Greetings, I am planning a trip to Danville on Saturday night, Oct. 6 if the sky is clear. Please post if you are interested in going out there. Clear Skies, ...
Bill, I am contemplating this trip. Wife has something else planned during the day. Need to check on when I can get free. We might actually observe ...
Spaceweather http://www.spaceweather.com/ page for ... "Comet LONEOS (C/2007 F1) is here!" reports Tony Cook of Leeds, UK, who took this picture on Sept. 30th:...
Hey everyone, I've got a steal of a deal. Up for sale is a Celestron 4" refractor. This is not one of their starter scopes but a intermediate telescope. This...
The following gag_astro poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: With the weekend of Oct 13 (which is a Saturday)the Moon is 2 days old...
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Rip, A while back I had seen a short video online dealing with collimation of a Newtonian. A friend teaches an observational Astronomy course at one of the...
Danville Observing Report – October 5, 2007 By Bill Breeden Friday night, October 5, 2007 was absolutely beautiful for a night of stargazing out at Danville...
Bill, Excellant wrap up of the nights viewing. For those who missed out on the opportunity this past Friday, weather permitting, there will be a repeat...
The only video that comes to this feeble mind is the tutorial on "Andy's Shot Glass" http://www.andysshotglass.com/Collimating.html Hope this is it....
That was a great video. I was basically doing the right procedure, but it was very helpful to see it and hear the instructions, especially on the initial...
As featured on Spaceweather.com on Oct. 2, 2007, and at http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0710/enckeRipoff_movie_short.gif COMETO-MAGNETIC STORM: For the...
Greetings, I have the RBAC CaK PST, so I thought I would share my experience with it so far. We used it at the Children's Museum during the October Astronomy...
Bill, That is exactly the same commentary that I had received from Steve Sands after he got his CaK. That it was great for using a video eyepiece, but really...
Francis Park Stargazing * Wednesday, October 17, 2007 * 7-10PM Greetings: Astronomers from the Saint Louis Astronomical Society will be observing the Moon,...
Greetings, Due to the weather, Francis Park Stargazing for Wednesday evening, Oct. 17, has been CANCELED. Next scheduled Francis Park Stargazing session is...
Hi all. I am a beginning stargazer, but interested in brushing up. We live in St. Louis city. I was hoping to get some recommendations on which direction to...
"Dark Sky Finder" website mixes up Google Maps and a light pollution map. It's really helpful and easy to use: http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/ K....
Unfortuantely there is no quick fix. To get to reasonably dark skies requires approximately a 45 minute drive to the Wildwood or St. Charles county areas....
What are some good parks/areas in St Charles county you would recommend? I'd like to try to get out this weekend...thought about camping but it's been more...
Al, 3 of the spots I have observed from as part of public starparties have been Klondike Park, Quail Ridge Park and Brommelslick Park. I dont you if you can...
Around 1am on Sunday (today), I watched a huge green fireball drop from Cassiopeia down into the bowl of the Big Dipper. So it was probably not an Orionid....
... Has ... Dennis, have observed this comet the past couple of weekends, first observation was october 14, 07:35 p.m., m1=7.3(mpes), about 4 1/2deg. above the...
Financially strapped and hate to sell but finally decided it's time for the scope to go. This is one heck of a deal by anyones estimation and am selling for...
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