This daylong, astronomy 'convention' is held at 150 Science Center Auditorium, Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Speakers for this year’s event...
HOBBY NEWS PEOPLE Young Astronomer Award winners named The Astronomical League names the recipients of the 2004 National Young Astronomer Award. by Jeremy...
Young Astronomers Honored By Edwin L. Aguirre May 10, 2004 | Each year since 1993 the Astronomical League has recognized outstanding astronomy achievements by...
One of our members, NICMOS Instrument Scientist Dr. Glenn Schneider, has made some great animations for the Venus transit. His Home Page is also filled with...
The following are short versions of recent astronomy related news releases from Cornell University News Service. Full texts, as well as photos and other ...
Hi all, I am trying to make some alternate plans if it is cloudy here for the Venus transit. Who has a good viewing area within about 500 miles of Chicago? Or...
Our club is in the process of building an observatory. The next thing we need is a 10" diameter steel pier approximately 5' long to hold our C-14. Any good...
Hi all: It was recently told to me that I seemed to know what was going on with other astronomy clubs in VA. I would like to suggest to the members of this ...
Sue: Check with a local Mechanical Contractor. They might be willing to donate such a thing for your cause. The other thing that you can do is go to the ...
We have considered that option. Since this will be mounted to an already existing concrete pier 6 ft deep but only 1 ft above the ground, we felt the ...
Bill We will be in Buxton, North Carolina which is on Cape Hatteras from the evening of June 6th until the morning of June 8th. We hope some amateur...
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To this end I created a Yahoo! Groups group for astronomy in our immediate area. We've got people on board from several clubs around us, and it's a good way...
Hello Susan, I'm the current president of the Astronomical Society of Kansas City. I'm also a well driller. Steel pipe of various sizes are used by every well...
Mark, In Arizona, we're already ahead of you. There are three major clubs in the Phoenix area along with several in Sedona, Flagstaff, Tuscon & Sierra Vista....
It was suggested that we consider aluminum rather that steel or iron. It will be about 5' high. Anyone have experience one way or the other? Sue Rose AOS of NY...
Susan, over ten years ago when we were buiding the FreePort MacMoRan public observatory in Kenner, LA., we used a 6' piece of 10" schedule 40 iron pipe to top...
Hi Sue, One of the replies in this thread suggested that you might be filling the pipe with concrete, but Remy just related his experience with sand. The pier...
That is our plan, just about word for word, including the sand and the C-14. Two new ideas came up yesterday: aluminum pipe or I beam. Any thoughts on those? ...
I'm not recomending this, just submitting it for comments. I recall some folks leaving a hole in the top plate of a series of piers installed at the site of...
Susan, we are very pleased with the C-14 setup under a 4 meter powered Observadome. It is a fork mount and that presents problems (crooked necks) when viewing...
... There's been a lot of discussion on the observatories yahoo email group (Observatories@yahoogroups.com) about the usefulness of using sand to dampen pier...
Louis, I'm not going to knock your physics lesson, but before we put the sand in, the frieght train that passes 1/4 mile away from the pier was seen quite...
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