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 Kurt, If you go to Custer on Sat. night, can you please bring your ED-80. I would like to look through it, and evaluate it for Chromatic Abberation. ...
Wondering what to give your favorite astronomer for the holidays? How about a VHS or DVD of John Dobson's lecture at Custer on 9/17/05? Filmed by Rich Huber,...
I found this on the AOS group and thought you guys would be interested. The first ever underground investigation of another planet has been performed by a...
Hello All! Last Saturday I used the C14, and although I had alot of problems (please see my post "C14 Woes" in the Custercommittee group), we got to see Mars,...
NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY AT CUSTER! On Saturday, December 31, beginning at 8:00 P.M., there will be a party at Custer to ring in the new year. A buffet will be...
Hello All! Since I wasn't feeling well last night, I didn't attend Custer. I missed Dava Sobel, however, I did hear her speak once before, and got her...
Everyone, Time Magazine is running an Image of the Year contest, and at the moment, one of our Cassini images of Dione seen against Saturn is in 2nd place! Go...
Custer's first New Year's Eve party is scheduled to begin around 8PM. They'll be a buffet, as well as smooth jazz/r&b by Ahmad Ali and Henry Good. If you'd...
Hello All! I finally have an image taken with the digital rebel, that I am proud to show: http://tinyurl.com/e23fy I will not be attending the Custer New...
Custer New Year's Celebration Hear ye, hear ye! Come one, come all to Custer for a New Year's Celebration! For the first time, Custer will celebrate the...
Hello All! Since I will not be attending the Custer New Year's Eve party, at this time I would like to wish everyone a very happy and healthy new year!!!! May...
I set up the C-14 on 12/24/05 and had problems with two star alignment: the scope slewed to a point well below the horizon for the first star (Rigel), which...
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 Steve, I just wanted to say WOW...great pix in the Comment!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy New Year Donna ... Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or...
Glad you liked it, Donna!! Steve Hi Steve, I just wanted to say WOW...great pix in the Comment!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy New Year Donna Yahoo! DSL Something to...
Custer had a visit from the News12 film crew today. A very last minute spot for "What to do on Long Island." It should air in the next few weeks. If any of...
Special Meeting of the Membership A special meeting of the membership has been called to address certain election procedures that are codified in Custer's...
Special Meeting of the Membership A special meeting of the membership has been called to address certain election procedures that are codified in Custer's...
Guys. This is the coolest. Stardust@Home is seeking volunteers to help to search for tiny samples of matter from the galaxy. Volunteers are critical to the...
Hello All! I have updated my website to reflect four new images captured from New Mexico Skies remotely. http://tinyurl.com/b9eqn Clear Skies! Steve...
Hi Guys, Custer member, Tom Haeberle, is thinking of going to the AMNH talk and coverage of the Pluto launch tomorrow. Anyone else going? He's in Glendale....
Hi Guys, Custer member, Tom Haeberle, is thinking of going to the AMNH talk and coverage of the Pluto launch tomorrow. Anyone else going? He's in Glendale....
Steve, Could you explain the 4-prong diffraction spikes on your images of M-74 and the second image of M-27, both of which were taken with Takahashi ...
Tom, I don't know why there are diffraction spikes, or what caused them. I don't remember the aperture on the second image of M27. The M13 image was produced...