It's solid water, because of the high pressure, so it's hot. Is it still called "ice"????? http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/7751322.html "Marcy likens the...
Scopetronix had gone out of business, but their web site is still up and you can place orders with your credit card. I know you won't get your items, and I...
Jody and I will not be able to attend the meeting. once past relatives "visitations" the 15th. of july we'd be up for another 'see the moon' nite should the ...
Bruce, This concerns (relatively) high power (60x) viewing thru yuor binoc's. It's cut from the "Binocular Astronomy" forum: cut: "Some of us, and I am in that...
Hi John, I should have my binoculars mounted on the Vixen fork today. I have a pair of Meade 12.4mm super plossls to go along with the Meade 26mm that came...
Bruce, The Clear Sky Clock says clear skies tonight, and Moon doesn't rise until 1:15am. Because the indoor meetings are in downtown Asheville only very very...
June Sky is ready, but print version isn't made yet. I'll wait for feedback from the meeting tonight before I make it. The print version should be about the...
Thanks John. The print outs are helping me learn more about the sky. Joel ... From: John C To: AstroAsheville@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007...
I made some changes & additions to the June Sky: Corrected the reference to Burnham's articles on quasar 3C273 and Barnard's Star. Added a section on seeing...
You're welcome, Joel. I recommend getting the full version ($20) of "Where is M13?" and looking at the locations of M10, M12, and NGC6356. Then think of that...
Thanks for the update, John. I located both Vesta and Barnard's star last night at my home using a 10 inch dob at low power. Barnard's star required more...
There will be a mag -8 Iridium flare as seen from A'ville Tues night at 10:32:58pm. Altitude=42 degrees, azimuth=67 (ENE) It will be only -6 in Candler. Per...
John, The quasar 3C 273 in Virgo that you discuss in the June 2007 "sky" carries a Hipparcos star catalog number of 60936. I'm not certain if that helps...
Joel- Sorry I missed your message. I started to get in touch with you this weekend to see if you wanted to go observing. I've got a pretty good place in a...
Finally won a bid on Ebay today after talking to you Greg. Meade LX90 8" SCT. they said they'll ship today. Hopfully get in time for this months star gaze....
All, I ran into Tex, Tom's wife, at Ingles. ("Tom", as in "he moved to west Texas to retire and build a bodacious observatory under clear dark skies and I'm...
The WX forcast is for clouds and thunderstorms tonight, so unless things change, we can postpone the gaze to tomorrw (Saturday) night. The forcast for Saturday...
Uhhh...I suppose the stargaze got cancelled. Accu-weather showed clearing during the evening. Too bad, right at sundown the skies cleared and it was beautiful...
Greg I was going to post to see who was going. But when no one posted I figured it was a wash. Went out about 9:30 pm and almost packed my stuff to go. I might...
Too bad on the tripod. Hope it gets here soon. I went out to the neighbor's pasture Sunday night. The sky was very steady & had fantastic views of Jupiter! See...
Too bad on the tripod. Hope it gets here soon. I went out to the neighbor's pasture Sunday night. The sky was very steady & had fantastic views of Jupiter! See...
Yeh, the upper clouds disapated here at the house around dark, but there was a LOT of mist still hanging around and the CSC said the clouds would go away but...
Sorry to hear about Issac, John. It's tough losing a dog you've had as a companion for 10 years. Your hunch was correct about Saturday night. The seeing was...
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