Hi guys Hope you don't mind me slipping in a question or two here ! Does anyone have any experience dealing with Moonward coatings from Sudbury? I'm looking to...
Yes, it was clear for about 1/2 hour here in Bennies Corners. The November Astronomy has a nice star hop - Andromeda, Aries, Triangulum Temperature 5 deg C. ...
Hi all, Apparently comet 2000 WM1 has brightened appreciably and is now a threshold naked eye object, a good binocular object with a tail, and a fine...
Hi Oafs, You'll be pleased to know that we made it into the Official Plan record last week. (RASC LPA committee) Here's the minutes: In response to a question...
From what I read, the almagamated city is trying to standardize cobra lights (full-cutoff I assume) but a certain individual from Minto, who calls the cutoff...
The library sale *is happening* for sure. I suspect it will be during the swap time - not sure. There are many old nice books, I had a preview in the library...
Hi guys, Awhile back there was a discussion about Rukl's book being in a class of its own. Given that it is no longer available, can anybody recommend the...
I've put a bookmark into our book mark sections called "OAFs Clear Sky Clocks". Its a quick-to-download page that lists clear sky clocks for all the sites that...
NRC-NSERC Colloquium on the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) 2001-12-04 3:15 p.m. in the Auditorium at 100 Sussex Drive. Special guest Dr. John Bahcall, a...
My wife Janet forwarded this to me. I suspect the URL will get horribly mangled by Yahoo, so here's the gist of what it says: The 2001 Gerhard Herzberg...
And they sayeth "Let there be rain and lack of stars for 1 day for each inch of aperature that thou bringist into thy hands" And so it was for 20 long nights...
Hi fellow OAFS, Well as a few of you may know I've succumbed to a major bought of aperture fever (again) and have put in an order with Starmaster for a F/4.3...
A large (15,000x30,000 pixels) TIFF picture of the earth at night is at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/PIAGenCatalogPage.pl?PIA02991 (3 MB) Would...
... I think Albert said that his odds of getting two passes from the warden in a single week weren't good. And I suspect I may be in the same boat (mixed...
As Rob said: Phooey. We cant have our observing buddies crashing thier cars into each other. The dents would reduce the room they have for transporting...
Gentle Tyrant... The weather looks like it might possibly take a turn for the worst, with icy rain predicted for this afternoon and evening ( & tomorrow as...
Just so that it's clear, I am eating dinner this Thursday (Nov 29) at 19:00 at Ho Ho Chineese Food, 875 Richmond Rd, 722-9200. All OAFs, and people they bring,...
Anyone feel like an OAFs dinner? I I figure having it friday just before the RASC meeting this time may not be the best choice since it will be swap nigh....
Hi all, I found the official website for the Cherry Springs park observing site in N Pennsylvania (site of the Black Forest star party), apparently they have...
Date and times below derived from SkyMapPro planetarium software. For Ottawa: - Moon will occult Saturn - Friday, November 30th - 7:53pm (dissapears) - 8:43pm...
While taking a stroll in the conservation area late this afternoon, I picked up 2 tripod bungs in 1 spot and another one in further back. This was in front of...
One of our best impromtu sidewalk sessions thus far. The situation was perfect, with the moon at 1st quarter, and the 2 gas giants in the sky. Attilla, Matt ,...
Astro Film - Information Correction!! An eMail from Bruce reminded me that I had switched to another film a few months ago and that I had excellent results...
Location: Bennies Corners Astro Playground Players: Hilderic, Pat, John D. Time : 22:00 - 23:50 Temp : 2 deg C Seeing : 5 Hilderic took out the 15" and I...
