Mark, I'm glad that your problem was that easily solved! Did you get the scope realigned? It looks like we won't be doing much observing for a while with all...
Mark, Oh, man. That's a severe case of the shakes....shifting your entire mount so that it goes out of polar alignment. Maybe other permanent observatory...
Mark, It has to be foundation shift. The same principles as home foundation repair such as running a soaker hose during dry seasons should do the trick. Kelsey...
Good idea. Unfortunately, there is no water there. I wonder if I can take a 5 gallon bucket up there periodically and siphon a "soaker." Thanks, Mark ...
Anjal, It did not shake out of alignment, it shifted about 1/2 in at the base which corresponded to a few degrees, enough to put it out of alignment. The...
FYI, the HMNS (Houston Museum of Natural Science) has a presentation that I happened into a couple of weeks ago on the ancient astronomers of ancient Rome. My...
The media is filled with a report of a new supernova. But the number of the nova indicates it was discovered in 2006. Any ideas on what is going on here?...
Have any of you been able to see this comet? I tried for 2 hours on Saturday and again last night. It is well placed and shouldn't be hard to find. I'm...
Judy, On the Alt-Az situation, I feel your pain (that is not an original quote) but have finally become more comfortable using the equatorial mount for visual...
Judy, If you use the hand controller to move an EQ around, it can get confusing. Whenever possible, I manually moved my EQ mount on both axises at the same ...
Kelsey and Don, I entered the RA and DEC into my scope, but it's not correctly aligned so the goto's are off just a little (I probably need to train the drives...
Judy, It is my understanding that the Meade autostar has a polar align function. If it does, I'd strongly suggest that you use it to get the scope in better...
Hi All, I recently acquired a DSI Pro monochrome CCD camera. The weather gods conspired to delay testing but it cleared up a bit last night and I was able to...
We will have our monthly meeting tonight at the TAMU Observatory at 7:00. Kris Byboth, Blinn Astronomy and Physics Instructor, will be giving a talk on...
Dear All, Blair and I left for the Texas Star Party last Tuesday morning with a stop in Austin. The skies were clear all the way there until ... about 100...
Mark, Great to be cheery after that, but I think that is a necessary quality for this hobby. Thanks for the report. Don ... Don E. Bray, Ph.D., P. E. Don E....
Mark, I've been to west Texas a couple of times and both times it was overcast. I'm sorry to hear that your experience was the same. I'm glad you were able to...
Mark, Thanks for the report. Sorry you didn't get to do any observing, but I'm glad you had fun meeting other amateur astronomers and vendors. What did you...
Hi All, Kelsey and I were out outside Will Sager's place last night. I just posted an image of the dumbell nebula taken last night with the DSI Pro and...
Mark, Sorry you didn't get any viewing time in, but it sounds like you had fun anyway. The tour of McDonald Observatory is really neat! Charlie and I went a...
Hi All, There's a second unexpected thing when doing Narrowband imaging of planetary nebulae. I've posted two monochrome images of the dumbell nebula through...
Judy, Your trip to McDonald sounds better than ours was. It was so foggy they would not open the slit for fear of the humidity! Regarding the comet, I think I...
Now this would make me want to go to Mars! Wouldn't it be interesting to see what is inside these? http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/1371.pdf Judy...
Thanks, Judy. Canon S2Is, but I did use a tripod this time. Would surely like to add Mercury to the group, but it is real hard to locate low in the sky, near...
BRASS/BVAC joint meeting Friday June15 WHEN 7:30 PM to 9 ish. WHERE: In "The Lodge" the meeting room located in the new Gander Mountain store off HWY 6 loop. ...
See Dennis attentive profile, which is the first clue. Congratulations. Don ... Don E. Bray, Ph.D., P. E. Don E. Bray, Inc. Mail P. O. Box 10315, College...
