Pete Santangeli, Darren Hutchinson and I are planning an imaging trip to Carrizo Plain on Friday and Saturday nights, March 16th and 17th. We would be happy...
Hey all, Once again I have organized a star party at my kids school, the San Diego Jewish Academy. It is next Tuesday a bit after 7PM. I will be there from...
Come join us at the 2007 Shingletown Star party from July 9 -16, 2007! Located on an unused airstrip at an altitude of 4,000 feet in Northern California, this...
Auggie and I got a new camera last November but it has seen a dark sky only once and that night it was windy. Here are some pictures taken from our house. Bob ...
How was it. I wanted to go but I was sick. Bob ... From: TAC_South@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TAC_South@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Alsing Sent: Saturday,...
Hi Bob, The weather was not as predicted, there were at least some clouds here-and-there all night long, and the seeing was soft, even though the jet stream...
We're gonna try next month. Cheers, Paul Sterngold ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email...
... Hey Curt, Now that we're on DST, it might not get dark until later. Was that taken into consideration? Do you think we'll still be good anyways? Cheers, ...
Paul and other interested folks, Were actually scheduled for 7:15-8:30. They don't allow the elementary school to schedule past 8:30 but we can go until...
This looked interesting. At the end of March it will about 10th mag and moving at about 1 deg/hour. I would think it would be pretty easy to pick up. ...
Dear TAC_Southerners, Once again I am sorry for the spam we have been receiving. I was trying to change this to a moderated group. However, for some reason I...
All, Because of the difficulty in keeping the spammers deleted, I've also changed the settings so that new members must be approved. To help with approving...
Thanks Paul. Now we just need to keep up on the moderation. I just deleted several spam messages. Glad to have another Paul on board to help with the job! ...
Thank you both for moderating this group. My husband and I haven't gotten involved yet, but I read all the notices. One of these days we'll meet you. It is...
... deg/hour. ... <http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=2006%20 ... One of the easiest ways to find this fast-moving object will...
I just posted a photo called MobileObserv1. Please take a look. This photo was taken near Julian, CA. Does anyone know who owns this observatory? Please feel...
HI Kurt, Don't know anything about the mobile observatory, but I am also a ham, N6ZI. I have been into astronomy less than a year and use my DS-90 to look for...
SSP 2007 - July 9-16, 2007 (yes, a full week! - come for a family vacation - bring your RV if you like) featuring mag 7 skies, takes place about 30 miles east...
Where are folks planning to head this weekend, and on which nights? The CSCs are looking pretty good. I'm considering Palomar or LBV for imaging, but would ...
I'm planning on LBV... \Paul A ... From: TAC_South@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TAC_South@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Paul Sterngold Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007...
Great stuff, Bob. You must be loving that big-chip camera! It's been a poor year for astrophoto work for me so far -- not many clear nights. Figures it'd be...
Hello TAC-South! I thought as long as SSP is posting PR, some of you who may be interested would like to see a reply to the posting. Shneor Sherman posted the...
Thank You, The big chip is fun but the weight of the camera is not. I need to get started building some sort of astrograph and then work on an observatory. Bob...