The 3rd Installment of our Winter, 2006 Course offering Telescopes and Binoculars. Custer Board Member and AOS Observatory Director, Rich Huber, will present...
Hi All, Due to the bad weather that is expected, the 2/11 class at Custer, "Introduction to Astrophotography," has been rescheduled and will now take place on...
Bill Bogardus, I just saw on the Obsessioneer group that you ordered a 30" Obsession Dob. You dog..... :-). Let us know when you expect to show it off. ...
Attached, please find the latest issue of the Custer Comment, the monthly journal of Custer Institute. You are receiving the electronic edition in lieu of the...
Oh My! The word is getting out. =-O Yes it's true. Of course it's still smaller than John's 32". I'm thinking of naming it "the Beta Behemoth" or "Beta" or...
Hi Bill, Congrats on the purchase. I'm sure you'll be quite thrilled with scope, should be quite a performer. We'll have to get more of the South lawn at ...
Hi everyone, Hope no one minds if I post a "for sale" ad for a second generation Celestron CG-5 German equatorial mount that I'm trying to sell. I just...
Not at all, just don't try to sell me hot stocks, free this or that, chances to earn $100,000 a week at home or you know what enhancers. ;-) Bill ... No...
Hi Carol, I'm not the best person to ask about equipment but I'll post this on the Custer Observers yahoo site and I'm sure one of the guys will get back to...
Attached, please find the revised and final issue of the February, 2006 Custer Comment. A number of modifications and additions were necessary and couldn't...
I apologize, but further corrections to the February, 2006 Custer Comment were necessary. These included additional corrections to the Montauk Observatory...
As most of you know, there have been many problems with the C14. I decided to document them: First, I decided to reinstall the MC firmware. The firmware...
I have an addendum: It seems like some of those problems were caused by the extreme cold we are getting in our area. I warmed the mount up, and it performed ...
Hello All! I received a response email from Rob Gendler, and he indicated that he would be willing to give a talk at Custer in the fall. I told him about our...
Steve and all, I have a standing request to donate, for an indefinite period of time, my Cave, observatory-class mount complete with 2-1/2 steel shafts, Beyers...
Greetinga from the Keys, Kim and I arrived in South Florida and drove to the Keys yesterday. We have a condo rented in Marathon, which is 12 miles from the...
That is neat Bill. Which scope did you transport? Keep us posted on you observations. Especially the views of the DSO's that we cannot see this far north. ...
All: I have a standing request to donate, for an indefinite period of time, my Cave, observatory-class mount complete with 2-1/2 steel shafts, Beyers 12" clock...
Day/Night 1 Winter Star Party Check in time was noon on Monday. Not wanting to be in line, Kim and I drove by the WSP site on the way to Key West where we...
Day/Night 1 adendum The other NGCs that I referred to in my report were most of the other open clusters in Vela. NGCs 2658, 2659, 2660, 2670, 2972, 2910,...
Hello Tom, I spoke to Frank at Astrotec, and he said that it will be difficult, if not impossible to interface the mount with modern guiding equipment and...
Observing report - WSP days/nights 2&3 Tuesday started with a trip to the WSP site from our hotel, to listen to Story Musgrave give his talk. Kim and I found...
Observation report - WSP day 4 This will be the last of my WSP reports as we will be traveling up to see my daughter and back home starting tomorrow....
Sounds like a great time. Thanks for the writeups! Howie ... up to see my daughter and back home starting tomorrow. Thursday started as usual, late to rise...
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