Everytime I look at Eric Jamison's web page on planetary drawing, I just can't help but admire the various different colors he used and the way colors seem to...
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Kent Wallace
kwwallace@...
May 27, 2003 3:38 pm
Brian, Thanks for getting these glitches to Gerard and thanks to Gerard for fixing SIMBAD. It's nice to know I wasn't being a total pest. SIMBAD sure has ...
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M. Eric Honeycutt
icplanetaries
May 27, 2003 4:21 pm
Hats off to Kent for this. There are those who appreciate it. Wish I had that kind of time :). -- M. Eric Honeycutt Web Designer/Photographer -...
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Chuck Dethloff
chuck_dethloff
May 27, 2003 10:12 pm
... I also use and like that technique, especially when using the more sticky pliable erasers. Chuck Dethloff [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Tom Campbell
starlogborg
May 28, 2003 2:30 am
STARLOG May 26, 2003 A Short Trip To The Country Observer: Tom Campbell Location: Iola, Kansas (Long: 95°24'W Lat: 37°55'N) Equipment: Discovery DHQ 8"...
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Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
May 28, 2003 5:36 am
A paper in the Dec 2002 issue of the Astronomical Journal provides line ratios for various knots and rim locations in NGC 7635 bubble (2002AJ....124.3313M). ...
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Jeffrey Gortatowsky
indanapt
May 28, 2003 6:43 am
Wow! What a great time! Weather was superb IMO. Not too hot during the day (mid 80's) and comfy cool (mid 50's) during the night. Wind was MINIMAL with just a...
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Steve Coe
stevecoe@...
May 28, 2003 6:28 pm
Jennifer; Certainly glad to hear that you enjoyed yourself. Yes, it certainly is a lot of fun to share observations with other knowledgeable folks. I have...
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ronbee77
May 29, 2003 9:17 am
Having never been away from the comfort of home, having been put off by weary work, wrecking weather and mortal Moon for the past 3 months, my 4" TV-102 Light...
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ronbee77
May 29, 2003 9:43 pm
Well last night I was too tired, but today I read (again) Brian Skiff's paper "The Brightness of the Night Sky". When I got to the section about "true-dark"...
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Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
May 29, 2003 9:52 pm
... I was quoting standard Johnson V magnitudes, whereas the Mt. Laguna folks are talking B band. B-V for the night sky is about 0.9, so V = 21.9 is...
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Wouter van Reeven
wvreeven
May 29, 2003 10:17 pm
Hi groups, The skies over the Netherlands are clear and there is a (weak) aurora show going on. Some large red zones with white streaks running through them....
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Greg Crinklaw
capellasoft
May 29, 2003 10:29 pm
Hi Ron, Brian has already answered you quantitatively, but I'd like to offer a qualitative response to your broader question. Mount Laguna is not the darkest...
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Tom Polakis
polakis2000
May 29, 2003 10:38 pm
... My favorite is by Matt Bendaniel: http://starmatt.com/gallery/astro/wide.html Look in the second row. It's the morning zodiacal light from the Southern ...
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Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
May 29, 2003 10:43 pm
Yes, things seem to be picking up. See the bottom two charts at: http://www.spacew.com/www/aurora.html ...for information updated each 10 minutes. \Brian...
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Christopher Watson
skygxproject
May 29, 2003 11:12 pm
Talking with Dr. Paul Etzel (Observatory Director), you would most definitely get the very distinct impression that 21.9 (or anything close to that) is a thing...
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Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky
indanapt
May 29, 2003 11:40 pm
I would also add that the marine layer, as Brian alluded to, can make a huge difference. At RTMC Mark Wagner (still on Amastro I think) and I noticed a very...
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ronbee77
May 29, 2003 11:50 pm
Thanks Brian for the explanation in the numbers. Thanks Greg for putting it in qualitative terms especially for encouraging me to take this trip ;-). Thanks...
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Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
May 30, 2003 12:29 am
... In the light-pollution map linked from the Flagstaff Clear Sky Clock: http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/FlagstaffAZkey.html?1 ...Anderson Mesa is located...
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danapatchick
May 30, 2003 5:21 pm
Hi Group, While verifying a new open cluster prospect on POSS images, I noticed a somewhat flattened annular appearing nebula. Looks pretty good on the STScI...
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Sue French
susancfrench
May 30, 2003 6:15 pm
In postings by amateurs I've see the designation Simeis 3-188 associated with the section of the Veil Nebula generally referred to as some variation or other...
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Tom Polakis
polakis2000
May 30, 2003 6:26 pm
... PTW... Sue, Pickering's (or Fleming's?) Triangular Wedge was discussed on Amastro a couple years ago. Look at the archives in late May 2001. Dave...
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M. Eric Honeycutt
icplanetaries
May 30, 2003 7:36 pm
... Hi Dana, This object is suspiciously close to Sharpless 2-91 (LBN 147; SNR G65.3+5.7) - a SNR in Cygnus. Looking at Simbad, I am not seeing a reference...
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Sue French
susancfrench
May 30, 2003 7:38 pm
Tom, Thanks. I did that before asking, but nothing in the archives helped straighten out the problem of Simeis (3) 188 being used to refer both to a nebula in...
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Chuck Dethloff
chuck_dethloff
May 30, 2003 9:23 pm
... Ron, We noted this on our trip to the tip of Baja for the 91 eclipse. We did not have the time to make a side trip up there, but if I rememember correctly ...
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Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
May 30, 2003 9:42 pm
A quick Google search revealed this: http://132.248.3.38/Opciones/text1.html It looks as though the national park, wineries, and beaches might be enough to...
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ronbee77
May 30, 2003 10:12 pm
... Wow thanks Brian; you're a real expert at web searches. Indeed, close to Ensenada are several very good wineries, sure to assist in seeing one magnitude...
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ronbee77
May 30, 2003 11:37 pm
... make a huge ... You're quite right, Jeff, as I've noticed on those nights when the marine layer blocked out San Diego, if I'm lucky with transparency my...
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Barbara Wilson
barbarawilson2
May 31, 2003 1:36 am
Question for the group: How many of you have seen blue coloration in the nebulosity around the Pleiades? My grandson in doing his Messier list indicated in his...
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borgmandl@...
borgmandl
May 31, 2003 3:14 pm
Hi Barb, I've seen the nebulosity, but have never seen the blue color. Dennis In a message dated 5/30/2003 8:36:55 PM Central Daylight Time, ... [Non-text...
