OR – Wednesday, January 29, 2009 at Bill Porte’s property in Shingle Springs. Looking up on Monday afternoon, I noticed that the skies were pretty blue. ...
Hi all, Angela and I were just riding our mountain bikes around Jenkinson lake near our house and found 2 campsites next to eachother with a good view of the...
I am a volunteer at RTMC. I go every year - of course I live only 2 hours away. I enjoy it immensely as it's just another big social astronomy fest. It's also...
I had a great time at Houge Park Friday evening. Turnout was surprisingly light considering the great January weather, maybe half a dozen telescopes set up,...
The Early Registration period for the Golden State Star Party is underway, and registrations are well ahead of last year at this time. We expect an even bigger...
I put up a web-page for 3rdQ-NM February with the observing list I'll be using. I thought I'd share it if others are looking for a target list. The list...
Sorry tac sac'ers, I checked all to a email my daugher sent about a sherrif in AZ. Did not mean to sent it to Tac sac. I only email astronomy related topics....
No worries. In our current world you gave me hope. ;) ... Lets sea... It is short and mid-typd, yep.. I bet it snt from mi iPhone! -Jeff On Feb 17, 2009, at...
Ahhh... Made me chuckle. Besides, who knew you could get a dell for $499! lol. [Viral advertising? Computer literate florists?] - Mike in sacto with a tiny bit...
The window for observing this new moon was small, essentially one night. Several observers took the opportunity and headed for various bay area dark sky...
Those were 12x80 Celestron binos. ;-) Richard <<Comet Lulin, in the 12x70 binoculars and Greg's refractor. It is large and bright, with a stubby tail....
The title pretty much sums up the majority of observations I made this past Thursday night, not that's it's a bad thing! I had the week off and had promised...
Thanks for the report Richard! I got a look at Comet Lulin last night from behind the firehouse on Treasure Island. At about 11PM it was high enough to shine...
All you have to do is make it up to GSSP. We'll both be there. :-) Richard <<Hope to run into you, Mark and the rest somewhere dark this Summer. Thanks for the...
The Golden State Star Party will happen in only a few months on June 20-24, 2009. A whole bunch of good folks have already registered, and we expect many...
Sorry.... I need to send a test message. Hi Everybody! Looking forward to seeing all your smiling faces now that Spring has finally arrived. Jane [Non-text...
Oh has spring arrived! We've got flowers coming out and some of the trees are budding. The grass is green and best of all the skies are incredible! Michelle...
Hi TACies... I've just completed culling years of my observing reports from TAC's archives, and putting them into a blog. To me they are interesting because...
Thanks for the post, Mark. Reminds me of when I found my old logbook, a year or so ago. The first observation was with a 70mm refractor from the parking lot...
How sweet of you to remember! :) I've never left, just faded to lurking status for a while. I hope to see you all out under the stars somewhere this summer....
Anyone for naked-eye astronomy? I've been following Venus the last half hour in my 10x30 IS binoculars (1' exquisitely thin crescent) and naked-eye (just...
Richard posted this on TAC last night.... Greetings all, High Desert Online is generously donating wifi internet services at GSSP. Although we won't have very...
I took off for Dinosaur Point around 6:30 p.m., stopping once in Morgan Hell for for fuel (from the pump, and convenience store). The drive this time of year...
It turned out great at Willow Springs Saturday night. It sure didn't look that way early on though. A few of us met for dinner at Jardine's in San Juan...
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