I have just recently purchased property near Silver City, NM. I plan to move there when I retire in a few years (4). The skies are very dark and it seems like...
Gary I have been looking for people in the the Silver City area to help us form a club there. I am the President of the National Public Observatory based in...
John Gilkison
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Apr 4, 2004 5:36 pm
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Gary, I looked for an astronomical society or club in the vaccinate of Silver City and the closest I could find is the Astronomy Society of Los Cruses. They...
Dale Murray
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Apr 4, 2004 5:58 pm
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Hey, dark sky lovers, A couple of years ago I followed my dreams to New Mexico and built a house and observatory in a great location at 7200 feet in the ...
LodeStar Astronomy Center 1801 Mountain Road NW Albuquerque NM 87104 Contact: Karen Keese 841-5972 or 261-0040 Email: kkeese@... ... SPACE JUNK...
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Apr 7, 2004 3:56 am
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Randy Roberts, our Best of Show astrophotographer from last year's Astro-Images of New Mexico contest, has informed me that his winning image of lightning and...
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Apr 7, 2004 8:51 pm
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Try either http://www.dailylobo.com/news/2004/04/07/News/Lighting.On.Campus.To.Undergo.Makeover-653544.shtml or http://tinyurl.com/2hah3 for today's Daily Lobo...
http://www.nmheritage.org/pdf/conference.pdf 8th Annual Statewide Conference T h e C r o s s r o a d s o f C u l t u r e April 16-17, 2004 Best Western Mesilla...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2004 Contacts: International Dark-Sky Association Bob Gent, Public Relations Officer rlgent1@... or National Dark-Sky Week...
John, thanks for the info. I will be living in Tucson, AZ for the next 4 years until I retire. I have purchased land in Silver City and will be building a...
I received this info request from an acquaintance and hoped that someone on this list could help him with some info. I haven't been to that particular party...
Nils Allen We here at the National Public Observatory consider the Southern New Mexico Star Party to be a better venue. We are of course prejudice since we...
John Gilkison
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Apr 18, 2004 11:00 pm
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Sheesh, what a shameless plug that was... John, I really don't think it was appropriate to claim yours is the better venue, regardless of how you feel. The...
I have actually attended the Enchanted Skies Star Party and was not too enchanted with it. But I am glad to see no one else is making any shameless plugs for...
John Gilkison
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Apr 19, 2004 6:51 am
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I have been to the Enchanted Skies Star Party several times and had a lot
of fun. I also enjoyed the variety of guest presenters during the day, and
I...
Victoria Wiggins
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Apr 19, 2004 4:09 pm
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We attended the Enchanted Skies Star Party in it's first two years of infancy, and loved it. We were there on the public nights, and the astronomers that...
Ok. Now for my two cents worth... All of the star parties highlight our great dark New Mexico skies...a selling point to any non-New Mexican who isn't normally...
Actually the White Sands Star Party is scheduled for September 10-11, 2004 this year. Victoria has her months mixed up. This is earlier than when you stated ...
Jack Dembicky
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Apr 20, 2004 4:31 am
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Jackie, I think you addressed this whole issue better than I've ever heard before. Thanks for representing the true 'big picture' of amateur astro-events in NM...
Well put Jackie! Nothing can beat New Mexico for GREAT Star Parties. I have been to the last 3 White Sands Star Parties and hope to make it to Enchanted Skies...
NM Astronomy While I have tried to stay away from ad hominum aguements I must respond to Richard. "One can only make such a observation from personnal...
John Gilkison
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Apr 21, 2004 6:15 am
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... From: <ctstarwchr@...> To: <undisclosed-recipients:> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 10:55 PM Subject: [DSLF] Word is getting around National Dark Sky...
The Albuquerque Astronomical Society PO Box 50581 Albuquerque NM 87181 Contact: Karen Keese 261-0040 Email: pr@... ... STARGAZING IN THE MANZANOS April...
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Apr 22, 2004 2:53 am
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To anyone tracking artificial satellites- I am in Albuquerque, and saw what appeared to be a satellite moving from southwest to northeast this morning at 5:52...
Merry Stubblefield, Esq
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Apr 23, 2004 12:01 pm
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Good Morning, I went to Sky and Telescope's almanac http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/almanac/default.asp and put in yesterdays date and it showed that the...
Hello, Please take a moment to read our group description at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/abq_biz We hope you'll see a reason to join....All are welcome! ...
For satellite viewing (and info) check out Heavens Above website http://www.heavens-above.com/ You enter your Latitude and Longitude and it will give info on...
LodeStar Astronomy Center 1801 Mountain Road NW Albuquerque NM 87104 Contacts: David Beining, 841-5985 or 362-2614 dbeining@... Karen Keese,...
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May 7, 2004 11:15 pm
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NM Group Anyone been observing comet Q-4 Neat? I seen it Wednesday and tonight through gaps in the cloud cover, from downtown Las Cruces. I am looking forward...