Search the web
Sign In
New User? Sign Up
pg_obs · Prairie Grass Observatory
? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Show off your group to the world. Share a photo of your group with us.

Best of Y! Groups

   Check them out and nominate your group.
Having problems with message search? Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.

Messages

  Messages Help
Advanced
Messages 417 - 446 of 493   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Messages: Simplify | Expand   (Group by Topic) Author Sort by Date ^
417
..this weekend, Saturday at 9, Sunday at 11am. Last weekend we finished painting the interior, finished and installed the door, and built the main arches of...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jun 2, 2006
7:04 pm
418
Last weekend the dome becase three dimensional when we attached the main shutter arches to the base ring, and added some ribs. On Monday and Tuesday I added...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jun 9, 2006
6:59 pm
419
<http://indianastars.us/starparty> As you may know, NIAGfest is no more, so GREATCon (convention of the Great Lakes Region of the Astronomical Society) will be...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jun 10, 2006
3:29 am
420
Progress was slow this week due to rain over the weekend. Also, some of the plywood that the ribs were cut from had warped from all the rain earlier in May,...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jun 16, 2006
8:07 am
421
Reminder from the Calendar of pg_obs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_obs/cal Open House Friday June 23, 2006 9:30 pm - 12:30 am (This event does not repeat.) ...
pg_obs@yahoogroups.com
Send Email
Jun 22, 2006
2:26 am
422
Sorry I forgot to mention this earlier, but Turkey Run and Shades state parks are having an Astronomy Day this Saturday (this weekend's PGO open house is...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jun 22, 2006
6:04 pm
423
Progress was slow again this week due to rain on Sunday and high heat the rest of the time, but we finished trimming around the shutter opening on Saturday and...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jun 22, 2006
6:11 pm
424
FYI, There was a little piece on the front page of the Lafayette J&C about the longest day (yesterday) and the time change impact on different activities. If...
Russell B. Kaspar
rk@...
Send Email
Jun 22, 2006
6:30 pm
425 John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jun 24, 2006
7:14 am
426
We got about half the "skin" panels in place this weekend. A few others were done earlier, so we're more than half done. I've also started on the shutters. ...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jun 30, 2006
8:22 pm
427
Yahoo ate my first copy of this, so here's the condensed version, since I have only a few minutes: We have about 1 day's work left on the dome before painting...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jul 7, 2006
9:05 pm
428
Hoppy has a spray gun we were going to use for the paint, but it looks like the paint we have won't work with it. So we have to paint by hand. That means we...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jul 8, 2006
4:18 pm
429
Just a few finishing details left for Saturday, then we'll put the dome on the building on Sunday. Here's some pictures Bill Hayward sent me last week:...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jul 14, 2006
6:37 am
430
After we raced for a day and a half this weekend to finish the dome, we found out that Hoppy's friend with the crane couldn't make it Sunday. Fortunately,...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jul 18, 2006
4:08 pm
431
Here's the latest updates for IFSP: We have a new vendor, Camera Concepts & Telescope Solutions <http://www.cameraconcepts.com/> Also, Lonnie Puterbaugh of...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jul 18, 2006
7:20 pm
432
Well how was I supposed to know a major storm would be blowing through exactly at 9am Thursday. Sigh. Stay tuned for rescheduling. -John...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jul 20, 2006
12:27 pm
433
We've rescheduled for 9am tomorrow (Friday) morning. -John...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jul 20, 2006
12:58 pm
434
The truck was too small and couldn't raise the dome. We have a bigger truck coming in at 1:15 this afternoon (Friday). -John...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jul 21, 2006
2:50 pm
435
See attached pictures. That's me in the third picture holding up the dome ;) The truck this time was from the Frankfort power and light utility. Serious ...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jul 22, 2006
3:18 am
436
Reminder from the Calendar of pg_obs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_obs/cal Open House Friday July 28, 2006 9:00 pm - 12:00 am (This event does not repeat.) ...
pg_obs@yahoogroups.com
Send Email
Jul 27, 2006
1:57 am
437
It was a stressful but ultimately successful week. After several false starts, the dome was finally put on top of the building last Friday (which ...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Jul 27, 2006
8:52 pm
438
.. is nearly finished. The carpet was put in this morning, and I'm finishing the hold-down hardware. Bill Hayward has been working on motorizing the dome. I...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Aug 4, 2006
7:28 pm
439
Here's some pictures of the dome, with the new scope mounted. -John...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Aug 9, 2006
7:38 am
440
Reminder from the Calendar of pg_obs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_obs/cal Indiana Family Star Party Friday August 18, 2006 2:00 pm - 12:00 am (This event...
pg_obs@yahoogroups.com
Send Email
Aug 11, 2006
5:57 pm
441
Reminder from the Calendar of pg_obs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_obs/cal Indiana Family Star Party Friday August 18, 2006 2:00 pm - 12:00 am (This event...
pg_obs@yahoogroups.com
Send Email
Aug 16, 2006
5:58 pm
442
Reminder from the Calendar of pg_obs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_obs/cal Open House Saturday September 16, 2006 8:30 pm - 12:00 am (This event does not...
pg_obs@yahoogroups.com
Send Email
Sep 15, 2006
12:30 am
443
Camp Cullom's annual "Graze and Gaze" event will be held this Saturday Oct 14. The Chili Supper will begin at 4:30 (with smores for dessert, I think). A ...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Oct 11, 2006
8:24 am
444
Reminder from the Calendar of pg_obs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_obs/cal Open House Saturday October 21, 2006 7:30 pm - 12:00 am (This event does not...
pg_obs@yahoogroups.com
Send Email
Oct 19, 2006
11:57 pm
445
The Indiana Astronomical Society and the Wabash Valley Astronomical Society are sponsoring a free Astronomy Day event (two days, actually) at PGO on ...
John Mahony
jmmahony
Offline Send Email
Feb 28, 2007
9:39 pm
446
Reminder from: pg_obs Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_obs/cal Open House Saturday March 17, 2007 8:30 pm - 12:00 am Location: Prairie Grass...
pg_obs@yahoogroups.com
Send Email
Mar 16, 2007
12:28 am
Messages 417 - 446 of 493   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Advanced
Add to My Yahoo!      XML What's This?

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help