I forgot about the South Middle School star party tonight. We got clouded last week so it is tonight at 7PM. Forecast is nice and clear. We are getting near...
We are going to try South middle school Monday night. We will setup about 6PM just west of the school (eastern part of Ulland park). I made a list of objects...
Reminder from the Calendar of northern_sky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northern_sky/cal Club Meeting Tuesday November 9, 2004 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (This event...
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Circular No. 8435 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION Mailstop 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA ...
I haven't noticed getting anything like that although I have been getting junk sent to me at my UND office. That isn't related to the club though. What kind...
I will be giving a talk this Friday (tomorrow) in Witmer room 209 from 4PM-5PM. For lack of a better topic, I am presenting research I did in X-Ray astronomy...
Hello, as you have heard the Star Party committee is looking for a few good designs for shirts this year. Its going to be a big year for our event, we want to...
I saw the new comet last night after midnight about 15 degrees lower right of Rigel. It was visible from my front yard in my big binoculars (11x70). I then...
I was out with 7x35's south of town and spotted it easy. No sign of a tail. I could not see it naked eye, the moon is interfering for the next few days so...
We had our first clear night in a couple of weeks here, and I also just looked at the comet through my 8" f/5 with a 30mm 2" eyepiece. Nice looking comet, now...
I think when the moon goes away you will have a good chance at seeing it naked eye, especially when it reaches closest approach to Earth. The Digital Rebel is...
I clicked on the Orion banner ad on the S&T site the other day and saw that Orion had their bino's on sale. The explorer model that normally goes for $49.95...
Meade has a sale on their 8x42s and 12x50s on their outsite site on ebay between 10-20$ shipped. I got three pairs and they turned out to be good. Vishnu ... ...
Despite the -20° weather, I brought my binoculars and digital camera out to view the comet last night. I decided it was too cold to set up binoculars. It...
I was roaming web pages and noticed that Celestron has announced a C20 astrograph. I could not find a price but they claim to be thousands less than competing...
... Paul, I believe Celestron announced that about 1 year ago. It is a Dall-Kirkham design. From what I have heard, at the most two have been seen (both at...
... That would mean selling the truck, the car, all my gadgets, scopes, computers, my watch, and probably the dog to. After looking around a bit more, I see...
Hello NSAS members -- As this is my first post to the group, I'll introduce myself, although you probably already know who I am. My name is Paul Hardersen and...
Hay everyone take a look at spaceweather.com, their picture of the day is from someone famous.! Sundogs for everyone I guess. We ought to have a sundog photo...
Greetings -- As I am the recent recipient of a 3-year NASA research grant, I also have the opportunity to submit an education/public outreach proposal for up...
I got a copy of the e-mail sent from Milly about setting up the agenda for the Feb. 14th club meeting. I thought Matt was taking care of that? I dont think...
Part of the VP's job is to help the Pres with the agenda. The important thing is that there is communication between the Pres and VP before the meeting to...
To eliminate the apparent confusion among some people about NSAS access to the observatory, I make the following comments: 1. Observatory access has been...
Some may be confused as to the motivation of the previous message. I believe it is in response to a semester schedule I made up as requested in section 5.1 of...
Dean -- My primary concern is that a faculty member be present if students are going to use the facility. The only real exception to this is graduate students...
Apparently, e-mail is leading to a lot of confusion. Hopefully, we can work this out during the meeting. I did not see a the faculty presence requirement in...