From Robert Wagner Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:52:09 -0600 Missouri Night Sky Protection Act - Getting Some Press All, It appears we are getting some press. I also met...
-Below are the original links Robert Wagner sent, along with tinyurl equivalents for those that are having problems with URL wrapping. I urge everyone to...
Francis Park Stargazing Wednesday, March 12, 2008 * 7-10 PM Francis Park on Tamm Avenue at Itaska Street * Canceled in Case of Clouds or Precipitation ...
Robert L. Gent, President of International Dark-Sky Association was on the KMOX Morning Show with Doug and Debbie Thursday morning (March 6, 2008). The...
Jocelyn Bell Burnell (radio-astronomer, discoverer of pulsars) will be giving the annual Compton Lecture at Washington University in St. Louis at Graham...
Below is a note from Robert Wagner regarding Missouri House NIGHT SKY PROTECTION ACT (HB 1727) - we need to really start calling our reps - make a noise!...
This request was sent to me / SLAS, but I cannot help with it since I'm working at the time this Scout event happens Sat., March 15 at 1pm). Can someone else...
... http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ... This is truly sad. Asking for a Blue and Gold speaker the day before the event...
Jim Roe of the St. Charles group indicated that he has this event covered and that it had been on their calendar for weeks. Evidently there was a breakdown in...
I hope I am not breaking any rules but I have a older Orion 8" Deep Space Explorer Dob for sale. I would rather someone local purchased the scope to avoid...
... Well after tonight I'm wishing I had gotten the Meade SN10. Wife called and said mount arrived back from Celestron. Got home from work and immediately put...
Hi Eric, Sorry you're having so much trouble with your Celestron. I have a Meade LX90, and although I have been very lucky, Meade is not exempt from problems...
Does anyone know of any shops around the area that carry a good supply of gear? The only shop near me is Creve Cour Camera in Fairview Heights and they carry...
There arent any shops in St. Louis that carry quality gear. Your best bet would be to shop the internet. Pick up a copy of either Sky and Telescope or...
There used to be a brick & mortar in K.C. called Lymax Astronomy but, from what I can tell, they have closed their doors and have gone strictly www. Just a...
The planetaruim gift shop used to have Wayne Clark advise them on what to stock, and they once had lots of good stuff. But that stopped at least a decade ago....
I live about 15 miles east of your area and I've been there too. They had a few eye pieces and a right angle prism eyepiece. That said that they could order...
Hi Eric, Try www.astronomics.com. Very helpful folks, and lots of quality equipment and accessories from Meade, Celestron, Tele Vue, etc. Their website also...
Thanks to all of you for replying. I've ordered the couple items I needed from Orion and Optcorp and they were both very helpful in answering my questions and...
Francis Park Stargazing Wednesday, April 9, 2008 * 7-10 PM Francis Park on Tamm Avenue at Itaska Street * Canceled in Case of Clouds or Precipitation Astronomy...
Francis Park Stargazing CANCELED Greetings, Weather and/or sky conditions will not be favorable tonight, so the stargazing event at Francis Park is canceled....
...so my sister-in-law calls my wife and she runs over to the second hand store with $30 in hand, returns home and calls me at work and says, "Dear, I just...
Thanks for the link, Steve. Good info. For others wondering what I was talking about, Dave Kriege of Obsession Telescopes claims using a combination of virgin...
Someone sent me a link to this: BERLIN (AFP) - A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a...