I hope some are remembering that Dean Johnson asked for help with the big homecoming at Spring Grove June 23. He offers free food and dark skies in return for...
Can't make it this weekend. I forgot to check with anyone about using the club scope. If someone wants to use it and has a pickup or minivan to put it in,...
Tonight I am going to the Trempealeau Wild life refuge, A professor from Winona St. is giving a public presentation. I am thinking of going out to the flying...
Hello! I'm Carol Huston, president of the Rose City Astronomers (RCA) in Portland, Oregon. RCA is host to the Astronomical League's 2007 Convention, and I am...
There were 6 observers out at the flying field Friday night. Red had his 8" Meade SCT, Phil brought his 12" truss dob, Gordon had his 6" newt (neatly packed...
Craig and I were at the flying field Saturday night. I didn't think the seeing was as good as Friday night. Jupiter, for instance, never really showed any...
We will be meeting again in July to continue our discussion of the future direction of LCAAS. That meeting will be Wed, July 11. Likely in room 201 of Cowley...
We I finally got all the parts for my dsx-90. Tonight was the first night I was able to play with it. I did a quick 2 star alignment and had it go to...
... had ... and ... above ... Jupiter ... very ... Craig ... darker. ... Early in the evening we saw an unidentified satellite that was quite bright. Shuttle? ...
I think I have the hang of it now! Â Â Â Â Great meeting; we do need to understand where the club has come from to make intelligent choices about future...
I'm trying to decide if I should lug the club scope out there. I took it out (back yard) Tuesday night and attempted to (star) collimate the primary....
I wouldn't bother dragging it along unless someone has indicated they would like to use it. (Not me!) I thought there was a chance of a storm tonight or it...
You have a chance to see 1.4-mag. Regulus (ZC 1487) flash off and on repeatedly among mountains and craters near the north pole on the dark side of the 26%...
Hi Guys, From the Weather Channel satellite, it looks like the clouds that are over us now are heading southeast and there should be a gap for awhile tonight....
Hi, There is a daytime grazing occultation of Regulus Tuesday evening. Around 7:49 to 7:57PM CDT for the path in Wisconsin. For more information see my link...
The Space Station and Shuttle will be making a 3 minute pass tonight at 9:30. NNW 40 DEG above the Horizon for 3 minutes.They have already separated, but will...
Thanks Craig. It was quite a sight to see. We had the whole family out! Was the shuttle really first? It was so much brighter. Where do you find the times...
Please be reminded that Dean Johnson asked for help with the "star-be-que" outside Spring Grove Friday evening, Jun 22. Dean wishes to know how many scopes...
Did anyone else get the opportunity to check out last evenings grazing occultation? I took the time as the moon was well situated for viewing from my deck. I...
Rick - I use http://www.heavens-above.com . It is a free site, but you need to register. You enter your lat. and long. so they can do the calculations for...
Since observing is out tonight, thought I'd drop a line about last Friday at the flying field. Mike A. and I got there around 9:40pm to find Craig and Rick...
Venus and Saturn will be passing close to each other this weekend. Should be a fine view in a telescope at low power. Spaceweather.com states that they will be...
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