Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the northstarastronomical group: Is meeting on line during the cold winter months preferable to meeting...
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Feb 9, 2005 11:30 pm
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Yes discoverer98, meeting on line spares this member a sometimes treacherous drive over snowy roads. Could we have more meetings this way? An on line meeting...
We again will be meeting at the Elkwood campground recreation building at 7PM on July 7th. We will be kicking off the 4 day long Sirius Star Gazing party at...
A great time was had by all. Heather and Chris showed off the go to abilities of their new Meade scope and Jan Messerchmidt learned many constellations and...
Hi, We will be discussing the recent discovery of a 10th planet in our solar system and the supernova in M51 and planning a star party for the night of the...
Hi, We will meet the first thursday of the month as usual at the Elkwood Campground near Wolverine at 7PM. We will be discussing future star parties and good...
Hello to all, I just signed up to this group and would like more info about the group as I have a cottage in the Gaylord area and am currently using a Meade...
Hi Rich, You can go to this site http://www.elkwoodcamp.com/contact.html to get directions to our meeting place at Elkwood campgrounds about 6 miles SE of...
"Patrick" and group, Thankyou for the warm welcome! I'm looking forward to joining the group for some viewing time when I get the chance. CLEAR SKIES!! "RICH"...
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...
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