Last night I finished adding to our archives the missing observing reports from Aug/Sept/Oct 2006. We are now up to date. If you find I missed any reports,...
Hi Mark, Here is an OR I posted on TAC-SAC. I thought I had cross posted it on TAC but cannot find it in the mailing list archives. You are welcome to include...
Thanks Tony. I've updated the archives to include your report, and one from Nov 2006 by Paul Alsing - about observing with the 82" scope at the McDonald...
I kind of like the Chinese system of attributing character to the years. This is the year of the Pig (Boar). Kids can certainly be pigs. Lake San Antonio has...
"October 4, 2007 Adding an Extra Room for the Sky By KATE MURPHY IN the quaint seaside community of Gloucester, Mass., on Cape Ann, one gray clapboard house...
Anyone going anywhere tomorrow. If it is good, I'm planning on IHOP4. Or if no one goes, I plan on HGO, where there should/will be others. [Non-text portions...
... I've been watching the weather forecast all week. Right now they're predicting snow for tonight at IHOP. If it clears for tomorrow temps will still be...
Woah! you can build an observatory for a lot less money than that! I think that I spent about $800 on the materials. The labor was free. And what's this bit...
Hi Alvin, Deer hunting season is in full force in that area till Oct 22nd. You might have some unwanted company. BC might be the better site. CS, TonyF ... ...
sounds like he bought jim misti's 30" OGS RC. he had it for sale on amart a while back for $250K Michelle Stone <litebkt@...> wrote: Woah! you can build...
This weekend doesn't work for me because of prior commitments, but I'd definitely like to observe at FIddletown later this year. My last time was also nearly...
this is a great "challenge" object for my mag 3.2 skies in my backyard. I am shooting this in pure emission line and have 7.5 hours of halpha, 7 hours of...
Heading out to Blue Canyon in 15 minutes. Alvin ... From: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tac-sac@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alvin Sent: Saturday, October...
... Me Too, Me Too! I'm staging my gear today. Yes, I'm excited! It will be good to get out again. Too much house renovation, not enough observing! ...
Title translated: observing was not very good. But there was a very good turnout, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Do I regret going? Not at...
Last Saturday, I trekked up to Blue Canyon, the regular SVAS observing site. There were about 8-10 folks up there. I didn't bring my 22" reflector, but only...
Conditions were decent at the Peak last Saturday. Around midnight I got a starcount in Pegasus at zenith that made for a 6.2 sky. That was at best; averaged...
Just checked the images in NED, and the starfield exactly matches the sketch I made. I saw the WLM, mysterious sounding name and all. 15 Local Group galaxies...
for those of us mere mortals that don't know what this WLM is, I offer the following http://seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/wlm.html at least Jamie mentioned...
and a nice image of it ... From: Jamie Dillon To: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 9:54 PM Subject: [tac-sac] major WLM fu, was...
and a nice image of it http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jmi/images/wlm_half.jpg ... From: Jamie Dillon To: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 9:54...
Just above the center of the galaxy are two "stars" of similar magnitude. If you look carefully, the one on the right is slightly fuzzy. That's because it's...