The skies last night at Eagle's Park were great, though not as transparent as they were this spring. Dew was a real problem. I had to keep dismantling the...
I guess it would take special conditions in a special place at the right time with the right equipment to see it. You definitely have the right equipment. If I...
Hi Dennis, I was planning on coming on over to Eagle's Park Friday but work did it's thing on that plan. I was hoping to meet you and any other of the members...
Wish you could've made it, Dave. Turns out I was the only "gagger" there (except for Dave Dawson who runs the park). Bob G. was planning on going but I didn't...
Breeden Observation Report – September 30, 2005 – Whiteside, Missouri Clear Skies at a Dark-Site Help Me Complete my A.L. Messier Club Certificate Friday...
Hooray!! My Thousand Oaks full-aperture 8-inch glass solar filter finally arrived today for my 8-inch SCT, after being on back-order at Astronomics since May....
FYI: ======================== A member of the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Mission Team, Dr. John Grotzinger from the California Institute of Technology, is...
Just wanted to say hiya! I just upgraded from an older manual Meade to the ETX-80AT Backpack model that's on sale at the Discovery Chanel Store and am looking...
Hi Steve, I'm not any help with the scope but I'm sure there's someone here in the know. If you don't have any luck here, I would search Yahoo Groups and see...
St. Louis City Observing Opportunity * Wed., October 12, 2005 Francis Park in St. Louis Hills * Wednesday, October 12, 2005 * 6:30-8:30PM Greetings Fellow...
Breeden Observation Report – October 8, 2005 – Eckert’s Farm, Grafton, IL Astronomers Target Stars and Hope Not to be Pumpkin Targets Saturday night,...
Hi Steve! Welcom to the group. There are lots of group observing opportunities near you. This group (GAG) is a great resource, and there are two astronomy...
It was cold. It was beautiful. It was what I had hoped for. I spent Friday afternoon to Sunday morning at the fourth annual Illinois Dark Skies Star Party. The...
Thanks Bill! I'm mere Blocks away from this upcoming Francis Park by Ted Drews observing thing. I'm going to do my best to show up! Hopefully I'll learn a few...
Thanks for the links Dennis. I just joined a Meade ETX group as well. Hopefully I'll find some help with the LPI thingie or figure it out when there are some...
Greetings: In my report, "Breeden Observation Report - October 8, 2005 - Eckert's Farm, Grafton, IL", I mistakenly reported observing the Double Cluster in...
I have a small refractor that I will give to either one of you guys who seem to be involved with educating kids in astronomy. It is an 80mm f-11 Celestron with...
Harry - Thank you for the generous offer. I haven't discussed this with Bill yet but I'm sure one of us will stop by. I have a recently acquired gem mount &...
I met with Harry today over lunch and picked up his 80mm refractor (with diagonal and eyepiece, I might add ). We had a good time sharing astro-tales,...
I just discovered this group and thought I'd see what's going on here. Many, many years ago I tried my hand at grinding an 8" mirror, and when that failed I...
Hi Steve, Unfortunately it appears your fears are correct. It seems the low overhead way of doing sales over the internet has taken over the walk- in amateur...
Creve Coeur Camera on Olive has a limited selection for you to see first hand. As Rip said, the mail order houses have pretty much made it impossible for...
... Coincidence is a funny thing. I happened to be in CCC this afternoon before reading this, and they had a basic-model 4 1/4" for a very low price so I...
Well, Steve, that didn't take long. What kind of scope did you get? Harry From Florissant ... afternoon ... low ... Their ... Barlow, so ... the ... head ... ...
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