VERY pretty presentatioon of the comet last night. Machholz was inside a pretty little circlet of 7 stars, with a V-shaped group of six more stars going off...
Steve Long, myself and Leonard White saw the comet after the club meeting in the church parking lot through my 10x50 binocs. Light pollution prevented us from...
The February Delmarva Stargazers meeting was held on Tuesday 2/1/05. Don Surles is away so Jerry Truitt conducted the meeting. We had three new members present...
That was one of the best recaps of a meeting that I have read, Jerry. Thank you for providing it to those of use that could not make the meeting. James ...
Observing Report February 2, 2005 Kent Blackwell Wednesday, February 2 was a gorgeous day so I headed to Coinjock in the late afternoon and set up both my 25"...
I was not quite that ambitious. I was satisfied with getting M42 images using my Cookbook CCD and LX-200. Steep learning curve to all this, but atleast now I...
Bill, If you need any help with the Cookbook camera let me know. I helped Berry et al with it and built the first unit to test out the book. I'm list in the...
Looks like one of the clearest nights of the year. I planning on going to our alternate site at Blackbird State Forest. I just have to get away from this...
I should have said, "I'll be there if someone can tell me how to get there." There are a lot of tracts to the Blackbird State Forest. Which one do we go to,...
If there are western shore observers interested in going out tonight, I and another Delmarva member will be heading to a public park in southern charles...
... This was in Don's earlier email: Ladies & Gentlemen, we have some changes regarding our access to the baseball field at Tuckahoe. First, we have been asked...
Oh yeah...I did see that. Well I am set up here for the night. I think I still have one of the darkest skies around but sure like hanging out with everyone. ...
... Well, I went there. Drove up and down that road two times, but never saw a sign; and the only entrance that did not look like someone's driveway looked...
Leonard White our new member contact person for Delmarva Stargazers has been asked a question by Richard Seibel a new Member. Thought you all might like to...
over the years we have heard about various methods for cooling scopes, especially newtonians. for newtonians there are fans that blow orsuck thru the tube...
Don R Surles
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Feb 7, 2005 12:28 am
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Doug Norton and I made our way to BBSF Saturday night - we arrived about 6;30-7:00 expecting to meet a group of Star Gazers out for a very rare clear dark sky...
Don R Surles
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Feb 7, 2005 1:13 am
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Regarding scope cooldown times for refractors: Don is right. Cooldown times for refractors will happen very quickly. I had a Tele Vue Genesis refractor and it...
... standing ... optics ... and as ... cigar break - and also put on some more insulated clothing. Note that well-insulated clothing serves two purposes...
Jerry, I don't know if this is the correct procedure but if I ever felt that my 6 inch Celestron Refractor needed cooling down, I would do it with the lens ...
Thanks for all the input. Leonard is doing a great job already contacting our new members. I told Richard about our yahoo group, but copied and emailed your...
After getting Leonard's email, I joined the group here at Yahoo. I can't thank you enough for the great start. I think it's important for beginners like...
That's what we are here for. We were all beginners once. Don't hesitate to ask any questions at all. There are no bad questions. See you at the meeting. It...
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