Glad you found us, Tanya. My sister-in-law, Penny, took my older son, Miles, and 2 of his cousins to the Cape in 1999 to see the shuttle lift off. One of the ...
I heard the Parkway is closed somewhere between Brevard Rd. and Hwy 151 due to landslide. It's a while till the next gaze, so we'll see if it's open by then. ...
John, If your interested in seeing the Space Shuttle Launch, I'd try and plan to go see one. There are quite a few scheduled this year. I did hear during a...
Folks: Jody nor I will see you tomorrow....She is in St. Joe's Hosp. training the medical staff on how to treat an intestinal blockage (suspected to be caused...
Folks: Jody nor I will see you tomorrow....She is in St. Joe's Hosp. training the medical staff on how to treat an intestinal blockage (suspected to be caused...
Wow, that Themis launch on Feb 15 might be doable! I'll be in Jennings, Fla from evening of Feb 16 thru the 19th. That's about 3.5 hours away from the cape....
Here's a little update on the March 3rd total lunar eclipse that we briefly mentioned tonight. It is not the most favorable one for United States observers,...
Just wanted to send out a quick THANK YOU to everyone at the meeting tonight. I will admit is was way over my head, but I am so excited about learning new...
Not sure if any of you are members of the Planetary Society, but they have a great 2007 calendar available. For 2 or more with member discounts they are...
Tanya, If you already have a pair of 12x60 binoculars, they will be ok. There is a drawback to a pair of 12 power binoculars, and that is that they will not...
Bernie, Thank you. I have several pair that I keep for shuttle/rocket launches down at my parents home in SC. I'll check this weekend to see if I have a...
An unusual event....Pretty neat picture. Looks like a missile being fired at the Space Station.. which is sort of what's happening.. "Incoming!!" ... The Space...
Do you have a website or link to the photo?- -- In AstroAsheville@yahoogroups.com, "Charles S. Osborne" ... fired at the Space Station.. which is sort of...
From David Dunham: http://iota.jhuapl.edu/mp.htm But looking at this map of occultaion paths for thru April, there is nothing w/in about 100 miles of...
So the photo was taken from a WB-57 weather/research aircraft. I had not heard of that aircraft before, & I thought I knew aircraft pretty well. Stat's say...
Thanks Scott. I was suspicious. But it was a nice job. Couldn't have done better myself. Hi! How'd you see it? It looked like when it went thru YahooGroups...
Since the picture didn't come through, I googled something like "shuttle launch from space station" to see if I could find a copy. One of the results was for...
Wednesday evening looks like the only clear one for the next week or so, we'd better catch it then! John C ... From: AstroAsheville@yahoogroups.com ...
Charles, The e-group settings are set to remove attachments to avoid viruses, & it strips off images too. To post an image, I put a URL to a page w/the image,...
I spotted Comet McNaught at 5:50 pm in this evening's twilight from the Haw Creek overlook of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was not a naked eye object for me. I...
done John C ... From: AstroAsheville@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AstroAsheville@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tanya Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:47 AM To:...
Space life search turns to TV, radio signals By Andy Sullivan Is there intelligent life on other planets? If so, what do space aliens watch on TV? Astronomers...