Donna and other interested posters, These Yahoo groups strip away attachments to e-mails, so if you forward a message to a yahoo group as an attachment, I...
Oh, sorry, Donna, I see you had it right all along. I really need to stop reading these things with my phone. Sorry, sorry, sorry, I beg your forgiveness, I...
Had another idea...(oh no). The idea is essentially to paint in clear block letters N, S, E, and W around the concrete base of the dome. It came to me one...
It's a good idea. On the old dome it was the floor or nothing because everything else rotated. It's also a good idea to sieze the moment when somebody gets...
Hey all, Take a look at the photo of M78 I did on Sunday in my folder. I experimented with a f/3.3 CCD Focal Reducer/Field Flattener and a C5. There is/was...
Thanks David, I am going to try another/same shot at M78 tonight using my 2in Apo to see the difference. If I am successful, I will post it tomorrow or ...
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...
Rings Discovered Around a Moon for the First Time http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=820 "It turns out that one of the Ringed...
Hey Folks, Please take a look at the last page in my folder. As promised, I took shots of M78 (and M50 for fun) using my 2" apo to compare to the ones taken...
Attached, please find the Eulogy for Fred Hess, read aloud by Hap Parnham at Fred's funeral mass, 15th December 2007. Best regards, Tom ... From: Tom Madigan...
Is anyone interested in doing a Messier Marathon either officially or unofficially? What it is: http://seds.org/Messier/xtra/marathon/marathon.html From what...
David, I'm not prepared to commit at this point, but I'm interested. The web page you listed shows March 29th as being the second best weekend this year. Are...
Observing list (report?) for Saturday, March 8 Although the day starting with torrential rain, around 7 pm I saw a star through a cloud hole from Holbrook. Put...
If the weather is clear on 3/28 (Member's Night)... Was wondering if anyone would like to practice a Messier Marathon ready to run at dusk? What is a Messier...
Hey Steve, I do have a MEADE f/3.3 FR. The problem is getting out there to give it to you. I am booked almost every weekend with shows or related work. I will ...
IF its clear out in Southold: http://cleardarksky.com/c/CstrInsNYkey.htmlhttp://cleardarksky.com/c/CstrInsNYkey.html Weather channel says clouds/rain, but the...
Yeah, I guess I'll go tonight, about 8 to 10 or so; maybe less if its cold/windy and IM by myself. Just a couple hours. Moon is pretty hanging up there like a...
I had a good night last night. Getting in more time with the telescope, prepping for the next clear Saturday night...The meade was finicky again, believing...
Hey Dave, If you can, please paste a link to the image in your post from your folder as this will make it easier than wading through all your pages of images...
Winking Star Decoded as Root of Planetary System a New York Times report on a recent paper published in Nature about the formation of planetary systems. A...
everyone still going to Custer tonight (thurs) event though its cloudy? Was there other work to do you were going for anyway...? ~david ~David ========== 10"...
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/main/index.html NASA Satellite Detects Naked-Eye Explosion Halfway Across Universe03.20.08 > Read the related feature...