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...
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...
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...
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...
Nice work just the same!! Regards & Clear Skies AL ... From: "starman361" <bob_napier@...> To: "skyscrapers rias" <skyscrapers_rias@yahoogroups.com> ...
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...
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...
Bob, Were you doing blinking in an attempt to discover novas? How did your "almost discovery" come about? Pete Peterson Wishing Star Observatory, Barrington...
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...
