Just found out that this is open to the public... Mike Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke to talk about his 'Journey to the Moon' Oct. 24, 2007 -- Charlie Duke,...
Wednesday morning there's a chance to see both the International Space Station (ISS) and the space shuttle Discovery passing over the St. Louis area beginning...
Nice graphic of the relative physical sizes of Comet Holmes compared to the sun & Jupiter at http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/d/10591-1/C17P_Size.PNG ...
I checked out the comet again last evening with the 15x70 binos. The biggest change was there was only one comet instead of two this time. (My binoculars had...
Francis Park Stargazing * Wednesday, November 14, 2007 * 7-10PM Greetings: Astronomers from the Saint Louis Astronomical Society will be observing the Moon,...
I also spent some time last night observing and I have to agree with you, it has changed since the first few days of the outburst. Larger for sure, but...
"How To Buy A Telescope and How To Get Started In Astronomy", a program by amateur astronomers of the St. Louis Astronomical Society, will be featured at the...
Sounds like a worthwhile program. Let's hope this keeps some of the department store trash away from the Christmas tree. Good advice from knowledgeable...
Greetings, Cloud and wind conditions will not be favorable tonight, so the stargazing event at Francis Park is canceled. The next scheduled Francis Park...
Hey Bill, Want to try an impromptu session at Francis Park tonight??? If so call me on my cell (you have the number). I could get down there around 7:30 or...
I'm an astronomy educator/scientist who will be visiting St Louis in early December. This coincides with an excellent series of Uranian mutual events....
Have you tried calling St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley? 314- 513-4404. They have a dome on top of the library, although the light pollution...
Thanks for the suggestions. I've contacted Washington U and received an invite to use their rooftop Crow Observatory although I'd rather use their Tyson...
I was going to ask for a good pair of binoculars for xmas this year and have narrowed my selection down to a Bushnell 10x50 or 16x50 and thought I would ask...
IMHO, unless you plan to use a tripod or other steadying means I would recommend sticking with 10x as it seems for me to be about the limit for hand-held use...
I agree with Dennis about 10x being the upper limit for handheld. Even when I go out for a night with a p-gram mounted 20x 85 I always have either a wide angle...
Al, I tried out about six pairs this fall in an attempt to determine what I would want. I have a pair of 8x42, but wanted something better for binoculars. My ...
I agree with what others have posted - 10X50 are about the limit for hand held binocs in my experience with 7X5o, 10X50, 12X80 and 20X80 binocs...and even...
I agree, I have used my 10x50's a lot, but anything over 8x can't be heald steadily enough for the dang thing to be useful. Ed made a tripod adapter for my...
You may notice that when you goto http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconus.html The image is an old one - from Dec. 4. Why? Because weather satellite...
... Using a French, German or anyone other NESDIS/OSO is foolish. In reality, GOES-12 encountered problems with it's Solar X-ray instrument and the related...
Francis Park Stargazing Wednesday, December 19, 2007 * 7-10 PM Francis Park on Tamm Avenue at Itaska Street * Canceled in Case of Clouds or Precipitation ...
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE CASSINI SATURN IMAGE Posted by: "Sue Rose" Date: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:31 pm ((PST)) This is from Carolyn Porco, Cassini Imaging Team ...
Dr. Ed Guinness of Washington University Earth & Planetary Science Department will give a talk on the NASA / JPL Mars Exploration Rovers at 7pm on Saturday, ...
If, by chance, someone got a Newtonian telescope for Christmas and are faced with first-time collimation woes, here's a very good video that will walk you...
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