Reminder from: OAFs Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/cal OAFs Dinner Friday February 1, 2008 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm (This event repeats every month...
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Richard Mcdonald
rmgpz
Feb 1, 2008 6:30 pm
If it happens to be clear, we should make an announcement coupled to this event, encouraging people to note the beauty of the darker sky during the lights-off...
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Gary Boyle
astroeducator
Feb 2, 2008 12:52 am
Maybe we should organize a star party/public awareness at City Hall. If you agree I can get in contact with the people at the City to allow this. Gary ... ...
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Rolf and Linda
lindy5050
Feb 2, 2008 2:19 am
I suspect that what they want, and what people will do, is to shut off indoor lights and turn off their TV and computers, stuff like that. I really doubt that...
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mcwolfsonca
Feb 4, 2008 2:50 am
Looks like Google will be hosting a humongous volume of Hubble photos: Sources at Google have disclosed that the humble domain, http://research.google.com will...
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Attilla Danko
attilladanko
Feb 4, 2008 9:12 pm
Ziggy and I (with Ingrid) made to the winter star party. It's 28C here. Completely clear sky. Tonights forecast is above average transparency. Oh. and the...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Feb 4, 2008 9:43 pm
... It's about +1C here; tomorrow's high is about +4C. Latitude holding at +45. The enormous dump of snow we got on Friday is sslloowwllyy starting to melt. ...
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Robert Alexander
countstar16
Feb 5, 2008 3:27 am
Super-sized boom coming for telescopes Exciting times ahead. Link and some excerpts: ...
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Robert Alexander
countstar16
Feb 6, 2008 5:15 pm
Both the CSC and the public forecast look pretty good for tomorrow. For my location, the CSC is showing as Clear with Average transparency and Average seeing...
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RICHARD HARDING
farengi2006
Feb 7, 2008 3:14 am
Hey Rob...you are kidding right? Tomorrow night will suck (all white squares means very bad). Personally I have cabin fever and need photons, but the weather...
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Pat Browne
pbrowne2002
Feb 7, 2008 4:11 am
Hi Rob, Thanks for the reference to articles, and planning thoughts - This time of year, it's always hard to re-orient to the sky because of the difficulty of...
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Rolf and Linda
lindy5050
Feb 7, 2008 2:55 pm
... white squares means very bad). Rob was right at the time; yesterday the squares were all dark blue. Funny how in 12 hours the forecast can change from...
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Rolf and Linda
lindy5050
Feb 7, 2008 3:00 pm
A Canadian source for up to 44-inch telescope mirrors: http://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=8518&sort=&cat=26&page=1 -Rolf...
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Robert Alexander
countstar16
Feb 7, 2008 3:22 pm
... Hi Richard, Yeah, it sure has deteriorated. Honest! The forecast and CSC looked good when I posted that. <grin> Best, Rob (who is also suffering from...
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Richard McDonald
rmgpz
Feb 7, 2008 4:07 pm
I figure there is near-zero chance it will be clear next Wednesday (Feb 13), but: - I am doing a little astronomy outreach event for a local Brownies group (my...
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rob2otham
Feb 7, 2008 4:41 pm
Ooooh - you didn't mention that they were cellular. Verrrrry cool. Or rather, very ambient. If anyone was going to casually pickup a 44" blank to grind their...
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jacques savard
suppjos
Feb 7, 2008 5:34 pm
I buy a new cooking surface whit radiating element it is look like ceram ic or pirex or some kind of curious opack and in same time tranlucent glass and very...
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meteorshowersca
Feb 7, 2008 7:03 pm
Hi all, Atlantis is scheduled for lift-off at 2:45pm EST. Today's weather currently gives only 40% chance of a go. Watch it live... ...
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meteorshowersca
Feb 7, 2008 7:39 pm
Live webcast... http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html - Pierre...
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pawb63
Feb 11, 2008 3:18 am
I posted this question to the SBIG site, but I figure I might as well ask this question to my OAF friends. Can I leave my SBIG camera set up to my scope in my...
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Rolf and Linda
lindy5050
Feb 11, 2008 3:30 am
I can't say for sure about SBIG, but I leave my Lumenera in the observatory all the time, and if I get lazy, I even leave it on the scope. I do cover it with...
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Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley
Feb 11, 2008 3:58 pm
Never had a problem with my SBIGs. The Starlight MX5C however whould frost up a bit on startup... ... up...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
Feb 11, 2008 4:03 pm
... I keep my camera in the dome 24/7, no problems. Doug ... Doug George dgeorge@... Diffraction Limited Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products ...
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Bob Olson
r_olson2
Feb 12, 2008 8:30 am
Hi Attilla, I was out observing tonight and it was -21C. This reminded me that you had spent last week at the WSP where the weather was fantastic. Did you make...
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roland_prevost
Feb 12, 2008 8:07 pm
Observed for an hour from the front driveway (two bright streetlamps). Eskimo nebula, Orion Nebula, Rosette's open cluster, Mars, M1 (barely detected from...
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Attilla Danko
attilladanko
Feb 12, 2008 8:34 pm
I'm back. The drive home was fine execpt for the half hour blizzard of lake effect snow just north of Syracuse. The depressing part was driving from a hot...
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RICHARD HARDING
farengi2006
Feb 12, 2008 10:30 pm
Wow Roland!! Great image...how much processing? Richard ... From: roland_prevost <r.prevost@...> To: OAFs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12,...
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roland_prevost
Feb 12, 2008 11:40 pm
Hi Richard! Good to hear from ya. Um... I guess processing was pretty well exactly the standard Photoshop stuff as suggested by Lodriguss at: ...
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RICHARD HARDING
farengi2006
Feb 13, 2008 12:05 am
Roland: Observing from near down-town Ottawa sucks. I do the odd bit of lunar, and enjoyed "the" comet mucho. Mostly, I have to get outside of the city to do...
