Did you go outside last night? I did, around midnight, and relly enjoyed looking at the Milky Way from my driveway. I bet it was awesome from T-hoe. I saw...
For those Mars maps, try downloading Mars Previewer from the Sky and Telescope site. It will allow you to view the surface in real time from the perspective...
Hi Don, At the Sky and Tel website they have a JAVA program that displays the features on Mars. It's called the Mars Profiler. You can get to it by going to...
I have to work on Friday (and I'm out of town this weekend) so assuming the skies are clear tonight I was going to go to the BBSF site instead as it is 20...
... Mike, thanks for your support, but we haven't lost 1/4 of two million barrels of crude a day -- we've lost 1/4 of *twenty* million barrels of crude a day. ...
I'm thinking about it. Tuckahoe is only 30 minutes from my home on Kent Island, so it'll be a last-minute decision for any of the three weekend nights. I...
I'm committed to other things Friday and Saturday, but if Sunday remains clear, I could go. Will the park officials allow us to use the Ball Field? Steve...
I'm with you Jim, I joined the Delmarva Stargazers to indulge in Astronomy and I like most people that I meet in the hobby. I refuse to discuss politics or...
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Gentlemen, After the last few weeks of horrible viewing opportunities and now the skies clearing, only to be slapped in the face with fuel price gouging across...
Well wouldn't you know it....I buy a new scope and can't use it for the weekend. It didn't come with a diagonal. I am waiting for my diagonal to come in and...
whoa, nellie! the news reports you are watching show houses destroyed that were built near the gulf on drained wetlands. the refineries are much farther...
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Jason, i bought a convertible once and it rained for 30 days and 30 nights. i have a spare diagonal - i am in smyrna and you may use it until yours arrives. ...
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With India and China needing more oil everyday and working very hard to get it, storing their huge savings of dollars perhaps to pay for it, the price is...
2005/09/02, 08:15 UT, CM=150 Bowie MD, 17-inch f/7.8 reflector 260/480x Seeing 8 out of 10. Cool, 64F, damp, 88% RH. Good amount of dew. Small south polar cap....
I,for one, am enjoying the gas & oil discussion but I write for another reason -- stargazing info sources. I am a virtual virgin to this business and find the ...
Tony, Try www.cleardarksky.com<http://www.cleardarksky.com/> Gives you all the clocks. Sky & Telescope is probably the more resourceful periodical out there....
Well, dear folks, Kent's challenge for tonight is to see if you can spot Comet C/2005 A1 LINEAR. Its 12.7 magnitude belies its faintness due to low surface...
I plan to go to Blackbird tonight - should be there around 7:30 to set up. If anyone wants to join me please email or call - 302-653-9445. Don... This...
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I was out last night but the high haze was a bummer. The transparency was just not there. I'll probably try and make it out again this evening to Tuckahoe...
Hey there Lyle, Josh Zimmerman here - I don't think my membership is active anymore -i'd like to change that... and I'm teaching science at Polytech High ...
Poor seeing this morning. First clues on walking outside at 3am was a slight breeze, and low semi-puffy clouds that were somewhat rapidly moving across the...
Sunday night 9/4/2005 was a memorable one at Tuckahoe's ballfield. It was cool, low mosquito, low humidity, low haze (except some light haze from about 3:00...
Congratulations Chris, We over here in Howard county experienced the same phenomenon. Two, no three, wait maybe now going on three great nighta of moonless...
Gee Chris, wish I knew you were going to be there, I would have joined you. I checked the Yahoo group site but didn't see anything about anyone wanting to go...
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Monday night, Doug Norton and I met at the observation tower near Mallard Lodge for some sunset to early darkness viewing. I arrived first and met a couple...
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All the messages I receive from Don extend waaaay off the right margin. Does anyone else experience this? Does anyone know if the problem is on the sending...
I have the same problem "Gregory J. Lee" <greglee28@...> wrote:All the messages I receive from Don extend waaaay off the right margin. Does anyone else...