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...
Terry, You might also check out: http://www.seds.org/~spider/ngc/ngc.html Type in the ngc number (e.g. 7331). There's lots of interesting info on the objects....
Check out today's APOD for an animation of the eclipse: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031107.html Also for those who didn't get my handout at the meeting...
Thanks, Frank, but I'm missing something. I plugged in 7619 and 7632. Clicked everything that I could click on, and didn't find a distance. What am I...
Terry, I don't think you're missing anything. It looks like the "More on..." link is not available for all NGCs. There is one for 891 and 7331 which were the...
Here's a little more info. The weather's not looking all that promising. Total Eclipse of the Moon, 08 Nov 03 (times are EST) Site Information (Clover, SC) ...
Looking through the "2004 Observers Handbook" I ran across a table of the 40 optically brightest Shapley-Ames galaxies and its complete with distances :0) I'll...
