No, I was just imaging some galaxies in the Pegasus square area and not really looking for SuperNovae. Usually, before I image a galaxy, I look it up on my...
An amateur in Australia just recorded and reported what appears to possibly be an impact event on Jupiter similar to the Shoemacker-Levy comet impacts in 1994....
Thanks very much for the feedback Bob. At $79 ECU is a relatively inexpensive planetarium program. I've been relying upon Guide 8 for years now for my asteroid...
For some time I've been bothered by my inability to directly load FITS files into PhotoShop CS3. It was a real pain to have to open AstroArt to convert from...
David A. Huestis Historian Skyscrapers Inc. July 11th, 2009 The Perseid Meteor Shower of August As I write this column in mid-July, it appears we may have...
I'm just back from a workshop in Chicago on an astronomy/education project called Citizen Sky. The goal is to get people involved in observing epsilon Aurigae...
... I've been keeping track of this since yesterday afternoon. Whenever the server doesn't respond I start to wonder. But then a couple hours later I get it...
Anybody up for a field trip sometime this fall?-Bob ... From: skyscrapers_rias@yahoogroups.com <skyscrapers_rias@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [skyscrapers_rias]...
Congratulations, Pete, in getting your official Minor Planet Center Observatory Code "I15" assigned to Wishing Star Observatory. It is certainly a recognition...
We have a new member to our group who is interested in doing an astrophotography project. This is for a high school senior project and might require the...
Bob, I regularly mentor astronomy related senior projects for Barrington. The light pollution project from 4 years ago is about to be impmemented by the town....
Hello! I'm Samantha, the senior seeking a mentor. I've had spotty access to a computer, but I've been receiving your e-mails, and I appreciate the support...
Samantha, My name is Bob Forgiel and I coordinate some of the events for Seagrave. I had mentioned to Bob N. that either Pete or Seagrave would have no problem...
Another clarification. I'd expressed a willingness to discuss this with Samantha as a member of Skyscrapers who just happens to also be a member of ASSNE. ...
I just started DSLR astrophotography this year and so far have been pleased with the results. I am equipped to do piggyback, prime focus (through the...
Pete, I realize you and several other members are actually members of both societies but for whatever reason, within my own narrow mindedness, I keep linking...
The Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged a giant faint dust ring around Saturn in the infrared part of the spectrum. The new ring is not visible to the normal...
I think it was last winter when I first tried the Orion narrowband filters and haven't used them since. I remember having issues with them so I finally had a...
Hello all! I was just wondering if you were meeting tonight. It's really overcast, so I doubt it, but I thought I would double-check. -Samantha Viall Sent from...
Hi Samantha, I just saw your message, but there is no meeting tonight for the CCD Astrophotography Workshop. Weather conditions cancellation. Our web page had...
For piggybacking a DSLR camera, I have a Meade piggyback camera mount that fits my 8" Meade but do we have one kicking around that fits the 12" Meade at...
I traditionally open up my observatory and bribe the trick-or-treaters with a Mars bar if they look thru the scope and tell me what they see. But tonight, as...
Hi Bob, there was a camera adapter on the 12" Meade. It should still be around! Ask one of the trustees to check the cabinets. It could also be floating around...
Has anyone had any experience with a Dob platform? I am thinking about trying to build one using a small stepper motor and drive control with a linear...
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