Please don't forget to come to our Christmas Party this Saturday at the church starting at 1 PM. You're welcome to bring a side dish and a gift for the...
Getting to Mount Cuba is not easy even using the maps that are on line. (I will post the urls for these later in this message.) You will be taking I95 into...
Yes, our Christmas party is tomorrow, Dec 2, 2006, 1:00PM at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall (our normal meeting place). The particulars...meats,...
Don R Surles
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Dec 1, 2006 6:37 pm
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i don't think we ordered a batch this year...if there is interest please let me know tomorrow at the Christmas Party and we can investigate. Don... ... ...
Don R Surles
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Dec 1, 2006 6:43 pm
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the "gift" is a white elephant...we have had old sneakers, toilet seats, garrish pics and flowers, anything that will elicit a laff. see you there - don... ......
Hi Fellow Members, I think that it's time to renew my annual membership. Also, I understand that members can get a 'discounted' subscription to S&T. Can you...
Frank, Membership is due in January, and you can, as a member, get Astronomy and/or Sky & Tel for a discount. the discount info is in the newsletter and is...
Here are some directions for getting to Mt. Cuba from the South. The link to the web site is at the end, they have maps and links to help get you there too. ...
Thanks to everyone who attended the meeting last night at Mount Cuba. I know for some that was a pretty good trip, particularly for Tim and Terry who came from...
Hi all Here is what one area did to help combat light pollution in their area. It is on Long Island of all places but team work did it for the star gazers and...
We have a solar storm in progress...and it is less than 3 hours until total darkness. The sky is fairly clear and expected to stay that way for a few mor...
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Dec 6, 2006 8:58 pm
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I didn't see Don's note until about 7:30 PM. I knew the big old Moon was coming up fast so, my dog Poppy and I ran out side to take a look and see if we could...
i did not see any auroras last night...too much moon! But, check our the proton flux here: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/plots/proton/20061207_proton.gif I...
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Dec 7, 2006 6:15 pm
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I'm going to try for a good view of the conjunction tomorrow (Sunday) morning. I plan to be at Woodland Beach by 6-6:15 a.m. Anyone care to join me? Dave...
I had just returned from a party in Norfolk, turned on the TV to channel surf and learned the shuttle was taking off. I set the alarm feature on my cell phone...
It was a bit hazy in the southeast in Newark, but the shuttle was faintly visible from here for several seconds, with that same golden cast from her main...
My wife and I watched from a 2nd floor window. Seemed higher then I remembered from the past, but sure was pretty. Passed into a tree just before MECO, so...
... I *always* forget to try that! My brain just can't wrap around the concept of watching from here something that's happening in Florida. For those who live...
Doreen and I stopped on the way to breakfast this morning (12/10) and we saw the three planets in a nice grouping........all this in the greater Christiana ...
For those without cable, WBOC is Channel 16 from your own antenna or rotor. F, Sheldon ... I *always* forget to try that! My brain just can't wrap around the...
Tonight I turned in early to see if I can wake up early tomorrow morning. I was out for about an hour and 15 minutes. I didn't see much, Only because I was...
That we are speeding along with the "turning" of the Milky Way on this planet at 440,000 mph? You probably did, but even though I haven't been there in the...
If the skies are clear we do have members who will travel to Tuckahoe to view. Let me remind people who monitor this site that Tuckahoe observing is available...
Wallops Island rocket launch to be visible along Eastern seaboard Tacsat-2 is scheduled to launch from Wallops Island Flight Facility, VA, Thursday, December...
Looking forward to this, assuming I can arrange my schedule. From the western shore/DC area, the launch is almost directly into the rising sun. Since the...
Rick, The launch has been rescheduled for 12/20, but the local paper in Wilmington states it might as late as Jan. "A planned launch for Monday between 7 a.m....