I arrived at Calstar about 12:30 p.m. on Friday and was immediately handed a beer by Mark Wagner. Nice to have friends. After some chat and a cool down after...
(TAC-SACistas, I'd gotten lazy when OR's got sent back and forth between lists. Here's another CalStar report. We were glad to see reps from the Far North,...
Bob Ayers and Kevin Ritschel are two land owners at Willow Springs, south of Hollister. Both are active TAC subscribers and deep sky observers. Bob and Kevin...
When replying that you'd like to come to Bob and Kevin's properties at Willow Springs for November 1, please include both your first and last name. I get the...
I'll add my name to a tentative list for IHOP that night. We'll see what the weather, etc. may hold. Teri ... From: Randy Muller To: TAC-SAC Sent: Friday,...
I was planning on jumping on the band wagon. But then remembered it's fall. El Dorado county is Deer hunting Zone D-5 According to CA DFG season runs ...
... Yeah. The only time I've ever been to IHOP3 was one time when IHOP4 was occupied by hunters camping. Another time, we found hunters at IHOP2, but they...
2009 Golden State Star Party T-Shirt Contest is now open. Golden State Star Party is now accepting submissions for it’s 2009 T- Shirt design contest and this...
I've uploaded a new deep sky observing list for anyone looking for ready-made targets. The list runs from eye candy type stuff (rated "1") to Astro-Amimal...
Hi all! I believe there is a Delta launch from Vandenberg just before 7:30 PDT tomorrow night. Might make an interesting photo op if you are near or far. ...
I didn't expect to, but I got out to observe both nights this new moon weekend.... sometimes things seem to just work out... Friday: I arrived at Houge Park in...
... This is one of my favorite Messier objects. In an 18". Aperture matters a lot for seeing this delightful cluster, not because it's dim or small or hard...
This is indeed a beautiful little open cluster. Here's a particularly good image of it. http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M103.html Jane ... [Non-text...
As the weather had been ideal all week, I decided to head down on Saturday afternoon to the dark skies at Kevin Ritschel's ranch just off Panoche Pass road...
Yes. Bill P, Shneor S and I observed at Blue Canyon with about 20 SVAS'ers. The skies were actually pretty good.about NELM 6.5 - 6.8.which is very good for...
Thanks Alvin for the info on TAC-Sac and on some scope choises. Look Angeal and I look forward to going up to Ice house. Do you go to Ice house 1 or 2? Fred ...
Fred, We go to IHOP4, which is about quarter mile past IHOP 2 on the same side of the road. If you google it an use the sat image, you'll see a "D" shaped...
Saturday night, 25 October, conditions on the Peak were close to ideal: warm, dry, calm, dark with a limiting magnitude of 6.2, steady with seeing going from...
Blue Canyon OR - Saturday October 26, 2008 TAC-SACos; Bill, Shneor and I setup behind the Observatory to shield the red airport lights. There were about 20...
With GSSP being scheduled for new moon June, 2009, I began wondering about Lassen. In the past, there had been two trips to the area, in fact, two to Lassen...
Mark, I'll be in California for the first summer four years! I'd definitely be interested. Michael Huster, Ph. D. Associate Professor of Science Simpson...
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