The Mid-South Star Gaze will be April 6-9, 2005 ... James G. Hill, Director Rainwater Observatory & Planetarium 1 Fine Pl. French Camp, Mississippi 39745 ...
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Oct 20, 2004 2:09 am
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Hey, Jim's already got the hang of this! ... From: "James Hill" <jhill@...> To: <MidSouthStargaze@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, October...
Mid South is always the weekend after Easter. ... From: "Al" <astrong9@...> To: <MidSouthStargaze@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:59 AM...
I've created a Folder under Photos for Past Stargazes. If you have any pictures from the MSSG in past years, feel free to upload them there. Harry Boswell...
Harry, That is not always the case. In 2005, Easter falls on March 27th. The following weekend is April 2nd and 3rd; however, MSSG 2005 is April 6-9, 2005....
Well, you learn something every day!! I guess next you're going to tell me the Earth revolves around the Sun, instead of the Sun revolving around the Earth???...
Visit http://www.rainwaterobservatory.org/stargaze/ to register! Since we now have an exhibit area in the new assembly area (shower house building). Plan to...
It appears that several of our members here in Nashville are planning on attending the MSSG. At least two of us will be bringing video-scopes. I will be ...
Lonnie, I will be at the stargaze with my MallinCams (B&W and Color) and 17.5" ServoCat Equipped AstroSystems TeleKit. I use a sheet of 1/8" red Plexiglas to...
... Amen, Brother! :-) I'd like to second that about the power situation. Last year, Ron (Keating) and I spent half of our time running down the hill to reset ...
Jack, I have been to numerous star parties with this setup including the very dark Okie-Tex and no one has ever complained about the light escaping. I had a...
Len, Maybe we can look for some more of those faint, obscure Abell objects like we did at DSRSG a few years ago. With the MallinCam, that should be a lot ...
Len, I forgot to mention that I have been meeting and talking to John Martinez. He is working hand-in-hand with Jim Hill to insure that the new observatory ...
Lonnie, I only mentioned the possible need to shield the monitor as there was a gentleman there 3 years ago using his laptop near the 32". He had a box ...
... Jack, I took your advice recently on BigDob and ordered some from SW. It was ordered on a Monday and arrived Thursday! I emailed them back to let them know...
... I hope Larry (Mitchell) will have his advanced observing list posted to the TSP website before MSSP, so I can start practicing... :-) IIRC, last year he...
Len, That would be great. I'd love to see how faint I can push th MallinCam on the 17.5" Jack Jack Huerkamp 38388 Pine Street Pearl River, LA 70452-5192 ...
Thanks Jack. I actually have over 500ft. of 12 gauge. This cord is capable of handling at least 5 amps at that distance. I could run all the way from the...
Lonnie, I haven't gone with larger than a 12" monitor in the field, but I have placed the DVDs into my home theater system and spent many a night looking at...
... have ... looking ... you up at ... top of ... Jack, Do you know if Jim Nadeau is going to attend? We met at the MSSG and on Astromart probably five or...
Man, it would be nice to take a short break some time during the stargaze and see things on that 32". Maybe we could come up with a way to do it? Harry...
Lonnie, I have a 100' video cable. We could run the signal from your camera to the projector in the library and throw the image onto the screen! Jack Jack...
Lonnie, I was at Jim's home last Wednesday testing focus with the MC PRO DOB and focal reducer on his 20" NSS. He mentioned that he has not been to a stargaze...
... camera to the ... Jack, I have a 2.4Ghz RF xmtr-rcvr pair for distances up to several hundred feet. If there's no interference nearby, it usually produces...
