Ted and I will be there. BTW, I saw on Heavens-Above that there will be a -9 Mag Iridium flare at LBV -- at 2:21 in the afternoon. While not the best, anyone...
Fellow TAC Southerners, I have an orange-tube C8 outfit for sale in San Diego. This is one of the originals from the early 70's, with sand-cast forks, etc....
... Jon -- I didn't before, but now I have! Didn't know you were such an expert -- nice to see you quoted, and congrats! Kind of having my own "15 minutes"...
Good work folks. Paul, what is this ³First Light² and how did you end up there? Not to say you shouldnıt be :) Just that I havenıt heard of it. Curt ......
Wow, impressive, Jon. Congrats on the fame. S&T did a comparo of zooms recently (within the past year), don't recall which issue. You might also check the...
... Thanks, Curt. The National Air & Space Museum branch of the Smithsonian is doing a running exhibit as part of their "Discover the Universe" program on...
Where is your Messier project? The link goes nowhere. Bob ... From: "Paul LeFevre" <lefevre@...> To: <TAC_South@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 07,...
Fellow TACos, I thought I understood UT very well indeed, until I read how to determine local time from UT in April's S&T. They say that to calculate PST from ...
... Paul, Spring forward, fall back. We moved our clocks forward an hour. 8 hours for PST and 7 for PDT is correct. ... Yes! :^) Curt [Non-text portions of...
Oh yeah, DUH! No wonder my boss is ticked with me. <g> Paul ... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File...
Signonsandiego.com says Saturday night will be clear in the desert. anybody? - Nilesh __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New...
Wish I could... Out here in perpetually-rainy London. Sigh. Have a good time, hope you get out! Paul p.s. at least they have good Indian food here, Nilesh...
Looked pretty decent out there earlier this morning but my dance card is full this weekend. Have fun! Bill ... From: Nilesh Shah To: TAC_South@yahoogroups.com ...
(First light for me) I put Dan's 15 year old Meade 10" lx5 OTA on my Takahashi NJP mount. Below is a about 25 min of exposure with a Sbig 2000 camera at around...
Sweet, Bob. Great work, the processing is very good. Paul Sterngold ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster....
Hey Bob- Never seem to be able to view the links you post, don't know if it's a bandwidth thing or what. Howzaboutya put 'em on up in the photos section for...
Thank you. It is fun to start to get nice images (and the stars are almost round even with FWHM of aroun 2"). That is one of my first images using the ...
Sweet pics Bob! I take it you're liking the NJP then. Nope, can't make it this weekend. I'll be out at TSP and hopefully will get one night in there....
... mount. Below is a about 25 min of exposure with a Sbig 2000 camera at around f6.3. The exposures were around 5 min each. The seeing here has been quite...
Rain has stopped and looks like the night might be clear at LBV. Anybody interested? - Nilesh __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo!...
Greetings, I found this group last week and am hopeful to get together with some locals one of these days; I have been a QCUIAG member for some time but my...
Hi Ray, I am new to the area, having moved down here in December from the Bay Area. I was involved in the "parent" group of this one, TAC (www.observers.org)....
It has been a long time since I took took a scope to Baja. I was thinking of doing around May 24 if I could find someone else to set up with. Bob ... From:...
Hi Ray, Welcome! This is a mostly low-traffic group, except around possible observing outings when you'll see more "I'm headed out" e-mails :) The desert,...
Welcome Jay, No imaging here. Just visual observing and ATM stuff when I have time. Unfortunately thatıs been in very short supply lately. By the way....