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...
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Steve Downing
sjdown
Jan 11, 2006 12:26 pm
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...
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discoverer98
Jan 11, 2006 5:41 pm
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...
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Steve Downing
sjdown
Jan 11, 2006 7:26 pm
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....
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pat stonehouse
discoverer98
Jan 11, 2006 9:47 pm
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...
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Steve Downing
sjdown
Jan 12, 2006 9:26 pm
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...
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pat stonehouse
discoverer98
Jan 13, 2006 6:06 am
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...
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Steve Downing
sjdown
Apr 2, 2006 12:41 pm
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...
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pat stonehouse
discoverer98
Apr 2, 2006 4:25 pm
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...
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discoverer98
Apr 9, 2006 6:02 pm
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...
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discoverer98
Apr 9, 2006 6:07 pm
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...
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Steve Downing
sjdown
Apr 10, 2006 2:14 am
... 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...
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discoverer98
Apr 23, 2006 4:30 pm
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...
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discoverer98
Apr 23, 2006 4:42 pm
Comet Pojmanski is near the bright star Caph in Casseopeia but nearing 10th magnitude so needs a good scope to see it....
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discoverer98
May 4, 2006 2:11 pm
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...
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whyistherenofreename
whyisthereno...
May 5, 2006 5:59 pm
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...
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Steve Downing
sjdown
Jun 1, 2006 9:27 am
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?...
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discoverer98
Jun 2, 2006 12:06 am
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....
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discoverer98
Jun 7, 2006 4:43 pm
Hi All, This is a great month for observing Mercury low in the West about 30 minutes after sunset. Right now it is getting a little higher each evening as it...
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discoverer98
Jun 16, 2006 4:02 pm
Over the next few nights Mars will pass Saturn showing how much faster it is travelling on its smaller orbit around the Sun than the much slower moving ringed...
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discoverer98
Jun 28, 2006 10:23 pm
Hi, This morning I imaged 25 star clusters near the constellation Sagittarius and just put the pictures in the photos section under Clobular Clusters. All are...
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discoverer98
Aug 3, 2006 11:59 pm
Looks like Jeff and his Sirius Stargazers will be up from August 24-27. Lets hope for clear skies so we can put their big scopes to good use. Patrick...
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Richard W Kropf
kropfrw
Aug 4, 2006 2:40 pm
Pat: I had my 10" dob out last night. Great views of M31-32 around 2 AM. I've been getting it in shape in case I'm invited to bring it to a U of M...
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pat stonehouse
discoverer98
Aug 4, 2006 2:59 pm
Hello Cosmic Rick, Yes I was looking at M31 about the same time this morning. Mostly I was manually doing a comet search around sagittarius and Hercules area...
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Richard W Kropf
kropfrw
Aug 5, 2006 5:30 pm
Pat: Was out again this morning around 2:30. You mentioned a Coyne lecture. On what and where did you pick it up? -- Rick ... rwkropf@... + ...
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discoverer98
Aug 13, 2006 1:20 pm
Observed the great Perseid Meteor Shower last night after midnight but the Gibbous waning moon spoiled some of the show. Still I saw several bright members...
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Richard W Kropf
kropfrw
Aug 13, 2006 3:56 pm
Pat: The cosmology course at U of M biological research camp was canacelled due to lack of students. I know the feeeling well. Hope we have good weather...
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discoverer98
Aug 22, 2006 10:17 pm
If the weather clears the Sirius stargazers are coming up north this weekend and bringing their big scopes with them. But the forcast is for rain both friday...
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discoverer98
Aug 24, 2006 4:54 pm
The IAU today made history demoting Pluto from a major planet to the less prestigious class of dwarf planet. Here is an excerpt from an article on yahoo. For...
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discoverer98
Aug 26, 2006 6:15 pm
Hi, Again another star party has been cancelled due to poor weather conditions which have plagued our observing time all too much this year. Patrick...
