Thanks Chris, Nirvana was a lot of fun this year, it was good chatting with you there, despite constantly tripping over the guide wires on your tent in the ...
Hi Dave, it was good to be in your company at Nirvana. Next time bring a coffee maker so you don't have to fool with the BBQ at 3 in the morning ;) (for those...
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Kelsey's has won the dinner poll. So i've made reservations for 12 people at 17:45 tonight (oct 3) under the name "danko". seeya there. -ad Kelsey's 1910 St...
Hi Eric, Sorry for the delayed reply, but the firewall at work was preventing me from getting to your site. It's indeed a remarkable photo!!! It was good to...
Hello, The ISS will occult Vega tonight. The center line is about half way between our house and the MoK/FLO. It happens at about 8:18, with ISS passing...
Cool. But with a 12m wide track, one will have to precisely locate the center line to see an occultation. However getting close would sill be cool. One could...
I think the track is the same size as the ISS, probably over 100 m. So it is not a problem to be within it, provided the ephemeris is accurate. -Rolf ... with...
An expedition was mounted to observe the occultation of Vega by ISS. The location chosen was near the intersection of Burnt Lands Road and March Road, just a...
Based on the bad forecast, I had planned to not go to Mike Earl's MOK star party. However, at 19:00 I happened to look outside. To my complete surprise, the...
... I think I can probably make it tonight. Haven't had the 'scope set up for a while, so it'd be good. :) Going to be a bit chilly tonight; down around -1. ...
Can't make it tonight unfortunately. Frank ... From: Attilla Danko To: oafs Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 12:44 AM Subject: [OAFs] monday night sidewalk? It...
Thanks for the heads up. I took the 6 year old to the field by Burntlands Road, and she managed to see it before I did. I thought it was going to be a lot...
I'm glad you saw it! I guess that's the same field we used last night (well actually we were just on the side of the road, since the big field seems to be...
It was pretty good. But it was only in the slit for a few seconds, so I didn't get all that many sharp frames. I used all the frames including the bad ones...
It was a great sidewalk session. I arrived at 19:00 and setup my scope. Nobody gave me a second look until I setup my easel (with "FREE" written larege on it)...
A few people were speculating which star was occulted tonight because it seemed very bright. It was 3rd magitude Phi in Saggitarius one of the stars in the...
================ ASTEROID IMPACT: If predictions were correct, asteroid 2008 TC3 has hit our planet, exploding in the atmosphere over northern Sudan like a...
Hi, Well, I finally made it to an OAFs sidewalk session. It was a great time. I was surprised at the volume of people for a Monday night -- a good steady...