Southern Nights is in need of electronic copies of comprehensive light pollution ordinances from any Florida municipality or county government. We need both...
I want to thank Rick for sending me the organizations that he belongs to. One of them, NearBy Stars Observers (NBSO,) is one that I've never heard of before....
Any Florida astronomical organization that has at least 10 members, or 10% of its membership, join Southern Nights will have "[Southern Nights]" included with...
For those curious about the Southern Nights Coat-ofArms, I have posted a fairly plain-english explanation of the heraldic symbology in the new "About Southern...
To all members and new members, While building the Bookmarks section, I came across this destressing news on the Tallahassee Astronomical Society's web site....
The Robinson Observatory at the University of Central Florida (UCF) houses a 26" Tinsley SCT, the second largest telescope in the State of Florida, surpassed...
Don't forget the FREE public lecture at the Kennedy Space Center tomorrow, July 10th. See the Public Lectures and Special Events folder in Bookmarks for...
I have posted a new public lecture event scheduled for Saturday, July 13th at 6 PM at the Orlando Science Center. Orlando's Solar System Ambassador, Dave...
While membership continues to grow, day by day, I thought that you might be interested in some early demographics... *Southern Nights already has members from...
Just throwing out here to see if anyone has any info on what they think it is.It's buzz around some of the other Yahoo groups,thought it could buzz on this...
... Sounds like a perfect description of a large bolide. I'll check the DoD Fireball Detection web site in a couple of weeks, and it should be listed. (They...
Tinker AFB is in Oklahoma. ... Just throwing out here to see if anyone has any info on what they think it is.It's buzz around some of the other Yahoo...
The Night Sky for August 2002: ATLAS SHRUGGED (T-MINUSES AND T-PLUSES) by Erich Landstrom, NASA JPL Solar System Educator This month, Atlas shrugs, and a few...
... Erich, Thank you very much for contributing your, as always, exemplary knowledge and writing style to Southern Nights. I hope that you will continue to do...
Since NASA's Glenn research Center did the investigation, I went to their website for more information about Hall thrusters News Release July 9, 2002 ...
Thanks Erich, I found the pdf URL earlier today, and it is now in the new Non- Florida Astronomy Links folder in the Bookmarks section. The press release one...
The Southern Night Sky Restoration Project is now on-line at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SouthernNightSkyRestorationProject/ The SOUTHERN NIGHT SKY...
THE NIGHT THE TEKTITES FELL ON GEORGIA From Space Daily, 16 July 2002 http://www.spacedaily.com/news/deepimpact-02k.html by Louis Varricchio Middlebury - Jul...
I know that we don't have many, if any, High School educators yet with this still being summer vacation (I'll repost this in two months.) But here it is...
To All Members: When replying to a Daily Digest, PLEASE add the specific topic in parentheses to the subject line. This will help people recognize what you...
Get more info on the new close asteroid event at this Sky & Telescope web site: http://skyandtelescope.com/news/current/article_670_1.asp Clear skies, Ray...
Please note that ALL light pollution information, links and files on Southern Nights has been moved over to the Southern Night-Sky Restoration Project. And...
If you've heard about the Washington Times story on Loundoun County, Virginia's proposed lighting regulations, and/or Rush Limbaugh's ignorant attack against...
What if any work is being done for a State wide regulation in Florida. Recently the state adopted a state eide construction code so I think the ground has been...
... Florida. ... think the ... is not a ... Good question. Right now the answer in nothing. This is why I founded the Southern Night-Sky Restoration Project....
Good plan not to have to deal with changing goverment,why don't you make a test start in Miami to get your feet wet.So far I've gotten every thing I didn't...
Sounds like I just might have my first victi...er...Moderator (yeah, that's it) to represent South Florida on the Project? If I could do it alone in...
I'll say yes,but my time is restricted,I work anytime around the clock.But sometimes my work gets me into place's that most people can only dream about,and...
There have been times I've been at the observatory until 5 AM working on a research project, and still had to be in to the Planetarium by 9 AM to do a field...
