Yup, dates confirmed. There were 5 Fridays in March this year, and no presentation was scheduled for last night. Next year we should update the calendar to...
ERNC Astronomy presentation Date: Friday April 7, 2006 Time: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Location: Eagle River Nature Center Star Wars and Star Trek - fact or fiction?,...
NOVA: Voyage to the Mystery Moon Tue, Apr 4 at 7:00pm Follow the suspenseful mission of the Cassini/Huygens probe, which successfully landed on Saturn's...
Internet access again! (more report to come as I type it in) Thursday morning, 3/23/06 Getting to the ship proved rather painless but a tad expensive. Had to...
Reminder from the Calendar of AlaskanAstronomy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/cal ERNC Astronomy presentation Friday April 7, 2006 8:00 pm -...
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Monday, 3/27/06 Alexandria! Giza! Pyramids! Camels! Cairo! Cairo Museum! Wow. What an amazing amount of history here in the Nile delta. We arrived in...
Wednesday, 3/29/06 ECLIPSE DAY!!! Woke up to a heavy, wet fog and a lot of concerned eclipse-chasers. I was cool. I was convinced it would burn off in an hour...
Oh my!!! I love these reports... thought I would wet myself laughing on the last one, where they gave you extra blankets on the ship, for your plywood-feeling...
Okay - fess up, was it worth getting that miserable cold for the eclipse? ;) Really am sorry you got sick, Sydney wasn't feeling good, then your wife. That...
OK so this is the ERNC Friday :) The Clear Sky Clocks look favorable, and if its anything like tonight it should be quite usable. I'm looking forward to ...
ABSOLUTELY! "My advice is free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Anchorage, Alaska Sent wirelessly via Palm Treo-650 ... From: Christine Hudnall...
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Hi all! I bought an Orion SpaceProbe 130ST EQ last week. Thanks to the crappy weather I haven't even used it , but I have since found a great deal on a 10"...
OMG that's a beautiful telescope and for that price I am very interested. I have a 10 year old telescope that is missing so much stuff on it that I need a new...
oops i didn't want everyone to know my phone number LoL :P bmg_alaska <bmg_alaska@...> wrote: Hi all! I bought an Orion SpaceProbe 130ST EQ last week....
As far as atmospheric seeing goes, that was probably the best night at ERNC ever. Maybe averaging 7 - 8 out of 10 for most of the night? It was very stable. I...
Two eclipse photos uploaded in my photo album. They were taken at the Egypt-Libyan border. Tak FCT76, Canon 5D. Searched all around the pyramids for Chris. I...
(This is the final travelogue report) Monday, 4/3/06 Back to Genoa, debarkation day. Then on to Milan. Back in the port of Genoa. Luggage is tagged and off...
Chris, Your reports have been great!! I enjoyed reading them all....you really gave us a feel of what your trip was like. Thanks for sharing..... Am looking...
Mike, The views of Saturn in your 6" refractor have to be some of the best views I've ever had! The conditions were just fabulous! Too bad I was with a group...
Well, I guess it was inevitable. I get a chance to look through a binoviewer and I'm instantly infected. I have got to get one - they are incredible! OK - so I...
The Burgess binoviewer is a Chinese product that is being imported by many companies. My personal prejudice is to suggest saving up your moola and getting a...
Thanks for the excellent feedback Chris. (and worth 10X the price you charge for it). No use throwing good money after bad. I'll start shopping for the ...
They were both Baader, there was the Baader Mark V mostly on the long scope, and there was the Baader Maxbright on the smaller scope. The Mark V is sold by...
Dr Carolyn Porco, Imaging Team Leader of the Cassini Mission, will be giving a presentation at UAA on 4/27 at 7pm. A private reception will be held at 5:30....