Reminder from the Calendar of AstroAsheville http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroAsheville/cal Monthly indoor meeting Thursday May 6, 2004 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ...
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Just a note to invite any in the Asheville Astronomy Club who haven't been out to Pisgah Astronomical, that this weekend will be our Space Day Open House. So...
May monthly sky is ready: http://www.astroasheville.org/May2004.htm See you Thursday! Hey, anyone seen Comet Bradfield???? I got up Saturday aT 6:00AM, but the...
Subject: Space Day 2004 at RMSC Thanks for sharing the AstroAsheville Monthly Sky with us. I would like to take this opportunity to extend an invitation to the...
I was able to locate the comet (Comet NEAT C/2001 Q4) this evening in Canis Major. It was unspectacular in 15x50 binoculars, although I could make out some...
Hi! I finally located Comet Neat last evening. I used the 9x63 binoculars. It looked like a fuzzy, dirty snowball. I used Starry Night & printed the page...
Reminder from the Calendar of AstroAsheville http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroAsheville/cal Star Gaze Friday May 14, 2004 8:00 pm - 5:00 am (This event does...
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I got it too Nancy, big dirty fuzz ball, but out here in the 10" I could make out some of the tail. Not too much but some....
Haven't seen anything on the list about this so thought I'd post it. ... The ground track for the eclipse comes quite close to Asheville I believe. I plotted...
That's amazing stuff, Charles! The 9:32:48 plot seems to be about 6.5 miles west of my house in Lower Hominy Valley (Enka/Candler), near the Enka High School. ...
For anyone getting up to Pisgah REALLY early tonight, there is a magnitude -8 Iridium flare at 6:17:34 in the SSW (az 204 degrees) at altitude 71 degrees. This...
Getting ready to load up the van for tonight. Who all will be going. I'm bringing the 10" and the 18" as will as the parallagram binos. I will plan to be...
was there no gaze last night -- the sky wasn't so good around here in avl? i'm going to a play tonight, so i might not be able to make this one either. ... ...
I'll be there maybe about 6:30-7:00. It will just be you, me and Bernie. Bernie? Bernie? John to Bernie. Come in Bernie. John ... From: Alfred Cauble...
1. Paul, Monte & I set up last night at Pisgah, the cloud cover was about 50% at that time. It proceeded to become 100% clouds, could not even see the tower...
I found this good info on lead batteries at http://www.solarexpert.com/Pvbatinfo.html ("PV" refers to "photo voltaic") Notice you shouldn't discharge deep...
Also found this myth buster (someone mentioned it at a meeting a couple months ago). So putting a lead-acid battery will NOT cause it to self-discharge. ...
Hey all you world travelers out there, I saw this on the SCT e-group: "Here is a growing list of why the scope doesn't come to India: a) India Customs seized...
Whoa! You can take that off my list of places to travel with my scope! Thanks, John! Have a new image up on the site, M101, which turned out pretty good. Tom...
Reminder from the Calendar of AstroAsheville http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroAsheville/cal Monthly indoor meeting Thursday June 3, 2004 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ...
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Sky Dan, Check out the photo next to our Outdoor Star Gaze schedule on the home page: www.AstroAsheville.org What exactly are your taking out of Nancy's...
John, Are you sure its Nancy? Looks awful wide.......see ya tonight. Dan ... From: John C [mailto:JORION2@...] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 9:03 AM...
This site will have live web cast of the Venus transit: http://http.earthcache.net/www.exploratorium.edu/venusEC/index.html We are checking out some sites,...
John & All, Went over to the upper (3rd level) Asheville mall parking deck this morning at 6:30 and no problem for access. The view I think will be good to the...
Thanks for checking that out, Dan! Looks like the place to set up, weather permitting. Best, Tom W. Harrison http://www.ironmountainobservatory.com ...
Hi guy's I am looking to sell my Orion Xt 10 Dob. Just was wondering if you know someone that might want it.. This is what I am selling.. Orion Xt 10 1200mm...