Posting at request of Skyscrapers member, Al H. ********************************************************** I was having some fun playing with the Mars Rover...
Count me in! Glenn From: skyscrapers_rias@yahoogroups.com [mailto:skyscrapers_rias@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of JimH Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:32...
"Award winning science journalist Kelly Beatty will deliver a public lecture "The Sputnik Years" TOMORROW, Feb 18, at the Ocean Explorium, 174 Union Street in...
Jupiter apparently has lost its S. Equatorial belt, at least temporarily. Jupiter has been on the other side of the sun from earth and this recent event...
Isn't that what happened to Jupiter in the movie 2010 just before it imploded? ... From: Starman <bob_napier@...> Subject: [skyscrapers_rias] Jupiter...
The image of M13 in the Scituate Observatory photos folder (and this group's home page temporarily) is somewhat like you would see through Skyscrapers' 12 or...
Two amateurs have observed, imaged and video recorded a bright flash impact on Jupiter. This is the second impact within the last year. One amateur is the...
I found this link on youtube and thought really put things into perspective in a way that others can understand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ...
Is anyone familiar with collimating a Celestron 130SLT? We had an inquiry from someone local looking for help? I assume it's similar to a SMT? Bob F....
In the Scituate Observatory "Photos" folder, there are image(s) of the Planet Uranus with two of it's moons, Umbriel and Titania. A third moon, Oberon, is just...
Excerpt from observing log of Tuesday, 14 Sep 2010. It was getting on toward 23:00 hrs last night and I was taking an hour's worth of images in an attempt to...
If you've got 53 minutes, here's a link to the clearest non-mathematical explaination of Einstein's theory that I've ever encountered. Dr. Brainerd happens to...
John Briggs has arranged for me to give a workshop (or a part of a workshop?) on the use of Astrometrica software's stack and track function. It'll be held at...
Jim Hendrickson took a pile of photos and arranged them into a wonderful slide show at http://www.flickr.com/photos/30623046@N08/sets/72157625789271989/show/ ...
Steve H.'s talk at the Skyscrapers' April meeting was about observing deep sky objects and planets using the Mallincam real time video camera. The talk was...
Comet Garradd (C/2009 P1) is presently moving westerly and entering the small constellation of Delphinus, the Dolphin, and transits about 11 PM EST. It will...
Comet Garradd was observed in 10X50 binoculars high in the western sky in the early AM of Wednesday, Aug. 24 as it approached the M71 star cluster in Sagitta....
Seagrave's clear sky clock suggests that although the transparency will not be the greatest, we've got a shot at viewing. Best viewing around here happens...
Good to see you got some images of the asteroid too, Pete. Good work, as always. My image sequences of 2005 YU55 didn't get started until about 7:30 PM...
An Australian amateur astronomer, Terry Lovejoy, recently discovered a comet and it just grazed the sun and survived the fiery plunge through the solar...
Here is an earth based images taken by an amateur in Australia: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=800218&postcount=98 You might need to copy...
From the southern hemisphere, Comet Lovejoy continues to be very impressive: Here is a video of the comet rising above Chilean skies: http://vimeo.com/34119758...
Space Weather News for Dec. 24, 2011 http://spaceweather.com Astronauts onboard the International Space Station have seen sungrazing Comet Lovejoy from Earth...
Below is a link to the Dawn spacecraft's website at NASA: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_12_30_11.asp Below are some excerpts from the article. It...
Here is the January Dawn Journal update. The full article is here: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_01_27_12.asp A short quote from the journal:-- ...
