Hi gang, There is a comet shining at about magnitude 6 in the Northern skies over the next couple of weeks. It will be a bit difficult for us to see here at...
Hi gang, This Saturday, 28 Oct, is our monthly meeting. We'll start with a presentation or video at 7PM at the Lester Hospital conference room, followed by a...
Hi gang, Mark didn't mention it, but he has posted a really nice photo of M42 on the Yahoo Group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RACAstronomy/spnew?m= ...
Comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN) has brightened unexpectedly to magnitude 4! Use the attached finder chart to locate it over the next few nights. At magnitude 4 it is...
I took that one a couple of nights ago in Awase at around 3am. This was a combination of 5 ten minute exposures stacked with registax. I've been playing using...
For those of you who missed todays transit of Mercury, I've uploaded a gif of it in the files section. The animation shows how it looked here on Okinawa in 10...
Nice job Mark. Here's the direct link for those not familiar with navigating Yahoo Groups: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RACAstronomy/files/ Best...
Hi folks, Our monthly meeting is this Saturday, 25 Nov, 7PM at the Lester Hospital conference room. Let's hope for some nice weather this month! Best regards,...
Hi Mike, Didn't have a chance to get out this last weekend. I haven't read any reports of an outburst so I expect the Leonids were just a few per hour this ...
Hi gang, Here's a link to the monthly SkyMap. Sorry most of you missed the meeting last weekend - three of us went up to Torii and got some partly cloudy...
Hi gang, Monty, who recently moved to Virginia, has sent me his first attempt at astrophotography. See his Saturn image in Photos at the Yahoo Group: ...
Hi Zoe There is a planetarium on the top of the Naha-Kumoji Kominkan (Community Hall). Admission is free. http://naha-kouminkan.city.naha.okinawa.jp/kum-kou/ ...
Go Monty! Good to see people giving this a try! It's really tough to do with manual tracking, but you just got to keep tinkering with the settings and...
Speaking of tracking manually, I've uploaded a picture (or attempt at one) I took from back in August of the International Space Station as it passed over...
Well gang, I finally got my Yahoo account squared-away and am able to join you on the Yahoo group page again. I can always be reached at: cwez11@.......
Hi Monty - welcome back to the Group. Best regards, Mike ... From: RACAstronomy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RACAstronomy@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cwez11 Sent:...
Hi gang, There is a large sunspot group visible for the next several days. If you have a safe means to view it, don't miss out! Here's a previous newsletter...
Thanks, Robert. I checked the website and it looks interesting. Don't know if this is the one we visited, but it will do! :-) Zoe ... Thanks, Robert. I...
Hi folks, Our monthly meeting is this Saturday, 23 December. We'll start at 7PM at the Lester Hospital conference room. For those who haven't been there ...
Saturday night looks very promising - scattered clouds is the forecast. Don't miss the meeting! Best regards, Mike ... From: RACAstronomy@yahoogroups.com...
It looks like this planitarium is only open three days a week: Monday 10am and 2pm Wed 10am and 2pm Sunday 10am The web site recommends that reservations are...
Hi gang, Sky and Telescope has a new feature available via their web site - podcasts providing a tour of the night sky. A new one is available each month from...
Hello Please allow me a brief note to share with you a few astro images recently taken in Chinen with a highly sensitive CCD video camera. Here is how they...
Hi Robert, Those are some very nice images in the photos section: http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/RACAstronomy/photos (take a look in the "Astropical...
At the monthly meeting in December, Tommy McGee, Mark Goochey, Robert Brenner and Mike Swanson discussed the direction for our activities in 2007. First,...
Ryukyu Astronomy Club General Meeting This Saturday - January 13th, 7PM Conference Room B at the Camp Lester Naval Hospital Our monthly meeting will be held in...
Hi gang, We had a great meeting Saturday! I'll send a more detailed message later, but this is just a short note to let you know that the precession ...
