Hi All, Kelsey and I were observing last night just outside Will Sager's house. I had my C8 SCT mounted on the celestron CG5-goto mount, with the Takahashi...
Anjal, Sorry to hear about your accident! Hope everything turns out ok. I went out about 8:30 last night but it was cloudy out here. I went back inside and...
Anjal, I am so sorry to read this. I have had this fear myself, especially when I took the TOA down the other day. I know the feeling. I had a 19' sail boat...
Anjal, Sorry to read of the disaster, but from your account your are a calmer man that I would be in the same situation. Don ... Don E. Bray, Ph.D., P. E. Don...
Thanks Mark and Judy, I will try to do an artificial star test indoors on both scopes tonight to see if the optics are kaput or not. I'll keep you updated on...
Don, I'm much calmer today, but you should have seen me right after the scopes fell to the pavement. I was nearly in tears and was about ready to pass out...
Anjal, Real bummer about your scope but I'm glad to hear that the optics are in good shape! A trip to Houston and hopefully you'll be up and running again! ...
Hi All, I would like to offer the following items to the group at very reasonable prices, detailed below. Why am I selling these items? Simple, I have to get...
Dear All, I will be at my observatory in Wheelock tonight if anyone wants to come out. I plan to just LOOK through the scope. Last night I spent some time...
Mark, Thanks for the invite! I would like to come to your observatory tonight and could use a map. I may not be able to make it out there until after dark so I...
Mark, Thanks, but I want to spend some time with my scope since I moved it to a new area of the yard. Hope that it goes well. Don ... Don E. Bray, Ph.D., P. E....
Hi All, On April 11, 2007 Mark Spearman kindly invited us over to his observatory in Wheelock for some visual deepsky observing. Members present were: Mark...
I have a CG-5 EQ mount that I am currently using with a tripod designed for a smaller mount so it is not as stable as I would like it to be. If anyone in the...
Anjal, As always, a great report. I hope it is clear on Friday so we can have our mini-marathon. Where did you get that image of the Leo galaxies? Mark ...
Kelsey, I have a 10" Meade on a pre-LX mount. The mount itself is quite large and steady but the fork design makes the Meade shaky (they don't call them...
Both Unisys Weather and the Clear Sky Clock are predicting overcast skies. I will send out an e-mail tomorrow afternoon to all who have RSVP'ed and here as to...
Thanks, Mark. The image of the leo triplet was obtained from the Astronomy Picture of the Day website and converted to greyscale and levels, brightness and...
Thanks for the report, Anjal. Sorry I missed the session. Judy anjal_sharma@... wrote: Hi All, On April 11, 2007 Mark Spearman kindly invited us over to...
Mark, It may be a better idea to reschedule for tomorrow night, as it It looks like the sky will be mostly clear tomorrow night, but almost completely overcast...
Anjal, I need to find out what what the domestic front looks like. I will send out an e-mail this afternoon. If I can reschedule, then we will. Thanks, Mark ...
Though I'd like to go tomorrow night if it's clearer, I've already committed to setting up at wolf pen creek for public viewing. I'm holding out for the ...
Anjal, A lot of us are helping with viewing sessions for the Bryan campout and Starlight Music Concert on Saturday night. Judy anjal_sharma@... wrote: ...
The weather is looking better so we are going to plan to proceed with the Star Party. If it clouds over, Judy has suggested we meet (at my house) to discuss...
It got trapped in a spam filter on the web site. I, as moderator, had to release it. Mark ________________________________ From: brazosastro@yahoogroups.com...
We are on! Mark ________________________________ From: brazosastro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:brazosastro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kelsey Golden Sent:...
Welcome, Changingskies2002, to the web site of the Brazos Valley Astronomy Club. I hope you will send me a personal note so we can get to know you. I am sorry...
