Hi everyone, Based on the long range weather forecast, this Friday or Saturday should be good days for a star party. The weather is forecast to be mostly...
Hi all,  Some of you may have already received the message below from Murray Hines, so please excuse if this is a duplicate. I'm forwarding this to inform...
Either night will be fine with me but it will probably be 8'ish before I can get there Friday night and probably 10'ish before I can get there Saturday night...
Unfortunately, we have kids soccer games from sunrise to sundown in Tallahasse on Sat. We truly appreciate your efforts in scheduling a party, maybe next time...
Hi everyone, It appears the weather forecast for Friday night is degrading a bit and that Saturday night has a better chance of clear skies for the star party....
Hi all,  Some of you will probably receive this message twice so just ignore the duplicates. Below is the message from Murray Hines explaining the date,...
Hi All,  It looks like the skies will be very nice tonight and I hope I get to meet a few of you at the star party. I have a firefighting class in...
I just posted some 2 images from last night's star party in the gallery and at www.brandonpowersphotography.com/astro/index.html Thanks again to Murray for...
Very nice images Brandon! Are these the first astro-images you took with your camera?  Even though it was around 11 before I made it to Murray's, I still...
Hi all,  I think I'm going to concentrate more on constellations and star identification (naked eye astronomy) more often this winter (at least until I can...
Hi Brandon, The images turned out very good. Stack a bunch more exposures and they will be great images. Great set of first images. Wish my first images...
Hi, I added several new images and reprocessed some of my other astroimages. I have uploaded them to the Hines folder of the Photo albums in the SGA Yahoo...
Murray, Nice shots. I haven't had time to look at Brandon's yet. Taking a break right now and unloading the truck (which I was depressed when I found my...
Nice shots Murray! Is that M1 that you were working on last night?  Looking forward to next time Charlie. I had a great time even though I was so late...
Thanks Murray and Lori for all the fixings last night! The coffee Lori brought out around midnight sure hit the spot!! :-)   Steve  ... From: Steve...
Hey Brandon Awesome shots here!! Are these the shots you took at Murray's the other weekend? If they are, how did you get the color? I thought photos would...
Wow. Thank you all for sharing. ... From: "Brandon" <bbpowers@...> To: <southern_georgia_astronomers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009...
This is on the AAVSO website and note it is mentions the CABT 2050: AAVSO Special Notice #182 More on the variable in Eridanus November 26, 2009 This new...
Hi Brandon, Very nice moon mosaic. Looks like you'll have no problem mastering planetary imaging. Congratulations! I never have seen that SCT cart design...
Very nice, sharp image Brandon! Congratulations on the 12" LX200 - I'm sure you will put it to work! Maybe we can all get together again soon.  The...
Thought I'd send this out in case anyone is interested. Selling my spare Orion 80ED, with viewfinder, 1.25" diagonal and mounting rings. $300, $350 on...
Hi Charlie, Brandon should be interested in the Orion 80Ed. It is exactly what he needs to complete his setup. Not yet building an Ark, but seriously...
Haven't you heard. It will be a spaceship this time. LOL Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel ... From: "cjwick3831" <cjwick@...> Date:...
Well it looks like my LX200 has a few ghosts in the machine. It started the other day when I powered on to test controlling the scope with my laptop. I powered...