours out 'till just a few minutes before we need em. Ours are, of course, a lot smaller too...... I've got high scattered clouds here. ...
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