Was out in b.y. last nite with the 12.5" dob for session #497. Thanks to Len's link to a map of that supernova in M51, which I printed out to serve as a map, I...
Hi all I setting up my observatory in the back yard till the spring in which I want to move it to a dark site. My permanent pier will be delivered the first of...
Albert ... I saw it last night ... http://www3.sympatico.ca/simon.hanmer/CCD_images.html Simon ... Simon Hanmer Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St,...
... If you're only using it temporarily, just go down about 3-4 feet. It'll probably heave a bit in the spring, but that just means tweaking your polar ...
4 ft down 25" across. It never shifted durning the first 3 years then this year it moved slightly in the winter. Regards, ______________________________ Albert...
Just read this now...I fell better about mine. Thanks Doug! Regards, ______________________________ Albert Saikaley Development Director Software Maintenance...
Simon, Damn...if I had known you were doing this I wouldn't have broke my sabbatical last night. 5 minute image with the ST5 looks a lot like a single frame...
In case it's not obvious to people, from Ottawa, the comet will appear to set tonight around 1:16. The impact will 36 minutes later. Apparantly the NASA chose...
Thanks Doug That was exactly what I was looking for. The ground is going to be hard enough that I should get a hoe in to dig it but even with a corner...
Thanks Albert for the width. I'll start digging tomorrow night and start whinning about my sore muscles about 10 minutes later. cheers Bob ... then this year...
Well done Albert, I'll hopefully be back to imaging in a week or so if the dirt gods are kind to me. Astonishing brightness for this supernova. Cheers Bob ... ...
... If you're using a modest sized sonotube, not making a big pier, consider renting an Auger from Home Depot. We recently rented an 8" Auger to drill holes...
I'm looking forward to some Hubble images of the impact but in the meantime, the comet more than doubled in brightness after impact as seen in this video ...
Thanks Doug That's exactly what I'll do if I can get my evil twin brother to come over to help or hire some neighbourhood, older boys to do the dirty deed. The...
Sess#498 11pm-1:30am s=7 lm=5.1 Clear! 12.5" dob M56 : for testing DSCs - good graininess on this Globular. 3 double-doubles in Lyra : 1) Struve2740-74, 2)...
I was observing the comet for the past few nights. I'll see if it's any brighter tonight. Very disappointing that we just missed the time of impact at our...
... That's because we're not americans. Nasa has a reasonably wide wide window to pick the impact time: both date and time of day. They picked July 4th to...
... this stuff. ... Just imagine, if the American war machine would take a holiday, look at all the hungry people in the world that could be fed, the space ...
Hi guys, Just wanted to say hello from Firenze Italia. Today we will be visiting Gallileo observatory. The sky here is clear and dark. I wish I had brought my...
Michel, That's very cool. Have fun on your vacation! We've had some decent skies last 2 nights...amazing....I did however fall off the wagon as far as the...
... What incident? Doug ... Doug George dgeorge@... Diffraction Limited Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products http://www.cyanogen.com 25 Conover Street ...
