Danville Stargazing Report – Saturday, July 5, 2008 By Bil Breeden DANVILLE, MO - Saturday night, July 5, 2008 was a terrific night of stargazing and...
Francis Park Stargazing Wednesday, July 9, 2008 * 7-10 PM Francis Park on Tamm Avenue at Itaska Street * Canceled in Case of Clouds or Precipitation Astronomy...
Congratulations and well wishes for a long happy retirement for Ripp. I'm sorry I missed the excitement. I expect to be seeing lots of new comet discoveries...
Thanks for the kind words, Andy. It'll probably take a couple weeks for the realization to finally set in. Right now it seems like being on vacation....
From the "I Like to Complain About Everything" forum on astromart, from "The Grumpy Astronomer: bottom 10" thread about things that irritate us when we're...
SLAS members can attend this meeting for free and should RSVP to the Chapter at usgbc-stl at mobot dot org or threeonefour-577-0854. AIA-USGBC-St. Louis...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121692767218982013.html?mod=googlenews_wsj http://tinyurl.com/6q4j3g SCIENCE JOURNAL By ROBERT LEE HOTZ It's All About the...
Since I need to be traveling Sunday, I am considering going out to Danville Friday evening instead of Saturday evening. Post here if you are interested in...
Francis Park Stargazing Wednesday, August 6, 2008 * 7-10 PM Francis Park on Tamm Avenue at Itaska Street * Canceled in Case of Clouds or Precipitation ...
I'm an science educator in Fairview Heights, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a StarLab loan program schools in the St. Louis area could use to teach the...
Reminder from: gag_astro Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gag_astro/cal Earth Wind and Sky Star Party Thursday August 28, 2008 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm ...
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I live in the metro-east but recently "discovered" the light pollution map/Google map thing. As a result of that, I am planning on driving to a darker spot on...
There was a recent star party at Hawn State Park between Farmington and St. Genevieve. I couldn't make the event but it sounded like a decent site. Is this any...
... Hawn state park is closer but not so dark.... it is only 80 miles away from me compared to ~120 miles for the other two sites, but Hawn is in the green...
Hello, We are part of a committee that has recently formed to organize events and activities in support of the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. This...
SLAS got a request from a Girl Scout group for an event they'd like telescopes for at Camp Tuckaho, near Troy/Cuivre River for Aug. 30 (Sat.), 2008. So far,...
I had time to go Wednesday night. It did not work out as well as I'd hoped. I planned on finding somewhere to stop on CR-216 (which is near the intersections...
Thanks to all who have responded to this request. DIRECTIONS to Tuckaho: Take Highway 40 or Highway 70 west to Highway 61 (Wentzville). Take Highway 61 north...
Hello all, was a member of this group in the past and due to time constraints and work demands really haven't had enough time to use my scope so I've decided...
Price has dropped on the LX10 package down to $550. Also going ahead and listing my Meade Giant Field tripod for $300 and the Meade Super Wedge mount for $225....
I picked up a Bushnell 4.5" Newtonian on an equatorial mount at a garage sale. It was a complete package with all EPs and the manual. The first thing I...
Francis Park Stargazing Wednesday, October 8, 2008 * 7-10 PMANDFriday, October 31, 2008 * 7-10 PM (Halloween Night!!!) Francis Park on Tamm Avenue at Itaska ...
Sounds cool and I hope you have fun with it. Out of curiosity, does a spherical mirror have some sort of elongated focal point? Are the mirror types available...
Hi Andy - hope I can answer all your questions Out of curiosity, does a spherical mirror have some sort of elongated focal point? *Basically, yes. All photons...
Free, public talk tonight (7pm., Thur., Oct. 30, 2008) on Mars Phoenix here in St. Louis by one of the co-investigators - Ray Arvidson of Washington University...
Francis Park Stargazing Wednesday, November 5, 2007 * 7-10 PM Francis Park on Tamm Avenue at Itaska Street * Canceled in Case of Clouds or Precipitation ...
This might be the perfect excuse for some "Guerilla Urban Astronomy". Mike The Starry Messenger: A Tale of the Father of Modern Science In December Upstream...