Hello to All, I was checking out some of the Venus/Jupiter pairing photos on spaceweather.com and saw one taken by Bill Gucfa. Very nice photo Bill! If...
Hello, everyone. I have a Vixen GP DX equatorial mount for sale. I thought I would offer it to our club members before I sell it on Astromart. It is a like new...
Tony, You might want to mention it at the next Skyscrapers meeting. There are still many Skyscrapers that have not yet joined us in the Yahoo group. Bob...
Weather kept me away from last Friday (Feb 1 meeting). I assume it took place? Graham Pattison [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
A friend of mine that is a scout leader is interested in bringing some cub scouts to Seagrave on Wednesday, March 5th at 6:30pm. Bob, is the schedule free for...
I am available March 5th @ 6:30 ALSO: anyone interested or willing to teach a "Sky Search" merit badge to 10 nine yr old girls scouts? The requirments are 6...
Then March 5th it is, I'll add it to the list. March 13th with the Christian Home Educators is also now officially scheduled. That will now be 3 events in a...
If the weather does not cooperate - at least here's an animation of the total lunar Eclipse. http://shadowandsubstance.com/ CRANSTON STAR PARTY IS CANCELED! ...
There are three images of QUASARS in the Photos section, under SCITUATE OBSERVATORY folder, taken with a an SBIG ST9 EX CCD camera and a Meade 14" at f/6. They...
Bob, Those images are great. I've just done some quick reading on 0957+561 and fine it amazing that this type of object(s) is within the reach of the amatuer...
... Very nice Bob. What are the visual magnitudes of these QSOs? If you have a larger resolution image I can put in next month's newsletter. Thanks!...
Hello All, great images Bob N. and Bob F. I am thinking about purchasing this book; Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing (HAIP) and its integral AIP for...
I have the original edition and I think the most recent version is well worth the $99. The book alone has very detailed and helpful descriptions of image...
... Quasar 0405-123 is about red magnitude 14.8 Quasar 0957+561 is about red magnitude 16.7 Quasar 1306+301 is about red magnitude 18.1 The magnitudes may be a...
Thanks Bob, I appreciate the reply. I have been looking at this book and software for some time now, and have just been trying to talk myself into spending the...
"hi old friends, this is David Kasper... a previous skyscraper member now living in the rocky mountains of Colorado,where the milky way is like paint. hey...
Hello David I am familiar with a few people involved in astronomy in the Colorado area. First are the Bisque Brothers (especially Tom) of Software Bisque in...
This is a really cool "Group Photo" of all of us together! http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/multimedia/mro20080303earth.html -- Regards & Clear Skies ...
The Clear Sky Clock is calling for clear skies this evening, and we have a group of cub scouts visiting the observatory tonight. I will be at Seagrave by 6pm....
Not wanting to waste a clear night, given how lousy the weather has been lately, I packed up the Pronto and headed to the observatory last night with...
This past Saturday, family visited the Clay Center in Brookline, MA. It is a top-notch facility. The reason for our visit was their "Town Hall Meeting on Space...
There is a new NOVA in CYGNUS. It was discovered on April 10, by Japanese and Chinese astronomers at about magnitude 7.5. Full details of the NOVA can be...
Hi Bob, I was out the night before you - one of the advantages of working for yourself is that you don't have to be at your desk at 8am. The observing report...
Hello All, I took this image last Saturday night of Saturn. Camera, DBK ccd astronomy camera telescope, Seagrave observatories Meade 16" LX 200 F/10 SCT. 1500...
Hi Graham, I just wanted to let you know that there is now a Yahoo Group started by Scott Roberts (formerly of Meade Instruments) for those interested in...
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