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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
Posting at request of Skyscrapers member, Al H. ********************************************************** I was having some fun playing with the Mars Rover...
There is a new comet coming into the inner solar system from a direction near the sun, so it isn't easily visible and one of the dangers of something striking...
I observed 19 geminids over a 45 minute time between about 3:00 and 3:45 AM Dec. 14. My view was restricted since I viewed toward Providence through a window...
We are still looking for volunteers for the Girl Scout visit to Seagraves this Wednesday December 12th at 7:00PM. Either volunteer to bring your own scope or...
First attempt at imaging with filters. The images, using a Meade DSI Pro, were taken and processed with Nebulosity. Some areas are blown out. My next...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
