I have an old Criterion 6" reflector and wondered if there is anyone in the Oxford/Easton/St Michaels area that might show me the basics of polar alignment...
I am looking for submissions for the next issue of the Star Gazer News. I'd like to try a theme. since the next issue comes out just before the No Frills...
Paul, I think viewing the dying Harvest moon phases would be a good challenge...here is a chart: the moon rise for t-hoe is: 9/25 = 2:52 AM 9/26 = 4:02 AM 9/27...
Don R Surles
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Sep 3, 2008 2:09 pm
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Hi, ... anyone ... basics of ... sought ... I also have a 6" RV-6 scope from my youth. They tend to have good optics (although if you have the original Ramsden...
Last Tuesday - twilight at our Star Gazer meeting - we witnessed the Belt of Venus atmospheric phenomenon at Mallard Lodge. I agreed to research the name...why...
Don R Surles
Don.R.Surles-1@...
Sep 4, 2008 3:30 pm
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Everyone look tonight at the double shadow tranists on Jupiter. I'm confused. Online, Sky & Telescope states Io & Gannymede will cast shadow from 8:11 to 8:38...
As always, Kent is right. Io's shadow enters Jupiter's disk at 8:11 PM EDT and Callisto's departs at 8:38 PM EDT. Io will also transit Jupiter tonight, while...
Thanks for the heads-up, Kent! Just to round things out, the Great Red(dish) Spot will transit behind and to the south of Io and its shadow....the GRS is...
I added a picture to the Bill H. folder. I took it at 8:48. One moons shadow is visible. Humidity was pretty high here in Magnolia, De. The picture was taken...
Nice picture, Bill. It was really a treat seeing the double shadow transit. I can't remember when I saw the last one. I meant to look at the Great Red Spot...
I was able to watch until seeing deteriorated. Completion of the first transit and most of the second transit was great with really defined shadows. Seeing...
Hey! They're starting up the Large Hadron Collider on Wednesday. So if we not here Thursday you'll know why. I hope to do another report on what they find. If...
The moon will occult Neptune, and what better time than on a weekend night? Here are the timings. If you've never seen Neptune this'll be the perfect...
that's NOT an easy thing to see, right? ... -- "By deepening our understanding of the true nature of physical reality, we profoundly reconfigure our sense of...
Douglas Hemmick
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Sep 12, 2008 2:41 am
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Neptune is normally a fairly easy binocular object (7.8 magnitude) but, after all, it will be next to a very bright moon. At least it'll be occulted from the...
The occultation of Neptune by the Moon Saturday night was certainly challenging, not only because of the difference of the brightness of the planet and the...
... Congrats on seeing the occultation. Up here the clouds and rain occulted everything. I've never seen "Destination Moon." My favorite sci-fi movie of that...
I think "Rocketship X-M" is a very underrated movie. How could a sci- fi movie with Llyod Bridges and Hugh O'Brian go wrong? I'm not sure but believe I read...
well I'm just saying that I wouldn't recommend Neptune finding to a *novice equipped w/ binos: just too hard to locate. same for Uranus, for that matter. its a...
Douglas Hemmick
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Sep 13, 2008 7:32 pm
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I agree with you about those two movies. Rocketship X-M was really good but Destination Moon was far better. We as kids were waiting for this to come to our...
Pardon for a moment if I delve away from astromical chat (after all, the moon IS full) but if you guys love the 1950s & early 1960s sci-fi movies, and you...
That movie was great. I actually went to a theater that did things like that. What a time to be alive. they especially like showing Vincent Price movies...
... seats. and if the movie showed a romantic scene then a lovely woman appeared next to you saying "hello handsome," or something? those really *were the...
Douglas Hemmick
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Sep 15, 2008 11:37 am
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Yep, I did my thing for the planet this morning...I submitted myself to the environs of the 301 bus. Today, I parked my thirsty Tundra and left the driving to...
Don R Surles
Don.R.Surles-1@...
Sep 15, 2008 1:21 pm
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Ladies and Gentlemen appearently I have scheduled an out reach event at the Adkins Arboretum on September 20th. This is at Tuckahoe State Park. The event...
I will be there...kind of a warm-up for the No-Frills. Have you noticed the changing of seasons? I like these cool mornings. This morning, at 5:30 am, Orion...
Don R Surles
Don.R.Surles-1@...
Sep 17, 2008 10:46 am
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As always Don, thanks for your support. It sounds like they are planning a nice event. Check out the web sites calendar of events to read more info. ...
I thought the may be of interest to us Gazers...Don... Controversy over telescope origin New evidence suggests the telescope may have been invented in Spain,...
Don R Surles
Don.R.Surles-1@...
Sep 17, 2008 1:57 pm
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Gang, The October meeting is on October 7th. We need presenters for Constellation of Month Object of Month 1 or 2 Special Topics It's your choice as to what...
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