If you're lucky enough to be off work today, I'll be at PGO using our new H-alpha filter today for a few hours starting around 1. -John Get your FREE download...
If you got an email from "tinamglaser" through the Prairie Grass Observatory yahoogroup mailing list, DO NOT open the attachment! It is a virus! -John Mahony...
I will be out at PGO about 2:30 today using our new solar filter. -John _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the...
The first photos taken through our new H-alpha solar filter are available on our website beam.to/pgo These are first efforts and are much less dramatic than...
We will open the 12" telecope side for solar observing session for the Klondike Derby Saturday afternoon, January 26th. The Scouts will be first priority but...
Russell Kaspar
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Jan 25, 2002 4:07 am
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Russ: Need or want any help? ... -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alan East Computer Technician o o O O O O O O O ...
Report on Solar viewing session Saturday January 26. Wow! Over 150 people for Daytime Session and at least 75 for the night session. Thanks to John Mahony...
Russell Kaspar
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Jan 28, 2002 1:21 am
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I'll be out at the observatory about 3 today using our new solar filter. I've got a new digital camera and want to try it with a bracket I made (for an old...
Some astrophotography taken with a digital camera are now available on the PGO website at http://www.geocities.com/jmmahony/pgo/photo/astrophoto.html -John ...
John: What kind of camera / settings are you using? Which telescope? ... -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alan East Computer...
Except for one of the solar pictures (an earlier 35mm film picture), all the new ones were taken with a simple digital camera that's basically all automatic,...
John, this site was mentioned in the Indy Star and it is a good one. www.northern-lights.no. Later, Dania Remaly...
Dania Remaly
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Mar 21, 2002 5:36 pm
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Open house this Saturday, April 13th at 8:30! Hope to see you there. Another open house will be Wednesday, April 17th at 8:30. Russ Kaspar...
Russell Kaspar
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Apr 7, 2002 11:21 pm
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Is this 8:30 in the evening? ... From: Russell Kaspar [mailto:rk@...] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 6:21 PM To: pg_obs@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Dania Remaly
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Apr 8, 2002 1:25 pm
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I dont know.... Should i know???? Are you going?? From: "Dania Remaly" <dremaly@...> Reply-To: pg_obs@yahoogroups.com To: <pg_obs@yahoogroups.com> ...
Loretta La Force
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Apr 8, 2002 9:43 pm
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Hi everyone, I am a fourteen year old that got an Orion skyquest xt8 for Christmas and I am having trouble finding objects. I am able to find the Pleiades,...
tinamglaser
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Apr 8, 2002 10:18 pm
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Yes, the normal starting time is in the evening, but for anyone wondering why that's not obvious, we will occasionally be using our solar filter in the...
Aaron, yes, definitely bring your scope. Learning to find things with a scope is the hardest part of getting started in astronomy. It's an unfortunate fact...
Reminder from the Calendar of pg_obs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_obs/cal Open House Saturday April 13, 2002 8:30 pm - 12:00 am Event Location: Prairie...
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Apr 12, 2002 1:25 am
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Reminder from the Calendar of pg_obs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_obs/cal Open House Saturday April 13, 2002 8:30 pm - 12:00 am Event Location: Prairie...
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Apr 12, 2002 1:25 am
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Like a lot of people I was debating whether to travel the 28 odd miles from Lafayette to the observatory but thought what the heck. If I get to see the...
Just to correct myself...i did of course mean saturn when i talked about the rings :-) phew, good job i read my own post :-) ... If ... to ... and ... which ...
Reminder from the Calendar of pg_obs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_obs/cal Open House Wednesday April 17, 2002 8:30 pm - 12:00 am Event Location: Prairie...
Our next openhouse date is Friday May 10th at 8:30 pm. Hope to see you at the observatory then. rk...
Russell Kaspar
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May 2, 2002 4:05 pm
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Reminder from the Calendar of pg_obs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_obs/cal Open House Friday May 10, 2002 8:30 pm - 12:00 am Event Location: Prairie Grass...
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May 9, 2002 1:25 am
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We've been putting insulation and panelling in the computer/storage room at the observatory. I'll be finishing that today, and since the weather is so clear,...
Now that the weather is warming up we've been pretty busy finishing the initial plans for the observatory. In particular: 1) If you've been there this year,...
You'll notice a new weather vane on top of the newly paneled and insulated warming room the next time you come out to the observatory. We can now tell more...
Russell Kaspar
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Jun 1, 2002 3:37 am
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The observatory will be open today from 2 to 5 for solar observing. -John _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE...