Jim and Galen stopped by my observatory thursday after the meeting and we looked at Venus and Jupiter and some star clusters through galen's new scope and...
"PATRICK" , WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE MEADE 12" RCX-4000 ? GIVE US THE DETAILS IF YOU WOULD,WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOU ( FIRST HAND ) THOUGHT ABOUT IT...
Hi Rich, The RCX400 has many nice functions you can read about in their ads but as of right now I get much better quality images using my little LXD55 10"....
"PATRICK", I HAVE READ AND HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOUR NEW SCOPE,HAVE NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO CHECK ONE OUT YET.I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW IT WAS WORKING OUT FOR...
Hi, Last night I imaged 21 objects stacking several exposures on each without leaving my chair so Goto and tracking both function very well. problem is in the...
Subject: e-tracking through yahoo groups A helpful hint Please read on. I disabled the "Web Beacon" from my work computer today. I will do the same on my home...
Concentrated within 20 degrees of the Northern horizon is a greenish purple aurora tonight very bright. Otherwise a grand night for observing deep sky objects...
Hi, Even on these partly cloudy nights mars can be seen through high clouds and sometimes the clouds filter the light from Mars so you can see more detail in...
Patrick, I was wondering if you would be coming to the campground for your monthly meetings any more, didn't see you on the 6th. Well if anything, I will have...
Hi Mark, I think your wife mentioned that you were closing the store in October for the winter so we would nt be able to meet there. We usually do not very...
Tonight Mars will be closer than it will be again for another 13 years. I observed Mars under poor seeing conditions this morning and saw many details on the...
Hi, This Wednesday December 21 2005 is the Winter Solstice and will be celebrated at the Raven Hill Science Center. At 4PM observers will leave the Center and...
Hello Northstar Group! It was frustrating to see all your announcements about meetings and celestial events that we couldn't really appreciate without a decent...
Congratulations Steve on owning such a nice scope. Have never actually looked through one myself but did read a nice review of it. You should be able to...
Thanks Pat. The review I read about that scope in Astronomy magazine was very positive and as a beginner it was just what I needed to prod me into a purchase....
Hi Steve, You should get some nice views of the cloud belts and moons of Jupiter and the ring of Saturn and Titan with that scope at powers over 160X if the...
Hi Pat! Gosh, it will sure be great to have that new scope in the house. It looks like I'll be flying to Galveston tomorrow and won't be home when the scope...
Hi Steve, Hope you ahve a safe trip to the sothern regions of the US and have clear skies to check out the southern stars there. Have you ever been below the...
Hi to the northstar group! This is from a relatively new member: we hope to join you all for a stargazing night soon. Two young daughters and I put our new...
Congratulations Steve! First look through a nice telescope can be a wonderful experience. Did you notice all the stars around the moon last night as the...
Hi All, Just talked with Mark and Cindi and they think the Recreation building will be finished by the end of April so we can hold our first meeting there the...
HI STEVE, Yes Mars is very faint now as it is far away from us in its orbit around the sun. Next year , as it does every 2 years Earth will catch up to Mars...
... May 4th, okay, I'll put that on my calendar and hope to persuade as many family members as possible to accompany me to the meeting. We'll be using scopes...
Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 can be seen in binoculars the next few nights very near the bright star Gemma in Corona Borealis. It is also undergoing a...
Just another reminder about our first meeting of the 2006 year. If you need directions to the campground go to links and you will find the web adress there for...
Hi I've been taking my Dad's new telescope and finding planets nebulas and galaxies with him.And I recently went to A astronomy group meeting with patrick...
Thanks for joining the group Cal! There is another meeting coming up this month, maybe we can make it to that one? We'll see how it goes. Do you want to go?...
We had our June meeting tonight and with nice weather hope to be observing most of the night. Mercury is well placed low in the west for observing this week....