Francis Park Stargazing Wednesday, March 4, 2009 * 7-10 PM Francis Park on Tamm Avenue at Itaska Street * Canceled in Case of Clouds or Precipitation ...
After a few clouded-out attempts, I finally got outside with the binos last night a little after 9 PM and located the comet. It was located between Regulus and...
Washington University's McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences invites the community to its McDonnell Lecture Finding the Big Bang Thursday, April 16, 2009 7...
I have been considering several different scopes. My main consideration isn't price but weight. The scopes that I have been looking at are: Nexstar 8" SE ---...
I wouldn't worry about the single arm. The line that single arm forks are less stable is bogosity put out by the marketing droids. I have a OTI Quantum-4,...
Is the Meade LX200 series still around? As an almost-feeble old lady, I can still haul around an LX200 8 inch optical tube/mount on my own. And its completely...
... The LX-200's are still around, but no longer supported, ie., it is getting very difficult to get parts when the electronics go south and they will....
Larry: I have a Celestron Nexstar 8SE and have not had an issue with the mount being shaky. You are welcome to see my unit in operation. I plan to attend the...
Francis Park Stargazing Wednesday, April 1, 2009 * 7-10 PM AND Thursday, April 2, 2009 * 7-10 PM Francis Park on Tamm Avenue at Itaska Street * Canceled in...
Don - I will try to make it but there is a possibility I may be out of town. I may try to get out of it because of the weather. If that's the case then I...
Larry, the SLSC PTVs are on the planetarium grounds in Forest Park, in the archery field just west of the planetarium building. Public Telescope Viewing Friday...
Like Larry, I also have a Nexstar 8SE and have not had a problem with stability. I wouldn't think it would be an issue unless you want to start loading it up...
P. James E. Peebles, Ph.D., one of the world's foremost theoretical cosmologists who played a central role in understanding the evolution and structure of the...
There is a request for a daytime speaker for two Girl Scout camps: Chic-a-wa June 8-12 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Ta-Li-Ni June 15-19 9:00 am to 3:00 pm The requestor...
YWCA summer camp program speaker request for week of July 13-17 (Mon-Fri) Camps are at 5 different locations: Jackson Park School , 7400 Balson Ave , U. City,...
For Sale: I was contacted by James Moore. He has an Odyssey-I 13.5" telescope for sale. (I think it may actually be 13.1", but let's not quibble) This...
While perusing the Observing Awards section of the latest issue of the Reflector, I noticed John Solodar earned the Binocular Messier Award. Congratulations,...
For all those who are curious, I hope you are sitting down, yes Bill Breeden and John Solodar do have seperate LX 90's. The perpetual curse was finally...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090610-betelgeuse-star-shrinking.html Famous Star Is Shrinking, Puzzling Astronomers Ker Than in Pasadena,...
Betelgeuse supernova would not be good for deep sky observers. Currently Betelgeuse shines at a -5.4 absolute magnitude. Typical supernova can peak at an...
As the story below indicates, there are several good chances to see the ISS (International Space Station) with nothing but the unaided eye as it passes over...
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/jupiter-hubble.html NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the sharpest visible-light picture yet of atmospheric...
Jupiter's impact site will be transiting the disk of Jupiter tomorrow morning (Tue, 7/28/09) at 03:23 am. This might be the last chance to see it for the rest...
For those of you that will be coming to the SLSC PTV tonight, bring any yellow or orange filters you may have. They may help in observing the Jovian impact...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
