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20984 Bob Olson
r_olson2 Send Email
May 4, 2007
7:04 pm
Wow, Bob and Albert are really the same person. That is the biggest compliment and insult all in one sentence!! Maybe the harem pants are a red herring. Bob ...
20983 Attilla Danko
attilladanko Send Email
May 4, 2007
5:14 pm
Local Heros has won the poll. So I have made a reservation for 12 people at 17:45. See you there. Local Heros 1760 St.Laurent 613-732-9292...
20982 Attilla Danko
attilladanko Send Email
May 4, 2007
4:42 pm
... True. However, Alan Rahill studied the jet stream and other weather patterns to correlate them to seeing as he observed though his C14. He found 30%...
20981 Rolf and Linda
lindy5050 Send Email
May 4, 2007
4:25 pm
Thanks, Mike and everybody. Thanks Mike for the link to the detailed jet stream information. I sometimes look at this one for a simplified view: ...
20980 Mike Wirths
pizzlespleas... Send Email
May 4, 2007
1:50 pm
Hugely improved image, excellent Rolf!! I know even though its been nice and clear the seeing has been terrible! Maybe we'll have a chance in the coming ...
20979 Mike Wirths
pizzlespleas... Send Email
May 4, 2007
1:42 pm
I think Bob should start wearing harem pants!!!!!!!!! My mind reels from such a mental image! --Piz ... From: "RICHARD HARDING" <richardharding@...> To:...
20978 Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley Send Email
May 4, 2007
4:02 am
Rolf, That's one superb image of Saturn. Cheers, Albert. ... From: "Rolf and Linda" <lmeier@...> To: <OAFs@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007...
20977 Attilla Danko
attilladanko Send Email
May 4, 2007
2:14 am
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/files/Astrophotos/Rolf/070411.jpg Very pretty. And encke's division is in the right place....
20976 Rolf and Linda
lindy5050 Send Email
May 4, 2007
2:11 am
Here's an improved Saturn from April 11: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/files/Astrophotos/Rolf/070411.jpg The old one used 1500 frames out of 3000....
20975 RICHARD HARDING
farengi2006 Send Email
May 3, 2007
11:09 pm
I could start a rumour about Bob and Albert are really the same person and that is why they are never seen together. However, for you that have seen Albert in...
20974 Attilla Danko
attilladanko Send Email
May 3, 2007
9:41 pm
Currently the poll for dinner has a 3-way tie. We need a few more people to vote to make the decision clear. I will announce the restaurant with the most votes...
20973 Pat Browne
pbrowne2002 Send Email
May 3, 2007
9:30 pm
Nikki from MVC sent me another darksky bulletin for the muskoka area. Since some folks were asking where to get/order sheilded residential lights, here's an...
20972 Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley Send Email
May 3, 2007
9:10 pm
Mike - Ziggy has seen me grumpy...not hard on a three day drive to the middle of nowhere. Bob - even though you won't be there doesn't mean you can't vote... ...
20971 pawb63 Send Email May 3, 2007
7:20 pm
I though that this quote from a guy who is selling his Astro-Physics mount rather funny: "After much discussion (you know what I mean) with my wife, and even ...
20970 Mike Wirths
pizzlespleas... Send Email
May 3, 2007
1:08 pm
Albert I've never seen you grumpy so I voted for Sandrellas! ;>) --Piz ... From: "Albert Saikaley" <berts@...> To: <OAFs@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
20969 Bob Olson
r_olson2 Send Email
May 3, 2007
3:11 am
I can't believe that the first meeting I am missing this year is the one that Albert decides to attend! I hope it is just a coincidence!! Have fun. Bob ...
20968 Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley Send Email
May 2, 2007
11:01 pm
After a long absence I'm finally going to make the dinner and the meeting. If you don't want me to be grumpy...put a vote in for Local Hero's so I can have a...
20967 Attilla Danko
attilladanko Send Email
May 2, 2007
4:36 pm
... Yes. Its so wide it is a strain to see the field stop. As advertised, the eyepiece seems to disapear. But I figure I can only preceive the center 80 or so...
20966 Mike Wirths
pizzlespleas... Send Email
May 2, 2007
3:25 pm
"Sigh" thats what I was afraid of! Doug I guess I'll be joining you in the poorer by "X" category then! AL Nagler is a bastard! But we love him. I wonder why...
20965 Douglas B. George
maximccd Send Email
May 2, 2007
3:02 pm
... Yes, I had a look. It was *very* impressive. It's so wide you feel like you have to stick your eye inside it to see properly. The eyelens is concave,...
20964 Joe Silverman
joe1silverman Send Email
May 2, 2007
2:50 pm
Bruce's pictures give a better sense of the show than mine. I only downloaded a few to the NEAF2007 folder in the Photo section. They illustrate two of the...
20963 Mike Wirths
pizzlespleas... Send Email
May 2, 2007
2:30 pm
Cool, did anyone get a chance to look at/through the new Televue 100 degree Ethos eyepiece? --Piz ... From: "staglite"; <geeko.boy@...> To:...
20962 Richard McDonald
rmgpz Send Email
May 1, 2007
11:53 pm
(In toronto, behind on email, won't be home for Friday dinner or meeting) Thanks for the comments on the RASC Outreach article folks, good to know people read...
20961 Attilla Danko
attilladanko Send Email
May 1, 2007
11:25 pm
... Yes, the story of Paul's mount is epic. However i mentioned it only to make it clear how serious an instrument Paul choose to use wood in. -ad...
20960 Douglas B. George
maximccd Send Email
May 1, 2007
11:18 pm
... I'm not a big fan of Byers mounts, and Paul had to make significant modifications to his to make it work correctly. He is in the process of switching to a...
20959 Bruce Harding
staglite Send Email
May 1, 2007
11:16 pm
... Those scope are by Norman Fullum and they are all wood, well with the exception of where metal would normally be required. They are all true works of art....
20958 Attilla Danko
attilladanko Send Email
May 1, 2007
11:06 pm
I was there. Normand's scopes looked like all-wood to me. Wood is a pretty good telescope making material: it has good damping properties. My 25" has major...
20957 InQ
inqlaing Send Email
May 1, 2007
10:42 pm
Yeah me, I went through every one of them. I think that the telescopes that fascinated me the most were those wood ones. Some of those were works of art. Since...
20956 staglite Send Email May 1, 2007
9:02 pm
A bunch of us went to NEAF 2007 this weekend past, here is a URL to my photos of the event. Feel free to leave comments. ...
20955 Attilla Danko
attilladanko Send Email
May 1, 2007
3:09 pm
Pick your restaurant: <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/surveys?id=2475552> -ad...
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