http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/31/hubble.ap/index.html http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-10-30-hubble- decision_x.htm See if these work...
Our monthly indoor meeting is tomorrow night (Thursday) at 6:00pm at Sims Group. I'm sure Nancy, Mike, Butch & Mark will reagale us with exciting tales of...
I thought this was interesting: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061030.html It was taken a couple years ago in Budapest, 1/100s at f/11, ISO100: ...
It looks like we can watch it on the internet, although at much lower resolution. Wow, that's quite a scope Ray! Can't wait it see (thru) it up at Pisgah or at...
Butch, Nancy, Ray: You think you could see any unusualality (is that a word?) in this galaxy thru your scopes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6745 It's mag...
Butch, It's about 3-4 degrees WNW of Vega, so it should be high in the west at 8:00pm during our gaze this month, right? I plotted out 2 maps on MegaStar. One...
Butch, I'll print out a third map oriented to the perverted view, I mean inverted view, you get thru your Newt and bring it to the next gaze. John C ... west ...
Link: http://www.astromart.com/news/news.asp?news_id=593 "Russia's Rocket and Space Corporation Energia will create a new spaceship capable of flying to the...
Cuts from book review: "His knowledge and humor are appreciated by many, and this book is a project he has been working on for quite a while. This makes it...
Sorry guys, but I have to be at work at 5am. No one to swap with. So I won't be able to come tonight. Bummer. I hope that it is clear for yall. Butch...
We've looked at Weather.com and the Clear Sky Clock, and the prediction is better for Saturday night than tonight (Friday). Clear Sky says that it will clear...
http://www.astroasheville.org/Weather.htm Look how it: 1. clouds up at Mill Ridge after dark 2. gets a little cloudy at Pisgah after dark then gets better...
Nancy and John and others, The viewing was nice last night while it lasted. I couldn't help notice all the cars parked in the Blue Ridge Parkway turnouts on...
Bernie, Would you bring this book in to a meeting for us to look at? I often bring the O'meara book to gazes but I just open it to read the description, then...
John, If the book arrives before the next meeting, I will bring it. Otherwise I will bring it to the January meeting. I just mail-ordered it (it's on...
Greetings Astronomy Club of Asheville. I found out about your club from www. astronomyclubs.com. I am an ATM from long ago, and I am now getting back into the ...
Per an email I got today, 10% off orders over $50 at Sky & Telescope. Enter code "tch46". Thru midnight on Nov 30. Also, they added a pretty neat program to...
Hello. I don't think they allow overnight parking except in campgrounds, which are closed for the winter. There is a great one at Pisgah, but closed end of...
I viewed Mercury in the E-SE sky during its greatest elongation west of the sun this morning -- rising 20 degrees ahead of our star. It was as bright as I...
The December 2006 issue of S&T mag (page 98) gave a short review of a 3-D galactic road map program called "Where is M13". I downloaded it and found it...
Hi yall, just wanted to tell you about the sky out here the last 3 nights. It has been incredibly clear. Finally saw the horsehead friday night. All that...
That's a great little program. We demo'd it at the indoor meeting a couple months ago. It's especially nice to have it on the laptop beside the scope while...
Maybe I need to attend more of the indoor meetings!! Bernie ... From: John C To: AstroAsheville@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 4:53 PM ...
I too had a good night Friday, observing until 3:00am Saturday. Very nice skies lately, but I'm afraid that the only Horse Head I saw was during my bike ride...
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