Steve Crow joined Joplin and me at Cromer Road last night. Primary scope was Joplin's 16" Lightbridge. The clear sky clock didn't lie. Very clear, excellent...
Nice report Jud, Yes, last night was really good, even from my backyard. As a bonus, my next door neighbor's yard lights were off, and a screen I had ...
Rosetta fly-by of asteroid Steins: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMNMYO4KKF_1.html#subhead4 Now where did I put those glasses??????? John Chappell...
Anyone going to Starfest this year, Oct 24-26?? Registration fee is $60, but includes food for 2 days and a place to sleep (if you bring a pad and covers.) I...
I received a couple messages last week to join "Grouply", the following is one of the messages title and text: "Jim want to add you as a friend :) We share the...
At the Upstate Astronomers we received a request from salad 23 @ yahoo . in! I purposely inserted spaces in the address to avoid accidentally clicking the...
Set up the 1278 TMB refractor about 100 yards from the house. Took 5 trips to take out and retrieve. Anyway, seeing was slightly better than average and...
Jud, I'd love to set my 1278 Burgess up next to your 1278 TMB and compare the view, especially considering the association Bill Burgess & Tom Back had. Doesn't...
It used to be Joplin's scope. Got it because it takes up less room for travel when astronomy is not the object. My 12" is too bulky and causes domestic...
I was using Windows Explorer (XP) to "rotate" four 2MB images on my SD card this morning, and it was taking what seemed like too long to finish (couple minutes...
I downloaded & installed the program "Iridium flars Predition 1.2", it agrees w/Heavens-Above.com vey well. You have more choices for the variables and...
You can set the program to ignore daytime flares, but you can't set it to find only daytime flares by ignoring nighttime flares. Bummer. JC ... it ... just a ...
http://iridiumflares.sourceforge.net/ Also, you can run the program from the web site w/o installing it, to see if it's something you want, before you download...
Channel 13 forecast last night and weather.com forecast predicting clouds and rain for Friday - a low pressure system off the coast of the Carolinas moving...
Yeh, it doesn't look good for the star gaze at Pisgah either night. LSU or not, Sat may turn out better since it's supposed to be "mostly sunny" on Sunday....
If the clouds clear, we can see this: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/26/content_7060750.htm http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx? ...
Here's a neat little program to generate the best alignment stars for the Celsetron CG5 mounts. It will work for other mounts whose best alignment stars depend...
Here's a neat little program to generate the best alignment stars for the Celsetron CG5 mounts. It will work for other mounts whose best alignment stars depend...
Per Heavens-above.com, Shenzhou VII manned Chinees mission passes ovehead tonight beginning at 8:18:41pm in the NW, max. altitude is at 8:21:15, 29 degrees...
I got Atilla to make a Clear Sky Chart for Wayah Bald, and I put it in our web site: Go to www.AstroAsheville.org home page and click on the: "Sun and Moon...
John, I will not be at the meeting tomorrow. I am at PSSG by Sharon, GA. We got in about 5:30pm Tues. Skies were clear but humidity was up there by 10:30 or...
I wish I was there!!! Have Fun! Tim's going out west again, so won't be at the meeting either. JC ... From: Nancy Byer To: AstroAsheville@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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