Come join us at the 7th Annual Shingletown Star party from June 30 - July 7 2008! Located on an unused airstrip at an altitude of 4,000 feet in Northern ...
The 2008 Golden State Star Party is open for registration. This year's event will be held in Adin California, located in eastern Lassen County, one of the...
(From TAC's mailing list - one posting of many) Mark Brada and Pete Santangeli have it right. Please, if you are interested in amateur astronomy, there is a...
Happy New Year one and all... Welcome to a new year full of great observing opportunities, as TAC rolls on into another year. Our observing reports archive is...
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Congratulations Bob on his wonderful shot of Comet Holmes posted at APOD for this last day of 2007. That is a momentus...
For those of you like me, thinking about summer during this cold snap.... the Golden State Star Party web-page is now ready. www.goldenstatestarparty.org ...
I am looking for someone to bring a scope out to an Indian Princess campout at Agua Caliente March. My kids have outgrown this event. The ages are 5-9 years. ...
Just got back from the AIC Conference and if you are an imager this is one conference you need to put on your calendar. Very serious and dedicated people and...
Palomar Observatory no longer threatened Posted @ 10:58 AM The Poomacha fire is no longer threatening any populated areas of Palomar Mountain, fire officials...
This is probably rediculous to post... but.. If you can find clear enough skies... A distant comet that was as faint as magnitude 18 on October 20th has ...
So far so good! There are areas of Rancho B that did not fare so well... at all :( ... Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky Fullerton, California ... From: Paul Sterngold...
Anybody know how Bob Nanz/Paul Lefevre/Paul Sterngold/etc. are doing? Paul Alsing is rebuilding somewhere out there? Hope that's ok. We voluntarily evacuated...
Its been ages since I subscribed to either Astronomy or Sky and Telescope. Kind of lost interest in them, but now I'm feeling like picking one and trying it...
This was posted to TAC last Thursday.... Ivor wrote: /> Mark something musta slipped by me there. / /> / /> GSSP 2008 will be at Adin? / /> / Yes, I guess you...
Since being forced to 'cheapen' their format and cut back pages and print quality, S&T's past two issues have been both a disappointment and an improvement....
This weekend is the October 2007 Explore the Stars Program at Palomar October 12 and 13 Special thanks to Kent Richardson for giving the September Talk. Tom...
I kind of like the Chinese system of attributing character to the years. This is the year of the Pig (Boar). Kids can certainly be pigs. Lake San Antonio has...
Hey Paul. Yes, I think we will be closer - depends on where you settle. But lets just not talk politics! LOL! There is something Kim and I used to love to do....
Fellow TAC-southerlies, I have accepted a new job in the Thousand Oaks area and will be commuting there (drive up on Mon, drive back on Fri) until next summer,...
I really hate to get rid of anything. But I need to finance my next project. Before I offer up any of this to the classifieds where I'll ask for more money,...
I went up to Thousand Oaks today to pcik up an 8 inch starsplitter with an amazing mirror in it for use in the backyard. Just like you remember Debbie, he...
Bill asked a really good question. Why in God's Teeth would I but an 8 inch Zambuto equipped StarSplitter when I had a 7? I remember when Crazy Ed was asking...
FYI, this coming full moon on the night of the 25th of September the Chinese celebrates the large autumn or Harvest moon as know here. Between that and Chinese...
What a quiet list! Things have been hopping on TAC in the SF bay area. Lots of mailing list traffic, some interesting conversations, and the Observing Intents...
