For those of you who could not make it to the meeting last night I wanted to make you aware of a Mars Party being hosted by the Charlotte Amateur Astronomy...
I thought you might want to know about this also: Just a quick reminder that the Carolina SkyGazers have a Mars Watch scheduled with the Museum of York County...
I'm planning on putting my SBIG ST-5C up for sale on Astromart and wanted to give the group this opportunity. It can be used as an autoguider for film or to...
I just got a notice from John Dilday concerning a presentation that will be conducted on Saturday afternoon at the Mid-Atlantic Star Party entitled "How to...
I've been itching to do this and finally the weather cooperated, well sort of. There were some light cirrus clouds drifting through which made the image dim...
... Nice shot guy, your web site is more and more impressive each day. Are you planning on going to Slabfest this weekend? Not sure if the weather is going to...
Thanks Otto. It seems everytime I plan on going to a star party the weather turns sour, but if the weathermen are wrong I will definitely be going. Frank...
It appears the weather might be OK Sat. night. Why don't we meet at the museum around 4:00pm Sat. and decide where to eat. Shelby has quite a few places to...
Boy talk about a large turn out. The weather was alittle wet for about 2 hours and then it cleared around 10pm and the skys were great. Otto and Sue left...
Agreed, Barre. It was awesome! First time I've seen the Milky Way with the naked eye. I've NEVER seen so many stars before. Terry ... great. ... There...
If your an early bird, check out Mercury. It reached it's greatest western elongation on 9/26/03 and will be visible in the pre dawn eastern sky for the next...
According to the S&T web site, comet Encke is visible for the next few months. On October 25th it will be very close to M31 and should be easy to find. We have...
12:20 AM Nov. 15 Saturn's rings will occult the star SAO 78867. The star should flicker on and off as the rings pass by. Next chance to view an event like this...
Did anyone see the comet? I went out with the scope last night and spent about an hour looking but couldn't track it down. At mag. 12.83 I think it was at the...
Otto, I tried imaging Encke Wed night...didn't get anything. You shouldn't feel bad though, I fellow here at MASP couldn't find it with a 20 inch Dob either....
Frank, Your right, I downloaded new comet data today and found that Friday, Oct. 24 it had a mag of 11.23 with surface brightness of 24.3. On the SkyTools...
Otto, Thanks, it sure was frustrating trying to locate that booger. Now I know why I had so much trouble...at that mag it's practically invisible! I saw this...
Terry, This is the only image I have half way processed so far. I have a couple others that I haven't processed yet and it may be a while since I already had...
Terry, If you want a copy of the pictures I took around the observing field send me your address and I will forward them to you on CD. Pete Peter M. Kubacko ...
Frank, Nice shot of the Horse Head. It's on the top of my observing list. Think I'll have to move out west to get dark enough skies to see it :o) Otto...
As you may have guessed from my earlier Horse Head shot I finally took out a fourth mortgage on the house, sold off all my prized possessions, robbed a few...
Otto, Thanks, you are very kind. Can you imagine how science might have progressed if guys like Newton, Copernicus, or Galileo had the tools of today? We...
The Aurora put on a show tonight like I've never seen. The sky was glowing red from 6:30 to 7:00 PM tonight. My astronomy books say this kind of display was in...
