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...
John the Saturn picture was shot a week before I got the DSI. It was taking using a Toucam Pro II and Registax to stack. 4 Vesta was with the DSI Pro. If I...
1.Main Scope: Celestron C8+ (8") SCT on a field tripod. It's on a standard fork mount that is not Go-To, but has a Right Ascention motor and I added a Dec...
We recently received the following & I added the link to our "IDA" web page: http://www.astroasheville.org/IDA.htm Hi I found your website while searching for...
This is one of those "WOW" things that give you a perspective you've never seen before (unless you've seen it before. Then it's still fun to see it again!)...
Be sure to click on one of the video links, not just the still image. The ISS is BOOKIN'!!!!!! JC ... you've never seen before (unless you've seen it before....
Parkway is open south to milepost 402 at Stoney Bald Overlook. I think that's the one past the two Ferrin Knob tunnels and before Young Pisgah Ridge Tunnel. I...
Make that "past the THREE Ferrin Knob tunnels", not "past the two Ferrin Knob tunnels". Anyway, it seems like the "Stoney Bald Overlook" is where we have...
Please don't shoot the messenger, but the sky above my house is totally covered with white thin clouds. It is now 5 pm. Guess I;ll wait a little while to see...
New comet in the morning sky: http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2006A1/2006A1.html Anybody have a better...
Don't have a better chart, but would it almost be lost in dawns early light? Just finished a 2 hour work out on the weights. I did go out and watch ISS go...
Hi everyone! I took the ETX to a neighbor's yard & set up to check out Mercury. I can see Mt. Pisgah & the tower from our location. Pisgah was clear when I...
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