I've got my first photos up now, They are in Bill's Box Thanks to all here for help and advice. An AC adapter is prefered for the camera so the screen can be...
Well, the 1st BIG storm of the season did not do anything on the Delmarva Pennisula except rain with a little sleet thrown in.. I just didn't want you to use...
The Equestian Center just confirmed our dates for 2008. Star Gaze April 2nd - 6th. No-Frills September 24th - 28th. Schedule your vacations. Tom Pomponio ...
I hooked up my converted usb cam to the 10XTi (prime focus)to take some pics but the magnification is off the charts. Tracking manually would be impossible. Is...
We held our December monthly meeting last night at Mallard Lodge. As usual we had a diverse array of topics covered... current events, Cancer the...
Don R Surles
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Dec 5, 2007 1:47 pm
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btw...I saw the sun pillar frrom "bac-o-d-bus" just as we were coming into "uptown" wilmington. no, I did not have my camera 'cause the weatherman said it will...
Don R Surles
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Dec 5, 2007 1:53 pm
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Back online. Just letting everyone know I'm back on the email group. I changed my email address and made other changes. Took a hiatus from the group to...
Bill: ` At prime focus, with no lens in front of the CCD except for the 1200mm objective of the 10XTi, yes, you have a 1200 "telephoto" lens. At f4.7, it is...
here is a link that will unravel the mystery of Dr. Searle who was mentioned in last nite's presentation on comet hunter Holmes. but it does not explain why...
Don R Surles
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Dec 5, 2007 2:13 pm
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I put up the January agenda with Doug Norton observing in the snow as the background. We will have Dr. Robert Mentzer from Delaware Astronomical Society as a ...
Does anyone have Terry Young's current email address or phone number? If so please rely to me directly... don.r.surles-1@... Thanks, Don... This...
Don R Surles
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Dec 5, 2007 2:47 pm
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NOAA lost contact with the GOES-East satellite, that provides most of the weather satellite imagery for the Eastern part of the US that we use, yesterday and...
You are on the right track indeed. Yes, I meant "focal reducer". The Celestron f6.3 focal reducer takes my 2000mm LX90 to 1260mm and increases the field size...
Research seems to imply that a focal reducer is simply a reversed barlow. I'm considering dismantling a shorty barlow and seeing if the lens can be flipped and...
Bill: The approx FOV is determined by the effective focal length and the size of the CCD. The effective focal length is determined by the objective focal...
All, I've been meaning to send this out. It has been a busy time for Mike and I. Here is some news that I know some of you have been waiting for - Rebecca...
Sorry, No... I have new spam filters and I was just making sure the yahoo group was in my "buddy" list. Tim =============================== Tim Milligan ...
Did anyone see anything unusual in the sky Monday night around 7:00 pm? I've heard several local reports of a very bright comet-looking object near the...
Kent, Check out a spaceweather.com. It was a fuel dump from a rocket. - Dave "kentblackwell" <kent@...> Sent by: delmarvastargazers@yahoogroups.com ...
Man, it was weird. I only wish I had of arrived at Coinjock an hour earlier to allow me to snap a picture of it. Using a wide-field William Optics 66SD that...
Well Kent, as long as you're looking at the road on occasion... then I guess that's OK. -- Douglas A. Norton dnorton2812@... Man, it was weird. I only...
Was cloudy here (as usual) but that likely was the Centaur upper stage of the Atlas V launched just after sunset last night from Cape Canaveral.... Mike ... ...
Here's a neat shot of Comet Holmes at 1:36 am on December 11, 2007. Note the small, 12.3 magnitude galaxy NGC 1169 and the 12.7 magnitude star overlapping the...
Comet Holmes should be renamed to Comet Cloudy and Rainy. Don... "kentblackwell" <kent@...> Sent by: delmarvastargazers@yahoogroups.com 12/13/2007 11:36...
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