Alan great post and summary on the moons. Thanks for it. Using the Astronomical Almanac for its position, a number of years ago I saw Amalthea along with LM,...
... I have observed (visually through an eyepiece) Miranda on multiple nights with the UH 88-inch on Mauna Kea while guiding on other moons doing photometry....
Hi Alan, ... I've seen Himalia in both a 21-inch and my 18-inch. Like you said it's not that difficult if far away from Jupiter and given a chart that goes ...
Howdy; I had some time on Thursday to check this out on my Orion Sirius mount, I have version 3.12 of the handcontroller firmware. The mount would put M 2 into...
Hi Greg, I can split Albireo very nicely in my Bushnell Explorer 10x50s (20 year old better grade Bushnell, currently on semi-permanent loan to my youngest...
Alan - I have not seen (or I think have even tried) to see Miranda so it wasn't me. Perhaps Jeff Medkeff has done so. The 31-inch you mention may be the ...
I spent this past weekend at the Julian Starfest, an upstart star party only 40 miles northeast of San Diego. My SQM gave 21.06, but the eastern half of the ...
15480 Empire Rd. Benson, AZ 85602 hm ph: 520-586-2244 To those of you who knew Jeff Medkeff, sad news... Clear, but sad, skies, Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy) ... We...
It is worth noting here that Jeff started 'amastro'. \Brian...
Brian Skiff
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Aug 4, 2008 6:31 pm
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This certainly is bad news and I to am saddened. Some years ago Jeff gave a presentation about his test results for visual observing and the impact of alcohol...
AJ Crayon
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Aug 4, 2008 6:38 pm
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And an excellent observer and writer. Very sad news....
This is about the saddest thing I have heard in a long time. I had the pleasure of corresponding with Jeff on and off over the years, and hangin' out with him...
I agree with Rod, a friendly and knowledgeable man who was always happy to chat about any astronomical subject. I looked forward to the two or three time he...
This is such sad news. As a cancer survivor myself this sort of news really hits home. I only met him Jeff person once. I remember him as a nice guy and I...
Very poignant. I have just returned home from visiting the hospital this evening. (actually for the last two weeks) One of my best observing buddies, had...
I enjoyed talking sketching and lunar light rays with Jeff over the years, and sharing the occasional burger with him at RTMC. I always learned something...
What was the party like itself? Was it well attended? Is the site easy to reach? How did you find the facilities? It would be a 300-plus-mile drive for me...
Hello all, Thanks for the fascinating answers. Barbara Wilson wrote: "Using the Astronomical Almanac for its position, a number of years ago I saw Amalthea...
I know I've seen reference to a labeled map of the HII regions of this galaxy but my search has proven fruitless. The weather here on southern Vancouver Island...
... Certainly Dave Tholen, still a regular user of the telescope, and Heidi Hammel (during her thesis work) would have used the telescope visually, but...
Brian Skiff
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Bill, The one top center of the bar is Hubble X, the next one to the right also at the top of the bar is Hubble V, the pair furthest to the right is Hubble I...
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Rich's article is still on the Adventures in Deep Space site and Mark Wagner and I have been adding new content recently! Home page:...
Alan, Like you, I believe my tally of moons is also 20, but a few are different. Of your list below, I can only claim Phoebe. I think I tried unsuccessfully...
... Alan, I did a write-up of one event, see: "Perfect Seeing," /Sky and Telescope/, 103, July, 1997. One other night at the telescope, there was a computer...
Kent and Steve, thanks. That article by Rich Jakel on anglefire had been the dead end I had run up against. So I see that I plotted Hubble X, V, and I&III (as...
I've been more of a lurker than a contributor to this list, but there are several people that really inspired me to try the deep sky. Jeff was one of them. I...
Bill and Kent, Here is the link to the Barnard's Galaxy article I wrote ~ 10 years ago: http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/barnard.htm I...
