Hi All!! To those interested in the Zhumell eye pieces. The list price is closer to $400.00. They are on sale at the moment through Hayneedle, see link below. ...
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Eric Le May
eric_lemay88
May 1, 2011 3:48 pm
Hey Chris, Sounds like you had a great time! Are you using Celestron's Nexremote software to communicate with the mount? If so, the software allows you to...
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Chris Thuemen
thuemen_cm
May 1, 2011 4:47 pm
Hi Eric! I am using Astroplanner primarily because I have creating by double star lists in it. I really haven't researched my AP manual to see if I can...
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Joe
joe1silverman
May 1, 2011 6:01 pm
Great report Chris! I wish I was also at Pit Road on Friday. Being able to observe at a green zone site with clear horizons is a treat. I also like testing...
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Chris T
thuemen_cm
May 2, 2011 2:36 am
Hi Joe! Thank-you! There will hopefully be many more opportunities to observe together over the next few months. Cheers, Chris....
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Fred Barrett
siriusview
May 2, 2011 1:00 pm
Hi Eric Where do you go to get Anna and how do you install her? I use to have Mary as my voice but I've had no luck finding Mary and bringing her soothing...
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Eric Le May
eric_lemay88
May 2, 2011 3:30 pm
Indeed! Sam has to be replaced by Anna! I have a copy of Microsoft Streets & Trips which installed her voice. I can't remember off the top of my head which...
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Attilla
attilladanko
May 3, 2011 4:40 pm
I've restarted the poll so OAFs can decide where to congregate to stuff our faces with food and chat about all manner of things astronomical and otherwise. ...
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Joe
joe1silverman
May 5, 2011 11:59 am
The CSC indicates that Nirvana is a possibility tonight. I will wait until the noon forecast to decide. Observing at Nirvana on Thursday night, diner with the...
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Chris Thuemen
thuemen_cm
May 5, 2011 5:03 pm
Hi Joe! If it was next year, I would be telling you that I would join you. Unfortunately, duty calls...if I was 20 something again, I would pull the ...
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Pierre Martin
meteorshowersca
May 5, 2011 5:17 pm
Hi guys, I looked at the latest weather models (CMC, NOAA) are in agreement and they continue to look favorable for tonight in the west-end. Nirvana looks like...
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Joe
joe1silverman
May 5, 2011 6:16 pm
I think that those cirrus clouds may be a problem at Nirvana. Rather than risk it, I will head out to a site near Arnprior. If anyone else is interested email...
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Attilla
attilladanko
May 6, 2011 4:11 pm
Liang's village has won the poll. I've made a reservation for 12 people at 17:45. See you guys there. -ad Liang's Village (chineese buffet) 1755 st. laurent ...
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Bart
btecter
May 6, 2011 6:43 pm
__,_. Amateur Photographer Shoots Largest Ever Photo of the Night Sky Posted on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 at 12:01 am. If you're reading our blog you'll know...
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Douglas B. George
maximccd
May 6, 2011 7:09 pm
... That's an impressive effort, and beautifully done. Not to take anything away from this gorgeous mosaic, but the claim of "largest photograph of the night...
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Attilla Danko
attilladanko
May 7, 2011 3:15 am
Awesome. ... -- attilla danko, danko@..., http://cleardarksky.com/csk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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R Meier
cometwatch_4
May 8, 2011 3:35 am
I'm curious to know what would make it the "largest". The sky is just one size, so any all-sky survey (of which there are many) would be the same size, I...
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Sanjeev
sivarulrasa
May 8, 2011 3:51 am
Hi oafs, Here's a one-second exposure I captured on Thursday night near Arnprior while waiting for astronomical night to begin... ...
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Robert Alexander
countstar16
May 8, 2011 4:15 am
That's pretty. :-) Rob ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Attilla Danko
attilladanko
May 8, 2011 5:06 pm
It's a beautiful image. ... -- attilla danko, danko@..., http://cleardarksky.com/csk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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tesseract_graeme
tesseract_gr...
May 8, 2011 9:25 pm
Hey All, I've just posted pictures from yesterday's Astronomy Day RASC Event on my blog. http://www.megapixeltravel.com/2011/05/astronomy-day-2011/ Enjoy! ...
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Eric Le May
eric_lemay88
May 8, 2011 10:54 pm
I really like the way the earthshine stands out. :) Eric ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Sanjeev
sivarulrasa
May 8, 2011 11:46 pm
thanks guys Sanjeev...
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Sanjeev
sivarulrasa
May 8, 2011 11:51 pm
Hi oafs, My daughter Shanti (age 7) and son Rajan (age 5) created water colour paintings for International Astronomy Day. The paintings were part of the RASC...
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R Meier
cometwatch_4
May 9, 2011 6:53 pm
The numbers didn't make sense to me so I dug a little deeper. It turns out that the sky was stitched together with 624 images. Each of the 624 was made with...
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Mike Moghadam
moghadam...
May 9, 2011 11:37 pm
Sanjeev, The paintings attracted more than their share of attention with some folks even appearing to study them. They fit well with the rest of the exhibit. ...
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Sanjeev
sivarulrasa
May 10, 2011 2:47 am
thanks Mike - it got the kids excited and my daughter's going to show the link to her class this week. BTW I asked Shanti why she included Pluto (she's...
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astrotran
May 10, 2011 12:39 pm
Anybody up for some viewing tonight or tomorrow? We have a 1st-quarter moon, Saturn and clear skies. Frank B...
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Attilla Danko
attilladanko
May 10, 2011 12:57 pm
how about tonight ? -ad ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Richard McDonald
rmgpz
May 10, 2011 1:09 pm
... It's been a long time & I'd love to. I couldn't do it tonight, but will join if it's tomorrow. - Richard...
