Went out last night and was able to get some widefields of Comets Tuttle and Holmes. Couldn't get both comets in same frame, would needed something wider than...
New shot of Orion nebula, 12-31-07 Shot through 10" Newtonian, 1x120 sec and 2x30 sec exp @ ISO 800 w/dark subs, manually guided. Stars much sharper than...
George, I tried a wide-field also and didn't have much luck. I don't think I have a usable image. It was at the end of almost 4 hours, my feet were frozen and...
Greg, I see you got some of the running man nebula( NGC 1977) in your shot. Experts say it is a blue reflection nebula. Might be a good way to place to...
I need to get to some dark skies - can't see Holmes or Tuttle from my location. Had to use a light pollution suppression filter to get my images last night. ...
Joel, I took a couple of shots of this naked ma...I mean, the "Running Man" nebula. I had some slight star trailing and a rotation so severe that I couldn't...
Holy Moly! Thanks for reminding me. We'd worked out the new moon/gaze dates, but I haven't posted them yet. January gaze is to be this Friday, Saturday if...
Its still a good shot. Can you give the settings and length of shots used please. It helps me alot. Found a 300d rebel for $279 rated at 8 on the 1-10 scale...
Joel, that was a single 3 minute exposure @ ISO 800 (I think) I'm not at home and don't have the info in front of me. As far as the 300D vs 350D. I have the...
Yes, the meeting is 6:00 tonight at Sims Group offices. JC ... meeting at the Sims building tonight? ... +0000Subject: [AstroAsheville] Re: Star Gaze this...
We discussed the schedule for this month's star gaze at the indoor meeting last night and decided to cancel this weekend's gaze because the Parkway closed...
Thanks for the update, John. I plan to go to PARI on the 11th. Should we begin discussion about carpooling and meeting times? Bernie ... From: John Chap To:...
Please also ref Donna's earlier post (message #3107) on the same mater: "The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute has invited us for a site vist Friday...
Thank you. Monte ... From: John Chap Date: 1/4/2008 12:19:00 PM To: AstroAsheville@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AstroAsheville] Re: Keys No one found them. I...
Dear Buddy and group members, The members are welcome to bring their scopes that evening if they want. They can observe after the event on their own. We will...
John: I hope you get this. It is my first try at this!!!??? I was at the meeting thus and would like to go to Pari. I'm not a member (I'm the BIG guy that...
Gene, I'm glad you and Calvin will be able to help at PARI. We don't know how many newbies w/their newbie scopes will be there, so it will be good to have your...
To answer your specific questions though: 1. Plan on arriving a little before 5:00pm, maybe 4:30-4:45. 2. Both you and Calvin are welcome to stay over night. ...
If it is clear I will be bringing mine, also staying the night for gazing. So if it is clear I would like to get there early to set up Bertha and wait on the...
January Sky 2008 is ready: http://www.astroasheville.org/Jan2008.htm The meeting schedules are on the Home Page: www.AstroAsheville.org and can be printed...
I added a section on the Islamic New Year. (Lunar based!) Also, Tim brought up at the meeting that there is a conjunction of Jupiter & Venus on Feb 1, so I put...
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