It almost snuck by us again. I was speaking to Tammy Burgess and she said that Burgess Optical will be at BobFest on Jan 21. I guess it's not really called...
Sky Scout: http://www.optcorp.com/product.aspx?pid=7824&tb=1 "Point the SkyScout at any bright star and it will instantly identify the object, or choose an...
TMB EP uses aluminum for barrel, & is a new "type" of design: Message: 16 Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:50:48 -0000 From: "tmboptical" <TMBoptical@...> ...
Interesting integration of technologies. Looks like a handheld CCD camera plus GPS that identifies visable constelations? Charles ... From: Janis Osborne To:...
I didn't think CCD's are involved, but maybe they are. Maybe it uses GPS, magnetic and "gravitation" sensors to know where it is generally pointing, and...
I went by Natural Selections at Grove Arcade today to drop off "January Sky", and John Frost said he is only selling small, inexpensive (Celectron) scopes now....
The Parkway is closed from Hwy 191 (near Biltmore Square Mall) to Cherokee, so Pisgah is closed off. Depending on which web site you check, the prognosticators...
I just got my assignment. I'll be seting up Friday night at the intersection of hwy 276 and the Parkway, probably turning to the right on the partway and...
After three sessions, I am pretty sure that I found it Sunday night. Vesta is approaching a triangle of stars (HR 2349, BD+24 1332, and HR 2417) which are in...
Sunday 1/29/06, Mike & I drove to TN. On the way back we drove I-40 & made a short stop at Waterville exit (2 I think), drove across the concrete bridge &...
But seriously, that looks to be about 32 miles (straight line) from Asheville. Mill Ridge is about 25 miles, but it has Mars Hill, Weaverville, and that whole...
Craig, Yes, on Suday night it was approaching a triangle of stars between Epsilon & Mu Geminorum. All 3 stars are the same magnitude, or very slightly fainter,...
Be sure you update to ver 5.0.11 first: http://www.willbell.com/software/megastar/ms5updates.htm or http://tinyurl.com/a6bu2 John C ... you ... them to...
I've put a chart of asteroid Vesta's track Thru May 2006 in the Files section. It is printed from the updated data from Lowell Observatory. It's a .pdf file. ...
The locations of Vesta are plotted once every 7 days, with the track points connected. The first 2 numbers of each track point label is the magnitude w/o a...
fyi.. in case anyone is in Atlanta next Friday nite the 10th and wants to hear Adam Block speak on CCD astronomy. Charles S. Osborne Technical Director Pisgah...
I just got a DSI Pro friday. Let me tell you the learning curve is steep. It's a whole lot more too it than a simple webcam. Anyhow, I managed to take this...
Craig, Quick "back-of-the-Kmart-sales-slip" numbers lead me to believe that 300-mile diameter Vesta takes up much less than one arc-second of sky at it's 1.71...
Craig, Here's another way to get a handle on how big the asteroid should show up: Sky & Telescope magazine tell is that Saturn appears ~20" (arc- second) in...
Craig, Here's another way to get a handle on how big the asteroid should show up: Sky & Telescope magazine tell is that Saturn appears ~20" (arc- second) in...
Craig, I went to the Meade web site & saw that the DSI-Pro has a 510x490 pixel array, so the image of Saturn was either cropped to 320x240 or the image was...
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