Don: I am sure you will convey the photo challenges very well. I look forward to reading it. This morning, I could not resist making another estimate: what if...
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vnickerson101505@...
vaughn_nicke...
Mar 18, 2008 3:13 pm
... From: WILLIAM GEERTSEN To: Vaughn Nickerson Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:02 PM Subject: Fw: Leo Hepner Vaughn, I just learned of this. Thought you...
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Don R Surles
Don.R.Surles-1@...
Mar 18, 2008 5:53 pm
I read, in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, that the Apollo missions were actually in a slow spiral/roll to and from the moon sos'n the ...
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Patrice Nottingham
gregnott2000
Mar 18, 2008 6:21 pm
Yeah, I think they called it the rotisserie mode. Greg...
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kentblackwell
Mar 18, 2008 6:49 pm
P.J, et all.. Since the response for "10 Favoite Objects" was nil, or nearly so, may I suggest that be changed to, say 3 or 5 favorite objects? Also, if this...
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Charles Wood Jr.(CJ)
zoeytycoony
Mar 18, 2008 6:52 pm
My apologies on not writing it up yet, I've been sick for the past 3 weeks. First it was a bad cold, Now I'm sick in bed. Maybe someone else would like to do...
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Bill Moore
wrm2nd
Mar 19, 2008 3:34 am
Great Idea Kent, It seems each month, and at least each season my favorite top 10 change. Perhaps top 3-5 from each AA could be compiled into a monthly list...
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Michael P. Borgia
mike91865
Mar 19, 2008 4:22 am
The barbeque roll, the astronauts called it. It involved aligning the docked CSM and LM perpendicular to the sun and rolling the stack at a rate of one...
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Jean-Paul Richard
jpr1608
Mar 19, 2008 2:07 pm
Well, I had to make another little calculation this morning !!!!. Before, I considered a panel, facing the sun with backing insulation: Temperature = 323...
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Don R Surles
Don.R.Surles-1@...
Mar 19, 2008 2:20 pm
Jean-Paul, I like your attitude! The Star Gaze skies will sunny, the daytime temps in the low 70's and the nightitme will bottom out at 55F with a slight...
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kentblackwell
Mar 19, 2008 6:30 pm
To whom shall I send a list of favorite objects for the newsletter publication? Kent...
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Jerry Truitt
truittjs
Mar 20, 2008 2:03 pm
Please sent any article for the newsletter to Paul Riley at: dmsg_pjr@... <mailto:dmsg_pjr@...> Jerry...
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kentblackwell
Mar 20, 2008 6:38 pm
Thanks, I just did so. I encourage others to submit to P.J. Riley three of their favorite celestial objects for the month of April. If you can't make April ...
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Jerry Truitt
truittjs
Mar 20, 2008 7:39 pm
Here is the basic schedule for the newsletter Schedule for the newsletter: 10th of the month: frame work created with standard items (moonrise, skymap, etc). ...
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Tim Milligan
timmyjwildwood
Mar 21, 2008 12:59 pm
On March 19th, there was a strong GRB in the constellation Bootes at around 2:12am EDT. The explosion reached mag 5.7! Redshift calculations of z = .94 put...
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Paul Riley
dmsg_pjr
Mar 21, 2008 1:16 pm
If you squint really, really hard, you might be able to see GRBs... Maybe I'm seeing something entirely different. Pj ... ...
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Jerry Truitt
truittjs
Mar 21, 2008 1:49 pm
Here's the link to the NASA site: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/brightest_grb.html ...
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Tim Milligan
timmyjwildwood
Mar 21, 2008 1:58 pm
To clarify, I believe the burst was a GRB, the afterglow went into the optical. ... ______________________________________________________________________ ......
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Steven Long
retyrdrydr
Mar 21, 2008 3:33 pm
... Can we assume that the burst was so bright because it was electrmagnetically or gravitationally focused towards us? If an explosion was that uniformly...
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Charles Wood Jr.(CJ)
zoeytycoony
Mar 22, 2008 4:15 pm
With my heavy new refractor, I need some more weight on my CG3 to be balanced. I need another good 3-5lbs. If anyone has any spares they would like to sell,...
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Patrick Kelly
chesapeakeca...
Mar 22, 2008 6:44 pm
... I have a spare 21 lb Losmandy counterweight hanging around if anyone wants it cheap...or cheaper<gg>... Pat Kelly in Centreville, Md (Delmarva)...
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dmsg_pjr
Mar 23, 2008 3:12 pm
The Latest edition of the Star Gazer News is available for download Members and visitors can use this link to see the latest issue: ...
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Tim Milligan
timmyjwildwood
Mar 24, 2008 3:04 pm
I have a typo in the original message it was 7.5 Billion lyrs not million. And if you did not see this event naked eye, take a look at this video shot by a...
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Jean-Paul Richard
jpr1608
Mar 25, 2008 2:32 pm
I just added two photos to my HAL gallery pictures taken in the last few months. The added photos taken on Jan 3, 2008 at Tuckahoe State Park are the very...
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kentblackwell
Mar 27, 2008 1:53 pm
Your Comet Tuttle picture is amazing. VIsually, it actually looked green in my 25"! That was a great, albeit, short-lived comet that passed almost everyone's...
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Jean-Paul Richard
jpr1608
Mar 27, 2008 2:42 pm
Kent: Thanks for the comment. Yes indeed, Tuttle was very short lived, and I was lucky that it was brought to my attention. From my experience looking in your...
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Ralph Dominica
ralphiej2001
Mar 27, 2008 3:23 pm
Hello Jean Paul Thank you for posting the link to your HAL photo's. Could you tell me a little more about what you used for your image capture process for the...
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Jean-Paul Richard
jpr1608
Mar 27, 2008 5:06 pm
Ralph: Great to hear from you! Approximately 30 years ago I found a big telephoto lens at a surplus store: A Topcor, 300mm f2.8 (diameter 107mm) made in Japan...
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Ralph Dominica
ralphiej2001
Mar 27, 2008 10:13 pm
Jean Paul Thank you for the additional information. The telephoto lense in concert with the LXD polar mount and camera(s) appears to be an excellent imaging...
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Jerry Truitt
truittjs
Mar 29, 2008 6:26 pm
The Delmarva Stargazers are supporting lights out 8 - 9 PM tonight. On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement...
