This week the ISS is back in the evening skies. Tonight (Jan 3) and Friday night (Jan 5) are especially good with the ISS shining at -.5 magnitude. There are...
Terry, Thanks for the headsup. I just came in from observing. There are 2 realy nice ones with big preumbra surrounding the sun spots. One is a 3in1 sunspot...
This inquiry has been sent to Orion. ... Will this product work with a version 2.x Atlas/Sirius GoTo Hand Controller ? 07949 GPS Receiver for Orion GoTo...
Tonight I was able to successfully observe Comet McNaught (C/2006P1) for the first time. It has a bright but condensed nucleus and a nice fan shaped tail that...
Thanks Todd :-) COOL :-) Dear Club Members: This is a reminder of our upcoming meeting. The meeting will be this Friday, January 12, at 7:00 PM at the...
Hi Wayne, I'm sorry we didn't catch the firmware version you mentioned in your first email. Unfortunately the GPS receiver requires the flash upgradable...
From Lat 36.4 N and Long 82.5 W ( Gray, TN) the comet was awesome this evening right after sunset. It was about 20 degrees to the right and 4 or 5 degrees...
I heard that Wayne's new nickname was "Crispy Critter". Terry ... From: Wayne Manly To: Bmastro Yahoo Group ; Bristol Astronomy Club egroup Sent: Friday,...
Wayne, That is crazy. Glad to here your still among the living. Just remember stop drop and roll! Thanks again Terry and all for welcoming me last night to the...
I have just ordered the ver. 3.x hand controller from Orion. They did not want the ver. 2.x hand controller back so you will have both. ( One for the Sirius...
Orion Tech support found records of my atlas mount purchase but not my hand controller ( HC ) purchase. They almost changed it to a non goto controller. I...
If you liked the sci-fi movie The Day The Earth Stood Still you will want to read the short story it was based on. Find it here along with some background on...
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All you Astronomers: The Bristol Club plans to meet on Friday night, Feb. 9, at 7:00 PM. We would like to have you come to the observatory for this meeting....
The sky's unexpectedly cleared after the Bristol Astronomy Club meeting on 2/9/7. Andrew Stuart and I set up my telescope and observed until about 10:30 pm at...
Tonight there will be a particular good passover of the ISS. Starting at 19:07:49 from the SSW. It goes very high towards the ENE and shines brightly at -0.6...
I would suggest starting with the campus parking lot next to the First Pres Church. This is the location that the Bristol Astronomy Club uses for public ...
Hi Andrew It looks like we have a challenge ! My Starry Night Pro shows it starting about 4:32 pm on Saturday 3-3-7 below the horizon. Totality begins at about...
3-3-7 Andrew Stuart ( Student at King College ) has asked me to help him with a Lunar eclipse observing session in the King College Parking lot above their...
Wayne, I hope you guys faired better than I did at the shop. The clouds came rolling in just in time for the eclipse and then left right after. I can see the...
We were surprisingly successful. About 20 people showed up. Andrew came over to my place and picked up my XT10 while I transported my LXD75 / 9.25 SCT to the...
Dear Members (and others): This is a reminder of our monthly meeting which will be this Friday, March 9, at 7:00 PM at the observatory. We will have a program...
Solar Storm Warning Posted by Paul Walsh on 3/23/2007 The sun's "great conveyor belt. Image Credit: NASA ... Solar Storm Warning March 10, 2006: It's official:...
