Hi Christina, Some beginner's info can be found at: http://observers.org/beginner/ Here are my specific answers to your questions. ... Congratulations! I'm...
Hello all... My precocious 6 year old son has taken up Astronomy as a hobby. We've observed with binoculars and a star chart, but he really, really wants a...
Doesn't seem to be working in AZ! I almost dropped in last night on my way out this way (OPT demo today, cleared up nicely) but I'd had a long day and a tough...
Aha. Low power can cause erratic behavior on my drive systems, so hopefully that's all it is for yours. I am at home, after deciding in favor of a nap rather...
Thanks, I am not sure what the problem was. I had it aimed at M42 and left it for more than a 1/2 hour and it was still in the center so the tracking and the...
Nice image, Bob. Sorry to hear about your Autostar agonies. Do you think it's due to learning curve, or is the mount defective? And what about tonight? I...
I got out there around 5pm and it was already cool but it stayed in the 40's most of the night. There was some wind at times and the clouds came in around 1am....
The sun is shining here in Escondido, but there's still a long bank of clouds running to the northeast, and more also to the south. What does everyone think...
Remember guys, if we donıt get some of that weather every once in a while San Diego will look like LBV. Hey..... not so bad..... maybe all the people would...
... It hasn't been good, that's for sure! I'm contemplating it -- actually already got the pass from the wife for Saturday night, but will be watching the...
I was thinking of going out tonight but now CSC says it might be OK on Sat. night so I am going to shoot for Sat. night. Bob ... From: "primefocuser"...
Is anyone contemplating LBV this weekend? The weather looks pretty sucky so far, but as Paul A. says, "Never underestimate LBV." Is this the worst year on...
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Hey Paul So did you see Jove, Venus, Selene, and Spica (I missed Mars) this AM?? Lookin good. ;D ... Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky La Habra Heights, California ...
... Odd... the San Deigo NOAA web site said specifically 'party cloudy'. And looking at the satellite loop I felt they could be 'wrong' about that as well....
So I did get up at 4:20am PST (12:20UT I believe), put on some sweats, and setup the Teleport 7 and my Oly 2100UZ. Out on the office balcony it was a crisp...
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Phil Terzian got his pics up quick! Here are the Saturday afternoon remnants of Calstar along with a couple of nice night shots of Charlie Wicks with his...
Yep, a full cup of coffee poured through the keyboard and came running out through the battery port and the vents in the side. The screen went dark. I pulled...
When I first started reading this, I thought *the rain* had hit your powerbook...! Didn't know it was coffee! Glad it survived, Curt. Those macs are rugged...
Big news of the night. After 72 hours of drying and a charge, the powerbook has started up. The only apparent problem was resetting of the calendar. Iım a...
CalStar 2004 at Lake San Antonio, CA was cut short by one night due to weather. However given that people in most of the United States are thankful if they get...
