Remember that our next club meeting, September 4th, has been relocated to the Mallard Lodge. Directions are in the September newsletter which can be found at...
If you're like me (and C.J) you love planetary nebulae and I've selected three that are fun to chase down. I found all with my 10" (114x) in 5th magnitude...
Here are the positions of the three planetary nebulae I wrote about. IC 1846 19h 17m -09 01' 12.7 magnitude 2.0" Minkowski 1-74 19h 43 +15 10' 12.8 magnitude ...
I noticed M40 was missing on the indicated sheet (5) but would display nicely on sheet 15 Bill Carol Beigel <thecarolb@...> wrote: I know nothing is...
I got in some dirty sky observations at Brumwells field (Pasadena Flea Market) over the weekend. I was trying to scope out some nearby sites and stumbled onto...
This is a link to download an excel speadsheet with All the best catalogs. I can't say enough to thank those who contributed to this database. Please take some...
I will look into this! I am no expert on doing these things, and was very unscientific about which objects I could squeeze onto the maps. Thanks for pointing...
Tonight the seeing and transparency was great so I setup the 10" for a little stargazing time. I stargazed for an hour before heading in, as I had a really...
I rolled my 12-inch reflector out from the garage, managed to get a ok two star alignment for the Sky Commander, then gawked at M-27, M-71, M-26 and M-11...
Good going, C.J. I've never seen the face-on galaxy NGC 6951 with anything smaller than a 25", and that was on a crisp October night at the 2003 East Coast...
Your right about the background stars, You really can't tell what's involved. You never seen NGC6951 with a scope smaller then 25" eh? I'll have to find it...
Regarding NGC 7000 (North American Nebula); Charles Allewelt showed me the best view I have ever had of it through his 4.5" f/4 Edmund Astroscan with a 28mm...
I'll be joining you at Tuckahoe tomorrow and Saturday night, and was wondering what the protocol was for unloading equipment? Are there parking spaces near...
Hi Todd, I don't know of anyone else that'll be going Friday. If your the only one, then you'll have to call the park office and let them know that you'll be...
Tonight the transparency wasn't so good so I wasn't out long at all. I was struggling to see a star that was magnitude 5.22, man that's bad! The milky way...
CJ, Lousy transparency out here to your west in Frederick County, too. I picked off a couple open clusters in Scutum and Serpens Cauda (M11 and NGC 6704) with...
In Bowie as well. Spent most of the evening fashioning a new 35mm finder for the 12-inch, then pull the scope out and slummed through M's 12, 15, 56, 57, 11,...
I believe, unless something changed, that Friday Night the 7th is the club oberving night. At least that's what I saw in the most recent newsletter (along with...
I am planning on driving down from Wilmington. I have left word with the ranger/park manager. I expect to be on the ball field by 8 or 8:30 depending on...
I love those Mink planetaries. It's interesting to blink Minkowski's Footprint with that involved star, not so much with a filter but blink it with averted...
Thanks, I thought M1-92 was tough, but not like Hb 12! Last night was another bad night, but managed to bag the tiny 13.2 magnitude stellar planetary. Didn't...
It looks like Steve Noiwicki,Bill Fesio and I Ralph marantino will be showing up at Dusk Friday Night for the no frills Starparty we will pay at the gate...
Current career and lifestyle considered, past DSG member in nearby Centreville considering re-enlisting and giving another try. Received the mailing re the...
Hi Pat, Nice to hear from you again. The spring Stargaze and the fall No Frills now have similar formats. The parties are put on for the amateur astronomy...
Nice has been rough on me! I was out playing guitars at my church's youth group and I had the 14.5" waiting for me at home. The CSC marked basically no dew...
I hope to have it by the Friday of the no-frills Starparty woo woo, I hope that Brian Reed comes through with my Roundtable equitorial platform for my 10 inch...
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