Mike, We had sort of clear skies last night. Transparency was really bad with scattered very thin clouds. I did manage to catch some photons from ngc2403...
Nice shot of NGC2403, Tom. Keep posting -- Maybe we can convince Chris Erickson to move back up! (I'm not holding my breath though.) That is cool to see the...
I dearly miss my astro friends in Alaska but I sure don't miss the ice and snow! I would rather scheme to get all of you to Hawai'i rather than come back up! ...
Mike, Ya, you keep posting too. Although I dont think we have much hope of convincing Chris to return. Although if he gets his scope and camer out, he may...
Maxim DL reports the FWHM on each image during combination of them. You have to set the image scale in the setup menu first, or you may get overally depressed...
Chris, It sounds like you are having quite the adventure! Well, who knows, after my girls get out of highschool, we might just head down that way! We are all...
Hi, Louise is in desparate need of some help at the CCSC this Thursday, November 13. Can anyone give her a hand? "Our first astronomy program is this Thursday...
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I'll be there...? although between you and me and Clear Sky Clock, I'n not very optimistic about the viewing. ... From: dynascopeak <jwolner@...> To:...
Well, We left Spirit Lake, ID on Halloween day and drove to Pendleton, OR to spend some time with some of our friends who beat us to retirement, Mike & Garnet...
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Today we left Death Valley for Las Vegas and a general restocking of supplies. Just outside of Pahrump, NV, we started having engine troubles. The battery...
Reminder from: AlaskanAstronomy Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/cal First radio message sent to the stars, 30 years ago. Sunday...
The question came up at ERNC on Friday...? What kinds of science have moved from the Space Station to commercial products? I promised to send this link as...
I've been thinking about getting a decent set of binoculars for viewing. Anyone have any recommendations? I seem to be leaning towards either the 9x63...
Curt, Both of those binoculars have exit pupils = 7mm (63/9=7 and 70/10=7). This means that the column of light coming out of the binocular and into your eye...
That reminds me... a year or so ago, we talked about having a 'binocular night.' As I recall, the idea was to share some binoculars so that interested people...
I went with the Celestron SkyMaster 12x60. ~$70 shipped from Amazon.com. These are considered to be the largest bino one can hold while viewing effectively...
I am interested in grinding my own telescope mirror. Is there anyone else in the Anchorage area that would like to try this, and more important is there...
The Daily News did an article a year ago about Jim Egger, a local telescope maker... http://www.adn.com/626/story/218110.html I thought the 'pitch lap' was...
Attached is a single unguided, 30 second exposure of the Orion Nebula that I took last night with my Nikon D300. It was connected to my Orion 120ED refractor...
Tom- We ground mirrors a few years ago during the summer, and polished them at Jim Egger's house. Jim gave ERNC two presentations, one on the what and how of...
Tom! Yes!!! I am interested in grinding my own mirror too! I am inexperienced too and will also need help in this endeavor. Maybe there can be something set up...
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