Sterngold and I are at Cambria, foggy and cool, nice restaurants and bars. Wonder how hot it is at LSA? Sent from Mark's iPhone. On Sep 19, 2009, at 4:42 PM,...
This fire won't affect you folks too much -- near Quincy, with SW winds blowing the smoke at Susanville and points east (don't know if it's affecting Adin) --...
Hello, everyone. Tonight the turn of the seasons was marked by quite a sight. As I was reprising the summer's attractions in Sagittarius, also taking in M7 in...
Hi Margo, The Heaven's Above web site lists all the satellites which are in the neighborhood. It may help you identify the one you saw. Here's the URL: ...
Margo and Jane, there are probably dozens of satellites especially down at mag 5 or 6. If you are looking for specific satellites that happen to have a...
A week ago on September 16th, I met Carter Scholz and Dana Patchick for some mid-week observing at Lake Sonoma. I was a little apprehensive about heading...
I was only able to attend the first two nights of CalStar. The first night (Thu, Sep 17), the transparency was mediocre (when I called it a night, around 2am,...
Well I was out to observe this event but saw nothing... I was using a 10" scope which they said would be the minimum and I don't doubt it was as not even a...
I'm heading out for a short night at Blue Canyon tonight, my ETA is about 7:15PM. Clear sky clocks shows clear skies with average transparency. I'm taking...
Well I would love to but I am getting my new scope this weekend so I have my mirrors out of my old one to be installed into my new dobstuff dob. Weather...
I had originally planned to go to the DARC observatory on Saturday night. However, due to a dismal weather forecast, I was forced to rethink my plans. The...
Sorry for the repost - the original was full of typos due to sleep deprivation... Click here for a blog version <http://tinyurl.com/yfjr2rt> with images. I...
Ok so I picked up my new scope(in kit form) and worked on it over the weekend, so of course now that it is done what shows up? &^%$ing clouds!!! Sorry...
I have 3 Televue Plossl eye pieces for sale. They are in mint condition as they were kept in my EP case since I purchased them. I do not have the boxes for...
I have a couple of photos ready but it would appear that I do not have the rights to create an album nor upload photo's. Who can fix this? Cheers, Eric...
Looks really nice Eric! From: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tac-sac@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 10:36 AM To:...
Thanks Ivor, it was fun to build and went together like lego's(very simple) no adjustments to get stuff to fit etc... I got to use the sky commander for about...
Here is a list of deep sky targets placed well for 3rdQ to New Moon for November. Targets range from very easy to quite challenging. The linked Excel...
Hey All, I hope you are all doing great. I just purchased a Meade 152ED with the LXD 700 mount, and the scope is terrific--the mount works well, except the RA...