Hi Folks, I am heading off now and will be away from my computer so I will guess that Sandrella's is the winner. I will try and convince the OWG's travelling...
Dinner was enjoyable yesterday. Never got a chance to properly greet a few of the people attending, as the conversations were pretty well constant @ my end of...
Last night's adventure was fun...as always. Highlights: - dinner gab - Pizzle shows up after his stealth mission to Mexico - Rob materialized but Richard is...
Hi folks. I'm looking for some advice & thought I'd start with the group I respect the most (gag). Several years ago I acquired an old newtonian 6" in poor...
Life has many turns....Judith and I have my 14 year old daughter now living with us....quite a change!! Work has been crazy, but I have not died! The Farengi...
... The "invited" speaker was mediocre. Ziggy's talk was definitely the best. Luckily for us OAFs who attend the rasc meetings, Ziggy is planning more talks....
Hi Everyone, This email is a friendly reminder of the cut off. If you haven't participated, and want to, visit: http://astroresearch.dyndns.org/ Prior to...
The optics should be reasonably good, if its contistant with everything i've heard about RV-6s. I think your choice come done to: 1. put it into a light dob...
Hey Attilla!! The RV scopes are buyer specific. You need to find one of the following: 1. Someone who is a collector. 2. An OWG who remembers when the RV...
Date: 12.03.05 19:00-20:45 FLO: 16"F5 – 19mmm, 8,6mm and 32 mm Erfl Temp -8 , no wind Clouds here and there (mostly there: clear for ~1.5 hours only!) Refs:...
How true, I sold mine in 1998/99 to someone in the Ottawa area for about 350 CDN. I owned that scope from 1977 until that time and used it frequently. Sold it...
Sounds like a good session, Pat. The much fainter stuff is always a bit more challenging to confirm. A couple of times, I've managed to start from the wrong...
... From: roland_prevost To: OAFs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 10:29 AM Subject: [OAFs] Thanks Pierre for Cosmology article. If anyone has...
Thanks for the two book titles, Frank. I'll look them up next time I'm at Chapter's. Rol ... free ... read in the last few years on these topics: The Elegant...
First quarter moon is this weekend. There should be a lot of people about doing christmas shopping. Mars will be in the evening sky. That means this weekend...
Me! Me! I miss sidewalk, and I finally have my mount working again. If Friday, I'd arrive later -- 8:15ish. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Howdy, Are you folks thinking of Friday, Saturday or Sunday? (None look great from a weather standpoint right now -- too bad). I could probably make Friday...
... The furthest-out CMC forecast map shows a large clear area that may be heading our way around friday night. But we'll have a better idea at tonight's...
I should be available Friday and possibly Saturday. Frank ... From: Attilla Danko To: OAFs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:00 PM Subject:...
Hi Everyone, I would like to thank the participants of our survey, and thank the group for the support. Without your participation, our project would not have...
Hi Attilla! Thought I posted a reply yesterday, but never saw it, so re-posting. In response to your message, I managed to test the SM16" yesterday, after a...
Personaly, I'd like to see your mallin cam in action. But as I wont be bringing a tracking scope I can volanteer. Perhaps one else can. However, If you bring...
Hello Rol If you want to bring your Mallin Cam equipment, I would be happy to let you use my EQ6 Skyscan goto mount with either my C-8 SCT or 80mm ED...
OK Paul ( & Attilla ), if Friday is a GO, I'll bring my MallinCam, monitor, and a table to place it on. It'd work on the moon, globulars, and even some...
I'll join you if it's Saturday. If it's Friday I'll be late and will join you if it's not "too" late. It'll still be the 9.25; my sidewalk scope hasn't arrived...
According to the csc closest to kanata chapters, the clear hole being forecast for tonight has moved earlier to 16:00 to about 18:00. That is too early for me....