Just saw Comet PanStarrs from my home using 7 X 50 Binoculars. It was inline with a Palm Tree and disappeared behind that tree, so I tried to get a view from...
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davejm28
Mar 11, 2013 6:27 pm
Well, it really wasn't all that bad but there were a brisk breeze blowing throughout the night, which made the 29 degree Fahrenheit temperature, as measured by...
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romerojoseph281@...
romerojoseph...
Mar 12, 2013 10:21 pm
Comet Pan starrs This is a few of my personal observational sketching of the comet yesterday March 11 2013 .use 20 power 100MM dia Binos and the view was great...
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romerojoseph281@...
romerojoseph...
Mar 12, 2013 10:21 pm
I have post a few of my color observational sketch of Comet Pann Starr Comet Pan starrs This is a few of my personal observational sketching of the comet...
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romerojoseph281@...
romerojoseph...
Mar 13, 2013 1:38 pm
Comet Pan Star . Yesterday was a wash out in San Antonio as the sky conditions and to much Haze near Horizon ....
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Greg Crinklaw
theskyhound
Mar 13, 2013 6:35 pm
Hi all, Once again I observed the comet from an overlook on a local highway overlooking the Tularosa Basin, which is at an altitude of 8600 ft. This time there...
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Harry
staryeti
Mar 14, 2013 3:34 am
I was able to get out this evening to a site owned by my wife's family, about 20 miles southwest of Jackson, MS. It was a beautiful sky, very clear. My only...
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hboswell
staryeti
Mar 14, 2013 12:54 pm
... This was also my experience last night. It wasn't there, and then it was pretty distinct. With the added separation between the comet and the Moon, it...
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davejm28
Mar 14, 2013 6:08 pm
I was at a location with an excellent western horizon on Tuesday evening but had no luck detecting Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) through a rather small break in...
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Steve Barkes
nm_astrnmr
Mar 14, 2013 7:49 pm
Dave, Glad you were able to see it. I've been very lucky in that my back porch faces West and I have a great horizon. I can just step out of the house onto...
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dennis_persyk
Mar 15, 2013 4:21 pm
I got a heads-up from my astronomy mentor that comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS was visible to the naked eye. I grabbed my DLSLR camera and tripod and ran outside....
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Chuck
boatleaks
Mar 18, 2013 2:45 am
I was finally able to catch comet C/2011 L4PANSTARRS Sunday evening about 7:50 CDT from my back patio where I have a pretty decent western view. I had been...
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cedarman320
Mar 19, 2013 12:14 am
Sunday night 3/17/2013, 7:15 PM to 9:00 PM EDT, Topsfield MA, USA I have not been doing much observing over the last few years, mostly binocular viewing from...
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davejm28
Mar 19, 2013 7:22 am
Last Thursday evening was rather cold and quite windy but six fellow Astronomical Society of Harrisburg members and I braved the conditions to view C/2011 L4...
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davejm28
Mar 22, 2013 6:51 am
I was able to observe Comet PanSTARRS again on Tuesday evening from the ASH Naylor Observatory using 7x50 and 15x70 binoculars, a 5" f/5 achromatic refractor,...
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Eric Jamison
ej1847
Mar 24, 2013 9:20 pm
Hi, On Tuesday evening, March 26th, 2013, in the Eastern portion on North America, only one Galilean moon will be visible staring at 8:41 PM. Here are the...
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Eric Jamison
ej1847
Mar 25, 2013 6:40 pm
Hi, As a follow up to yesterdays email note that Jupiter with only one Galilean moon visible will occur again on April 3rd, 2013 at 12:03 AM for all of North...
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davejm28
Mar 26, 2013 2:26 am
I got skunked Friday evening, due to low clouds (I was inside the observatory39;s administration building when the bolide - ...
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starrynights@yahoogro...
Apr 1, 2013 9:36 am
Starrynights Policy Statement As a reminder of this group's desire to encourage all of its members to participate in a friendly and informed manner, please...
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starrynights@yahoogro...
Apr 1, 2013 9:36 am
Welcome to Starrynights! Jump right in and post any observing related topics, questions, observations any time! We have lots of resources available on the...
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davejm28
Apr 1, 2013 7:12 pm
April Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT) 4/2...
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mr_mpwhite
Apr 7, 2013 8:12 pm
Greetings Everyone, Sorry for being off topic and cross posting but I wanted to get this out to as many as possible. As some of you know World Famous Telescope...
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davejm28
Apr 12, 2013 7:12 pm
There's a good chance that there will be significant auroral activity on Saturday night. ...
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davejm28
Apr 30, 2013 11:39 pm
May Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT) 5/2...
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starrynights@yahoogro...
May 1, 2013 9:50 am
Starrynights Policy Statement As a reminder of this group's desire to encourage all of its members to participate in a friendly and informed manner, please...
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starrynights@yahoogro...
May 1, 2013 9:50 am
Welcome to Starrynights! Jump right in and post any observing related topics, questions, observations any time! We have lots of resources available on the...
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Eric Jamison
ej1847
May 15, 2013 1:18 pm
Hi, I was reading through some of my astronomy logbooks and realized that my first telescopic observation of Saturn was in the fall of 1973, and not 1974 as...
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Eric Jamison
ej1847
May 15, 2013 2:35 pm
Hi, I meant to include a link to my web page so you can see the sketches. Here is a link: http://ejamison.net/recent_obs10.html#1 Best, Eric ... From: "Eric...
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Rex I. De Silva
xatnep5784
May 17, 2013 5:20 am
Hi Eric, Really great to read your early observations. I first observed Saturn from Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 9th January 1968 with a small Asahi Pentax 40mm ...
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Verizon
ej1847
May 17, 2013 1:17 pm
Hi Rex, Thanks for sending me your link to your web page. It was very interesting to read. Best, Eric Sent from my iPad...