This issue of the Chronicle Online e-News Digest includes stories from Aug. 20-31. The following are short versions of recent stories from Chronicle Online....
The following are short versions of recent stories from Chronicle Online. Full texts, as well as photos and other graphics accompanying some stories, are...
STARGAZER #462 for Sept. 22, 2007 The Space Age at 50 When I reflect on my childhood on Galveston Bay, and then look at the world I find myself in today, I...
Thanks Stargazer for sharing not just the calendar, but some memories of the space age as well. My memories of the Space age include being at the Vehicle...
I recall the announcement pretty vividly too. I was a young boy selling newspapers on the street, in the downtown area. The news of the day seemed to be a...
STARGAZER #463 for Oct. 6, 2007 Watching Satellites As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1957 launch of the first human-made satellite, Sputnik 1,...
STARGAZER #464 for Oct. 20, 2007 Most Days Really Aren't 24 Hours When we speak of short winter days and long summer days, we're referring to changes in the...
The new SWRAL website is up and running. _http://www.geocities.com/swral/_ (http://www.geocities.com/swral/) Visit the website to read your new SWRAL...
STARGAZER #465 for Nov. 3, 2007??? ? Birth, Life, and Death in the Cosmos We're well aware of nature's process of birth, life, and death. It is so fundamental...
International Dark-Sky Association e-News November 1, 2007  Towards Understanding Skyglow This new report by astrophysicist Dr. Chris Baddiley and engineer...
The following are short versions of recent stories from Chronicle Online. Full texts, as well as photos and other graphics accompanying some stories, are...
Holmes amazing its tranformation and links to pics and more First it was amazing what this comet did by exploding and zooming from 17 to magnitude 2.5 in a...
Good work guys. I'm not set up at the present time to take photos, but I do have drawings I've made with some pesky high-altitude cloud weather has given me a...
Larry, those are great drawings. I do a lot sketching - it helps me to observe and really see what's there. However, there is no way I'm going to share my...
Thanks Maynard. I use a hybrid technique. I use a tablet to make a rough sketch with notes about star placement and overall light distribution. Then I use the...
STARGAZER #466 for Nov. 17, 2007 Comet Holmes Bursts on the Scene Talk about bursting on the scene...that's exactly what Comet Holmes has done. Discovered in...
Comet Holmes large fragment broke off and disintegrated into tiny dust particles http://eoas-dreric1kansas.blogspot.com/ I hope to have another comet...
happy Thanksgiving day Those trying for comet silver and gold awards, amateur astronomers and other sky observers (se below). Comet Holmes has lessened in...
STARGAZER for Dec. 1, 2007 It's Time to Start Watching for Mars OK, now it really is time to start watching for Mars. No, it won't look as big as a full...
If you haven't started looking at Mars, nows the time. It isn't going to be super big this time around, but you can see some details on it even at that. Here's...
Does anyone have an electronic version of the checklist for the Herschell II list? I think it appears as pages 7-10 from the Herschell II manual of the AL. ...
I have started a new blog to feature photos of comet observations. Comet Observers Blog http://cometobservers.blogspot.com/ In 2001, I created the Comets...
I received this from Jim Roe in St. Louis, via the MSRAL Yahoo Group, and wanted to share it with you. Ed Flaspoehler, Dallas We have started to present some...
STARGAZER for Dec. 15, 2007 Dispelling Dangerous Theories The other day old Zeke told me he wanted to dispel a couple of dumb and dangerous theories he'd...
Comet Tuttle appeared to pass by Galaxy M101 last night. The skies in my area north of Atlanta were cloudy, but fortunately I had reserved some time with the...
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