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  • Category: Amateur
  • Founded: May 31, 2000
  • Language: English
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11602 Glenn Talbert
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May 3, 2007
5:03 pm
Hope somebody could burn up some brain cells to answer this. I think this is a spring/summer object. Two galaxies in the same line of sight, both edge-on and...
11603 Randy Muller
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May 3, 2007
5:18 pm
... Was it NGC 3314? It doesn't perfectly match your description. But there is a spectacular Hubble photo of it at http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050507.html ...
11604 glenn_talbert Send Email May 3, 2007
8:19 pm
... Yes, that's it! Gosh, you are like a professor people. 8-) How.....How did you find that out? Thanks for the quick reply. Pretty low on the horizon for a...
11605 Randy Muller
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May 3, 2007
8:46 pm
... Cool! ... Well, that Hubble shot is very memorable, and I remembered it from the APOD. I didn't recall the NGC number. So I searched for it, and found it...
11606 Alsing, Paul
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May 3, 2007
9:28 pm
Randy Muller wrote; I wasn't sure it was the galaxies you were looking for, but I knew it was very striking and that Steve had mentioned it. ************ ...
11607 glenn_talbert Send Email May 4, 2007
1:23 am
... might ... Nice, but...The Antennae galaxies N4038/39 from a 8,000 ft location. Celestron 9.25" Awesome! :) Glenn T. Chico, CA....
11608 Richard Trost
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May 4, 2007
1:40 am
Great website. Something to do on a rainy day which could be now. The keyhole.com site shows an overlay for Google maps which might be more useful but I can't...
11609 Richard Trost
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May 4, 2007
1:57 am
... Never mind. Found out how. Just click on "roads" on lower left window. Helps when you use your glasses. Dick....
11610 szsherm Send Email May 5, 2007
9:22 pm
If the weather forecast continues to be as favorable as it is now, I plan to head up to IHOP on Monday. Clears, Shneor...
11611 sacnewsnet Send Email May 5, 2007
11:28 pm
Hello. I am a new member to this group and have a question about equipment. I have been eyeing a large (by my standards) Dobsonian mount telescope and was...
11612 Randy Muller
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May 5, 2007
11:57 pm
... Hi Sac News Net. What's your name? ... I think either one is a good scope for a beginner, or for someone returning to the hobby after a long time. They...
11613 Richard Trost
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May 6, 2007
1:20 am
... Hi Sac News and welcome back to the hobby. Everything that I've seen of both of them is as Randy said. They are both good scopes, that is, they have good...
11614 Matt Tarlach
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May 6, 2007
2:28 am
Hi Sacnews. I am known as an equipment hound - I think it was Randy who said last time i saw him at IHOP that every time he sees me I have a different scope -...
11615 Matt Tarlach
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May 6, 2007
2:53 am
I may join you.....will post Monday AM. Matt...
11616 Shneor Sherman
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May 6, 2007
4:39 am
Terrific, Matt! IHOP4 to be precide...forecasting a low of TG degrees... Clears, Shneor ... ...
11617 Shneor Sherman
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May 6, 2007
4:43 am
Hey Sacnews, I'm not familiar with the scopes, but the 12" will give you 44% more light than the 10". That's pretty significant. Clears, Shneor ... ...
11618 Joe Blenkle
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May 6, 2007
6:00 am
THanks to everyone who has given me advice on the SkyQuest 10" & 12" scopes. Joe Blenkle ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
11619 Matt Tarlach
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May 7, 2007
5:46 pm
Weather still looking good....I'm planning on being at IHOP 4 around sunset. Unless you wanted to try the Mendocino site I posted about last month, Shneor? ...
11620 Shneor Sherman
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May 7, 2007
6:13 pm
I think I prefer IHOP right now - it's about an hour-and 20-minute drive. I'll probably arrive around 7:15. Moonrise is about 1:20 a.m. ao I expect to start...
11621 Matt Tarlach
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May 7, 2007
6:49 pm
OK, see you up there. MT...
11622 TonyF
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May 7, 2007
9:00 pm
I'm trying to catchup on a few things and might make it up to IHOP4 for a short nite.. We'll see how it goes. TonyF ... ...
11623 Matt Tarlach
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May 7, 2007
11:53 pm
I'm going to have to cancel out, again. My wife got some bad news this afternoon - nothing life or death, but a big professional disappointment - and I'm...
11624 Richard Ozer
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May 8, 2007
12:11 am
If anyone was holding back from attending GSSP because Lost Creek was "sold-out," we now have a few spots available. Email me privately if you are ...
11625 TonyF
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May 8, 2007
12:13 am
got the truck packed.. Getting ready to head out to IHOP4... TF __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail...
11626 Michelle Stone
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May 8, 2007
6:52 pm
The 12 will break your back ;) Those things are huge and heavy. Whatever you get, make sure to come out to the star parties. You can mooch views from the...
11627 szsherm Send Email May 8, 2007
9:54 pm
I arrived at IHOP at 7:10, and procedded to set up while watching the clouds move east. Tony F arrived and informed me that in the end, Matt oculd not make it....
11628 Marsha Robinson
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May 9, 2007
5:10 am
I can't wait until I'm retired and I can write about observing on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Until then...is this weekend an observing time? If...
11629 magstng@...
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May 9, 2007
5:15 am
Shingletown Mags Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ... From: "Marsha Robinson" <mrobins48@...> Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 05:10:31 To:tac-sac@yahoogroups.com...
11630 Alvin
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May 9, 2007
5:38 am
Mars, I'm going to the darkest star party in the United States, the Texas Star Party!!! :D Alvin ... From: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com...
11631 TonyF
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May 9, 2007
6:31 am
Brag... Brag... Brag... Hope you guys have fun..! TonyF ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has...
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