While powering up and initializing my 14" Meade for remote observing and intending to image the two new observatory telescopes, Herschel and Planck, just...
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starman361
May 21, 2009 11:28 pm
Mike Brown's Planets blog has an interesting story this week. He talks about Heavens Above (www.heavens-above.com), which is linked from Skyscrapers' web page....
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starman361
May 22, 2009 4:38 pm
There is a composite of 3 images of 30 second exposures each that I took of the Herschel and Planck Observatories on their way to the Earth's L2 orbit point....
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T Haley
thaley1968
May 24, 2009 10:59 am
Hello Skyscrapers, I ordered one of the Galileo scope kits for my kids. I thought it would be fun for them to assemble and use. Here is the link to the...
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thaley1968
Jun 2, 2009 6:28 pm
Read the story of our founding fathers contribution to astronomy! http://www.astro.virginia.edu/research/observatories/26inch/history/early.php Clear Skies ...
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thaley1968
Jun 2, 2009 7:13 pm
On Sunday, May 31st my wife and I visited the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Umong the many historic places we visited was the Leander McCormick...
Jacoby Observatory (CCRI in Warwick) is having a first light public observing for its new 16" Meade on Wednesday June 10. ...
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starman361
Jun 19, 2009 4:43 am
The LCROSS Lunar mission (one of two such satellites going to the moon) was launched this afternoon approximately 5:32 PM EST. Its trajectory will soon be...
Hello fellow Skyscrapers, we need some new images for our home-page. I don't what to keep posting old images, even though they are very good. I know to weather...
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T Haley
thaley1968
Jun 30, 2009 8:34 pm
David A. Huestis Historian Skyscrapers, Inc. June 4, 2009 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing and Astronomical Potpourri in July Movies have often...
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starman361
Jul 5, 2009 5:14 pm
After several weeks of cloudy weather....sunspots mini-groups are starting to show up on the sun. Maybe it was just waiting for the 4th of July fireworks...
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Lloyd Merrill
lbmerrill001
Jul 7, 2009 1:58 am
To all, In the photo section is my first attempt at imaging M57 with my new Titan mount and my 10" Schmidt-Newtonian. What a pleasure it is to take an image...
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starman361
Jul 10, 2009 5:32 pm
Very nice images of M57 and M13, Lloyd. Very nice, indeed. The image scale seems to fit quite well for deep sky objects. Bob N....
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T Haley
thaley1968
Jul 11, 2009 11:13 am
Hi Lloyd, Nice images! You will find that there are many variables to control, or just deal with in taking a good image. I think a good image requires about...
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starman361
Jul 16, 2009 7:17 am
I though I had discovered my first SuperNova in a galaxy called NGC 7678. This galaxy is quite small and not especially bright and the SuperNova is about 16th...
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Lloyd Merrill
lbmerrill001
Jul 16, 2009 9:41 am
Keep at it Bob. Better luck next time. Lloyd Lloyd Merrill Windsong Observatory Cumberland, RI ________________________________ From: starman361...
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alhall51
Jul 16, 2009 1:10 pm
Nice work just the same!! Regards & Clear Skies AL ... From: "starman361" <bob_napier@...> To: "skyscrapers rias" <skyscrapers_rias@yahoogroups.com> ...
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starman361
Jul 17, 2009 7:27 pm
Where were you when Apollo 11 landed on the moon (if you were born before July 20, 1969)? This coming Monday, July 20 marks the 40th anniversary of the first...
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Lloyd Merrill
lbmerrill001
Jul 17, 2009 11:27 pm
Bob, Somewhere I have a photo that I took of the family TV of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon. It's a B&W photo of our B&W TV. If I can find it...
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barringtonri
Jul 18, 2009 12:40 am
Bob, Were you doing blinking in an attempt to discover novas? How did your "almost discovery" come about? Pete Peterson Wishing Star Observatory, Barrington...
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starman361
Jul 19, 2009 7:46 pm
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...
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starman361
Jul 19, 2009 10:59 pm
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....
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barringtonri
Jul 21, 2009 7:04 pm
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...
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barringtonri
Jul 21, 2009 7:08 pm
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...
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T Haley
thaley1968
Aug 9, 2009 8:25 pm
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...
