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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hi, We will be discussing the demise of Pluto as a major planet and how you can help discover new planets with only an on line connection to the WWW. Patrick...
HI Steve, Yes if you want we can have one more meeting at 7PM on the first thursday of October in 2 weeks and then that will be our last meeting at Elkwood for...
Hey Patrick! It has been busy around the house lately. I haven't had a single night out observing since I got home. Too tired since having our youngest boy ...
HI, The new comet Swan is a naked eye comet visible a few degrees below M13 in Hercules tonight. If you can find clear skies this is a very nice greenish comet...
Hello, The president of the Grand Traverse astronomical Association contacted me about givng a lecture in the spring at a star meet in Kalkaska.He told me...
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