Errata: Kurt Massey's presentation is to be held on Saturday, October 22nd. I apologize for any confusion or inconvenience this mistake may have caused. ...
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...
Hi All, Mal and I caravaned to Cherry Springs, PA this past weekend. He with his C14 and trailer in tow, me with the 32" in my van. We left 5:00AM Thurs, the...
John, You read my mind. I was going to ask how your weekend went. Bill B. and I went to CSP. If it weren't for the fact that I had to go to work Thursday, I ...
Hi Mike, I also was wondering how you guys fared. Sorry to hear the dew was a killer and the moisture scattered the light pollution. It's really frustrating...
Just a reminder to everyone that Susan Harder's lecture on controlling light pollution is at Custer tomorrow (Sat.) night at 8PM. Hope to see you there! Donna...
Reminder: Susan Harder's Lecture this evening, rain or shine! Regards, Tom _____ CONTROLLING LIGHT POLLUTION A Lecture by Susan Harder of the Dark Sky Society ...
Hello Donna, I will not be able to make it out to Custer tonite. I have a cold. Hope to rest up and be well enough to attend next Saturday. Steve ... From:...
I can get off of work Nov 3rd & 4th. This also will be good for a moonless weekend. Anyone still interested? Mike ... __________________________________ Yahoo!...
Just a reminder that the Custer Jamboree is 11/4 and 11/5 :) Donna Starman <meb1956@...> wrote: I can get off of work Nov 3rd & 4th. This also will be...
There is an AOS Work Party scheduled at their Custer-based observatory this coming Sun. I believe the plan is to create a cement slab in front of the...
I just wanted to remind everyone that Kurt Massey is giving a lecture on Mars this coming Saturday 10/22 at 8PM. Pray for clear skies! Regardless, we hope to...
Howdy John and anyone else interested, Still looking to go to CS? I was planning on Nov 3rd, but work may interfere as usual. What about Oct. 27th? Regards, ...
Hello All, Saturday I went out to Custer, the first clear night in a long time. I got there at 6:00 PM, and looked at Venus. It is a quarter phase and getting...
Thurs. evening, Jeff and I were in Montauk, in the State park by the lighthouse. In addition to seeing lots of fishermen catching huge striped bass, we saw...
Donna, Where is Theodore Roosevelt Park? Steve ... From: Donna McCormick To: custerobservers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 10:30 PM Subject:...
First the link to the maps http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Gallery/MapsAndGlobes/mars.html Next the question to the size scopes used, There was no mention to the...
It's almost at the end of the South fork in Montauk, right passed town but before the ranch, Camp Hero, and the lighthouse. It would be quite a schlep for...
Hard for me to quantify that, but it's definitely darker and greater vista--there's an area up a slight hill that makes for good viewing (where they peform...
Thanks for the links, Kurt. And thanks again for the talk--you really did a remarkably thorough job on the history of what we've believed/known about Mars...
One other thing I forgot: Montauk Point is said to be the windiest spot in the NE. I don't know how that will impact observing and astrophotography at the...
From years of fishing out of there, I can also atest to its windy, but also often fog rolls in. Thanks for the kind words. Clear Skies, Kurt ... the ... ...