I'm a newbie here. Interesting site! I'll have to try to make it to a Francis Park star party some night. I have a question for the St. Louis stargazers. Does...
I have a farm that I allow the GAG group to come use when they want to. I am up in Adams County with wonderful dark skies with a really good Horizon. Ask Rip...
Hi new person, Quail Ridge Park in St. Charles county has telescope viewing also. It is out near Wentzville. Klondike has a cool river overlook, but has some...
I live on the east side just across the JB bridge. There are several spots on dead end roads that are out in the country and provide excellent dark spots. If...
Re: Dark(er) skies sites... ... Yep, should make a very good observing site. Too bad it clouded over by the time Bob and I arrived. ... OK, smaller hole - so...
Laurie Waters of KMOX-TV is a reporter at KMOV-TV covering the meteor display last night, and would like to talk to any local astronomers that saw the Sunday,...
I guess, as a new person, I should introduce myself, my name is Jim Saraceno I live in Glendale and I have a new Celestron Nextar 8SE though I've had an old 8"...
We saw it here. Boy iot was bright out here. We thought a car was comming down the road with flood lights on then the sky just lit up. We dont know if anythin...
Space Telescope Science Institute Chris Burke, Space Telescope Science Institute This lecture will be webcast live. The recorded webcast will also be available...
Normally, a group of us head up to White conservation area in the town of Whiteside. From Crestwood, it is 65 miles and takes about an hour to get there....
Stardust Special Program Friday, February 9, 2007 7pm Location: James S. McDonnell Planetarium NASA's Stardust space capsule recently returned to Earth with...
That sounds more of what I'm looking for. I just read the regulations and I see that both those conservation area close at 10pm. Is that a problem? Do they...
Hey Rip Sorry for the delay in answering your question. But I have been very sick for the past week or so. I think you should go maybe 1/2 to 3/4 smaller so...
I have been observing at Whiteside since 1994 and have never been asked to leave. Cook ... regulations ... about an ... there ... Z ... the ... turn ... and ...
Hey Ya'll I meant to post this the other day but well you know farm life. BIll and I were going to the school to pick up our daughter around 4:30 pm and as...
Hey Becky! I saw a sun dog not long ago too, and of course, no camera. But, it was pretty cool. I still hope to make it up there sometime for one of your star ...
-Well just keep your camera with you in the future. I don't think Sun dogs are all that rare this time of the year. You get those high hazy skies full of ice...
I am posting this on behalf of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences. Please contact Rose Jansen if you can help with this request. Mike ... The Academy of...
Francis Park Stargazing * Wednesday, February 21, 2006 * 7-10PM Greetings Astronomers: You are invited for a group observing session and outreach at Francis...
I know this is short notice. For those who are able to get C-Span 2, at 6:00 PM this evening, Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium, will be...
Fellow Astronomers, Tyson will be in Chicago on the 19th of March to discuss his book and other related stuff at the Adler Planetarium. If you are in town that...
Fellow Astronomers, Tyson will be in Chicago on the 19th of March to discuss his book and other related stuff at the Adler Planetarium. If you are in town that...
For the March 3 Lunar Eclipse the St. Louis Science Center will have a public event on the planetarium grounds. There is only one spot on the planetarium...
Pluto-Bound New Horizons Spacecraft Gets a Boost from Jupiter http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/022807.htm NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft successfully...
Weather permitting, we'll have a chance to see a good part of a total luner eclipse Saturday night. You'll need a low view of the eastern horizon as the moon...