Great newsletter, Rich! Thanks for doing that. Robert's article is a great read. Anybody who has not taken the time to get up and running on the "stars"...
The gibbous Moon looked tempting when I got home from supper tonight, so I rolled the scope out on the driveway to take a look. The atmosphere was too...
When I bought my Celestron 5 in 1972, Gamma Virginis was an easy double star to resolve. When I joined the Amarillo Astronomy Club in 1991, Gamma was more...
I need a crystal ball! The meterologists are calling for a lot of wind Saturday dropping to 7 mph after sundown. What do you think the chances of observing...
The current NWS forecast for Saturday night is: Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Breezy, with a north northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph,...
I don't think we are going to get a chance to observe tonight, so I'd like to suggest an alternative. Come out to the shop and we can discuss astronomy,...
I hit the driveway for a little observing tonight. With Christmas lights going up all over the neighborhood, this will probably be my last chance until early...
Yesterday's reply must have gone into a black hole (and stayed there). The sky looked good here as well, but the feed lot was a bit much. I felt like stoping...
I had the scope out on driveway last night. Seeing and transparency were good for town. Looked at Jupiter and a few other familiar objects. Did pretty good...
I hit the driveway about 6:15 for some great viewing. First up was the "golf club," an asterism in Triangulum that points to NGC 752, an open cluster. I was...
It's going to feel a lot like Christmas this weekend, so go ahead and get into the mood! We are going to have the AAC Christmas party on Saturday, Dec 10 at...
In the interest of members only privacy, we are posting the details about our Christmas get-together on the clubs' private forum this year. Log in and go to...
Merry Christmas! This post is important for those of you who are still having trouble with the AACstars website. I posted a map to Pearre's house in the files...
FYI for anyone unable to access the website. If you are having trouble I haven't heard from you. If I haven't heard from you, you will continue to have...
Hi Pearre,  Sorry I missed the Christmas Party. I heard it was great and I appreciate you and your wife opening up your home to the Astronomy Club for the...
I ran across the link below and it has a catalog of Astronomy Apps with a short description of what they do and uses. I think the link is primarily for...
Hey Guys, The meeting dates have been set and OK'd by the Discovery Center for 2012. There was no reason to set the December 2012 meeting because no one will...
For those of you having trouble accessing Rich's site, here are the meeting dates for 2012. All events, except the Christmas party, are at 7:30 PM. January 13...
Just a reminder of the upcoming meeting this Friday the 13th. There is a new Mini Newsletter on aacstars.org today with 2 new "How I Done it" articles by Jim...
Members do have to log in to see the newsletter, but you can see the ATM articles and Dave's note on his new scope without logging in. Just go to the home page...
