Hi all, Please see Michel Labrecque's details below regarding the Museum event this Saturday night. I've responded to Michel offering my assistance for an...
Hi all, Please see Michel Labrecque's details below regarding the Museum event this Saturday night. I've responded to Michel offering my assistance for an...
More thoughts on this... If it's cloudy (which seems likely), I think instead of a scope I'll bring a couple of different size pairs of binoculars, with...
... Good idea. In which case I suggest bringing copies of Nightwatch and the Backyard Astronomer's guide. A laptop with star charting software would also give...
I'd love to join you but i am already booked that night. I suggest Stellarium and/or Virtual Moon Atlas in the theme of simple and inexpensive ie free but...
Hi Richard, I don't have a small dob but I'll bring my little WO Megrez refractor on an alt-az mount to demonstrate a simple and easy-to-use setup. It's not an...
Tonight may be a good time for sidewalk astronomy. It will be first quarter moon with transparency too poor for "real" astronomy. If you guys go out to...
Whoa! that slipped right by me, The weather has been so bad recently that I just have not been thinking astronomy lately. Too bad because I would have...
Reminder from: OAFs Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/cal OAFs Dinner Friday December 5, 2008 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm (This event repeats every month...
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I've made a reservation for tonight (2008-12-5) at Liang's for 17:30. The earlier start time is to allow people to get to the RASC meeting in time for the swap...
... I'm hoping to make it out for this tomorrow night. I'll bring alone my 'scope or my lap top with "Starry Night." I'm coming for dinner tonight, but...
Sorry to be a no-show last night. While brushing snow off the car to get to the dinner and meeting, I slipped on some ice and dislocated a finger. Thought it...
Thanks. I plan on going to the lecture tonight, so look forward to seeing any OAFs who will attend. FB ... From: Attilla Danko To: OAFs@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
I'm planing to be at the Museum for 6:30pm to setup in the front lobby. It'll be a cloudy night scenario. See you guys there! - Pierre ... top with "Starry...
It was a good night! Lots of scopes + binocs setup inside the Museum, gift ideas, handouts, etc... Many people were fascinated with my light pollution image...
Do I ever wish the sky would have been clear last night. It would have been a nice sky show even with Full Moon. I gave up for good at midnight when it was...
I saw this ad on AstroMart. Apparently, a 7 ton scope is considered "portable." http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=601971 What is...
... The seller claims "transportable" which is withn the realm of possiblity. Afer all the scope had to get there. Bits of it came from Russia. ... Perpetual...
We have been reading Vic's reminiscences of his summers at DDO ca 1950 in the latest RASC journal. Very beautiful and well written. I remember the Ottawa...
Hi Everyone, The Science & Technology Museum is having their annual winter Solstice event this Sunday. They have asked for representatives from the RASC/OAFs...
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