Remember that the club will hold a public observing event the evening of Saturday May 15th. If you can help us out we'd appreciate it. Bring a scope or just...
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Joe
nssdz
Apr 28, 2010 10:11 pm
Anyone here capable of doing video through their scopes? Joe The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com...
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Phil
astrochoker
Apr 28, 2010 10:06 pm
Bob, I sure don't know anything about it. Getting the City of La Crosse to do anything about such problems is a lost cause as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather...
Anybody know any details of the City of La Crosse lighting ordinance from last year? Bob Wayne Young: Outdoor lighting needs a second look By Wayne Young / La...
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Rick KB9TKG
kb9tkg
Apr 28, 2010 2:14 pm
Hi Phil, Where is the presentation? In that meeting room just down the hall from Hackberries? What does around 7:00pm mean? Meaning: could it start early or...
This is a very good model, showing why it is so hard to see Mar's moons. Jon ... From: Ben J. Huset <benhuset@...> To: mnsfs@... Cc:...
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jondannehy@...
darkenerg7
Apr 24, 2010 11:36 am
I thought this might be of interest. ... From: Allison Phelps <APhelps@...> To: jondannehy@... Sent: Fri, Apr 23, 2010 11:27 am Subject: Former...
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fastsedan
Apr 21, 2010 3:23 am
I arrived at about 8:00pm to find Harry already there with his 11 inch Celestron Nexstar SCT. Shortly afterwards Mike A. arrived with his 10 inch Orion dob....
A few of us are going to the Coulee Region Modelers Flying Field tonight. Seeing is not supposed to be great, and it's supposed to get down to 29 Deg tonight,...
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starman1944
Apr 16, 2010 1:39 pm
This made the local news here at 5:30 pm Thursday. Bob...
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WO0W
red_haines
Apr 15, 2010 1:55 pm
Hi, Harry; I suspect you saw a meteor that is reported today at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=arx&storyid=50886&source=0 ...
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starman1944
Apr 8, 2010 1:35 pm
I have started working on deleting old messages that are "dated". It is tedious, but helps "clean-up" the old posts. Only the poster of the post can delete it....
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Phil
astrochoker
Apr 6, 2010 11:45 pm
Please join us at Hackberries, located above the People's Food Coop, in downtown La Crosse. Social hour will begin at 5:30 PM with dinner at 6:00. The...
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Phil
astrochoker
Apr 6, 2010 11:37 pm
Paul Kinzer will be on WPR from 11:45am -12:30pm on Wednesday, April 14; to talk about amateur astronomy in general, and about Astronomy Day,...
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kinzer.paul
Mar 29, 2010 6:02 am
Hey all, I just finished upgrading a Dob mount that I got on eBay (very cheaply; the free shipping probably took well over half what I paid for it, and the...
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jondannehy@...
darkenerg7
Mar 28, 2010 6:38 pm
oh yes that is true, they had just barely enough power and oxygen to make it back the first time. If they had missed it would have taken them another 5 months...
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Idle-Tyme
nssdz
Mar 28, 2010 4:43 pm
But from how the story goes they all would have been dead tho.. true? Joe The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com...
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jondannehy@...
darkenerg7
Mar 28, 2010 4:39 pm
It is funny what we astronomy guys find "sexy" Jon ... From: Ben J. Huset <benhuset@...> To: mnsfs@...; MAS@...; astronews@... ...
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jondannehy@...
darkenerg7
Mar 28, 2010 4:29 pm
This is very interesting finding out that Apollo 13 would have returned if they missed the Earth the first time. Jon ... From: Dale Reid <reid@...> To:...
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jondannehy@...
darkenerg7
Mar 27, 2010 12:58 am
Bob, It is a TMB 254 mm f/9 It has a triplet objective. One of the said caveats of TMB is that their color correction is so good that it even goes beyond the...
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starman1944
Mar 23, 2010 1:03 pm
Jon - That's one "heck" of a nice refractor!! How big? Brand? Bob...
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jondannehy@...
darkenerg7
Mar 23, 2010 9:52 am
This is the new observatory and telescope that the Minnesota club has. If you scroll to the bottom of the page there are some links to the construction of the...
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jondannehy@...
darkenerg7
Mar 22, 2010 10:03 am
This looks interesting. I don't think I can take the time from work to go but I thought I'd pass it on to you guys. Jon ... From: Karen Mermel...
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jondannehy@...
darkenerg7
Mar 19, 2010 11:05 pm
Here is what our friends in Duluth are doing for Astronomy day. I will ask Eric to send me some pictures from their event. Jon Dannehy ... From: Eric Norland...
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mrdlg2u
Mar 3, 2010 8:30 pm
Great, 7:30 for the collimation demonstration. I plan on being there....
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Mike Rowlands
fastsedan
Mar 3, 2010 3:53 pm
Welcome Darrin, At 7:00 pm we do club business, which can be pretty boring, but everyone is welcome. Our (public) presentations begin at 8:00 pm (usually a...
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mrdlg2u
Mar 3, 2010 2:34 pm
Hi, Just joined, and the e-mail I got said the meeting started at 7:00, the website says 8:00 next questions: what can I expect for tonight? will there be any...
