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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...
Hello All! Frank from Astrotec will be relocating his store to Bayshore and needs to sell his larger inventory fast, he has the following items: Meade ETX 80...
Just passing this along for those who are interested. Bill ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus...
Steve O. has found a couch donor for Custer. The lady lives in Remsenberg and I can pick up the couch (almost any) Friday, but she says it's too big for 1...
Jim, thats just around the corner from me, I'd have no trouble lending a hand to load, but I wouldn't have the time to go to Custer or help with the green...
Kurt, that offer sounds pretty good. I'm confident I can manage a couch by myself but I wouldn't want to knock over any ming vases on the way out the donor's...
Saturday, March 18th, 2006; Dinner: 6:00 PM; Concert: 8:00 PM; Each year Custer hosts its annual St. Patrick's Day dinner party for the benefit of those...
Hello All! Last night, I imaged Orion through my digital rebel, with a zoom lens. The camera was piggybacked on the Ceravolo scope on an AP400 mount. ...
Hello all, As Steve mentioned, the CGE has been taken down and the AP with 6" Mak/Newt is up and running. It has encoders and a NCG max on it but I didn't...
Hello Kurt! I'll have to fix it when I get home from work. When you say not enough backfocus, what scope and camera combo are you talking about. If you are...
Hello Steve, Yep the Rebel, I even tried it with the camera body on the focuser. Most likely the DSI and LPI will work, since they work in a straight Newt, but...
Howie, Not sure either. When I processed the image, that's how it came out. There were alignment problems in the upper right. I think that had to do with the...
I got up this AM about 5:00 to observe the waning quarter moon, very low in the south near the star Alnasl, the tip of the spout of Sagittarius. Since I've...
Determining Light Pollution of the Global Sky <http://www.globe.gov/GaN/index.html> http://www.globe.gov/GaN/index.html You can help! By observing and...
A Sidewalk Astronomer A Film about the Life and Times of John Dobson World renowned telescope maker, amateur astronomer, monk, celebrity and philosopher, John...
All - Yesterday I was driving around Brooklyn on a typical odyssey to nowhere when I noticed how blue and cloudless the sky was. "Hmm," I thought, "looks like...
Hi Glenn Welcome to the forum. We're pleased you had a good night of observing and imaging and hope it's the first in many at Custer. Next time, before you...
Standard-mail edition of the April '06 Custer Comment complete, published and attached for your review. The Dobson flyer was included and mailed together as...
CAR POOLING TO DARK SKIES & CUSTER Custer member and AAA Board Member, Rich Rosenberg, would like to hear from amateur astronomers in the NYC area looking for...
... Donna - Thanks! I wanted to post before I went but it all wound up being rather spontaneous. :) I live in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. I'd be glad to carpool,...
My old stomping grounds. I originally hale from Coney Island then, when things got too funky, my family moved to Sheepshead--just behind the Golden Gate Inn. ...
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