Art Hill has great vistas to the east which would be dominated by sky glow and really no horizion to speak of the other compass directions. But it was a great...
St. Louis City Observing Opportunity * Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Francis Park in St. Louis Hills * Wednesday, July 13, 2005 * 8-10PM Greetings Fellow...
How did you fare last night, Bill ? I was able to grab the 7x50 binoculars and sit on the patio for a while. Last night was exceptionally transparent. I was...
Hi Rip- I did some unaided-eye observing last night and just enjoyed the sky sans equipment. If you are in St. Louis City next Wednesday, feel free to stop by...
Greetings Sky Watchers-- Have any plans been made for a group meteor-shower star party on August 12? The Perseids peek that night, and it happens to be a...
St. Louis City Observing Opportunity * Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Francis Park in St. Louis Hills * Wednesday, July 13, 2005 * 8-10PM Greetings Fellow...
Greetings-- The observing session at Francis Park in St. Louis Hills, scheduled for Wednesday evening, July 13 at 8PM, has been cancelled due to clouds. No...
My daughter and I are going to Colorado for a long weekend (to see my sister) from the 14th to the 19th of this month. If I get a chance I'm going to take my...
I'm sure you'll have a good time, Bob. We'll hold down the fort while you're gone. Sounds like you've been giving that nebula filter a good workout. The Rocky...
An attempt, possibly. I'm just fiddling with balance issues right now. This is way too light a mount for anything serious but I'm going to get something out of...
Bill, Thanks for sharing. Have also enjoyed your published experiences out west. Seeing has been not the best down here in the South Central Ozarks so it is...
Thanks a bunch for that link, Bill. When I zoomed in on the maximum setting I was really taken off-guard. It's nice to see that the very capable code jockeys...
After 102° mid afternoon, the evening front was quite a relief...but I stayed beneath the canopy for fear of melting. We had quite the lightning display down...
There are a few not too far away star parties coming up in the next couple of months. Here's a couple off the top of my head: _____________________________ ...
Dennis (and others), About 8 SLAS members attended the Illinois Dark Skies Star Party last year. A few of us are members in this group. If anyone has any...
John, thanks for offering to help field questions regarding the Illinois Dark Skies Star Party. I'm not qualified since this year will be my first trip there....
I have attended the Illinois Dark Sky Star Party in the past an found that it was a good place to go. THe skies were dark, people friendly and the food good....
Terry, If I am able to make it this year I will be camping as well. I hope that SAS does not change the format and invite a lot of vendors. This is suppose to...
Hey Folks! Rita and I will be there in October also! This will be my 3rd "camping" star party, but my first "official" one. The first one was last November...
... This ... I'll be bringing my "Wal-Mart Special" tent and will camp out also. I really don't mind some vendors and/or swappers - gives me something else to...