Fellow Sidewalkers, I should have checked our calendar before suggesting sidewalk on the 20th -- Roland and I have a previous commitment and won't be able to ...
I've opened a poll to decide where we will have dinner this friday. <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/surveys?id=2475552> I'll make a reservation noon...
For those who havent seen it. Venus and Saturn are making a nice pairing. Saturn looks like a nondescript star near venus, untill you ralize it's Saturn. Next...
Yes, I noticed a few nights ago how close together they were. Here's a picture from about 3 weeks ago when Regulus, Saturn, Venus, and the moon were almost in...
Kelsey's has won the poll. I have made a reservation at kelsey's for 17:45 for 10 people (The 7 who voted plus room the usual stragellers: Pat, Hilderic and...
It seems some OAFs would like a larger variety of restaurants to vote for in the monthly dinner poll. In the past people would sometimes post new restaurant...
Hi Bill. I'll be posting details to my news page after I get the advice of a lawyer. For the moment I'm still generating the clocks. -ad ... -- attilla danko,...
Literally. Check out these contest winners. I am totally blown away by the sketches of prominences. -ad -- clear sky clocks: they're not dead yet. They think...
Folks ... I'm in serious trouble ... computer-wide that is ! My Dell Latitude (old machine but with XP Pro all very up to date) has suddenly decided that it...
Hi Simon, I have TheSky V5 on WinXP as well. It seems to have become a little flakey lately -- it crashes when trying to download comets from the web....
I suggest we pick clear night (saturday or sunday) and meet around sunset. We should be able to show the moon/saturn/jupiter quite in the bright sunset sky. ...
I believe that I would be up for Satruday (and perhaps Friday). Richard ... From: Attilla Danko <danko@...> To: OAFs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July...
On another note....I AM STARFEST BOUND!! Who else is up for it? Richard ... From: Attilla Danko <danko@...> To: OAFs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July...
If the sky likes Friday, I'd be up for that. If Saturday has a sky, the next scheduled Pinhey's Point star party is this coming Saturday, July 21. I'll feel...
Some may find this interesting... There was an occultation of asteroid Henrietta(225) with a mag 10.6 star last night. I used a C11 + Hyperstar + Lumenera...
(to give this topic it's own thread) Richard H. has already said he's going. There is a good chance that I'm going. Ted Saker Jr. who we first met at TSP, and...
I'm free Friday, but not Sat. or Sunday, so let's hope Friday is clear. Frank ... From: Attilla Danko To: OAFs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007...
Folks ... Thanks to Andre for his suggestion. I dug around, but could not find the files he pointed me to (I'm Windows-illiterate I'm afraid). I was wary of...
Just to follow up on this: There were a number of observers for this occultation and they were able to plot out the size/shape of the asteroid based on this...
I've been told that the Harry Potter book will be reased on July 20, this friday. As Richard M. has pointed out, we'd get a huge number of kids looking though...
... Technically the book is released on July 21. But books stores are staying open till midnight on the 20th. There's likely to be people lined up at the...
... That was so much fun last time that I'd definitely do it again, sky permitting. Even though I plan to do Pinhey on Saturday (sky permitting) I'll do Friday...
Rolf is on holiday this week so we may show up too! Too bad the forecast isn't looking so hot. ... permitting. ... Friday ... pretty it was ... nearby...
