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...
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Jane Smith
ellen95616
Mar 18, 2009 4:37 pm
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...
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Michelle Stone
plettstone
Mar 18, 2009 4:48 pm
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...
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Mark Wagner
lumpydarkness
Mar 20, 2009 10:52 pm
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...
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Matt Tarlach
matttindavis
Mar 21, 2009 1:28 am
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...
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Jeff Gortatowsky
indanapt
Mar 21, 2009 2:17 am
Matt Tarlach... wow... that IS a blast from the past! ... From: Matt Tarlach <mattindavis@...> <snip> And it is fun to find the old logbooks when...
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Matt Tarlach
matttindavis
Mar 21, 2009 3:28 pm
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....
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Mark Wagner
lumpydarkness
Mar 22, 2009 8:45 pm
Hi all, I put together my observing list for this new moon cycle. Easy to insane... have fun.... ...
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Steve Gottlieb
steven_gottlieb
Mar 23, 2009 2:47 am
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...
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Mark Wagner
lumpydarkness
Mar 24, 2009 3:42 pm
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...
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Mark Wagner
lumpydarkness
Mar 25, 2009 6:50 pm
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...
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Mark Wagner
lumpydarkness
Mar 30, 2009 3:39 am
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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Orrin Winton
wn1z.orrin
Mar 30, 2009 5:06 am
This evening about 8:20pm watched the ISS (space station) go by, naked eye nearly as bright as Venus. With 10X binox, it was definitely not round. Watched it...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
Mar 30, 2009 5:11 am
Cool. I've tracked it with my 18" at 84x. It's difficult to do, but not impossible. The various nodes are bright white and the solar panels are a wonderful...
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Orrin Winton
wn1z.orrin
Mar 30, 2009 6:26 am
Randy, pretty amazing. Next time I think I'll try a spotting scope at 45X on a photo tripod, easy to swivel around. Orrin...
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m0bius
Mar 31, 2009 8:00 pm
Last night was my first chance to see the newly deployed panels... I especially enjoyed the rapid dimming as it traveled to the SE, very pronounced. There's...
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Jane Smith
ellen95616
Mar 31, 2009 10:37 pm
... I can remember Jim tracking the ISS in his big SCT. It was a hoot. Even more fun was seeing those NOS trio traveling across the sky. Ah... those were...
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Alvin Huey
generalragesc
Apr 1, 2009 5:09 pm
Fellow TACos, I've finally released seven observing guides to the public and you are the first to know. It is here....
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
Apr 1, 2009 5:15 pm
Thanks, Alvin. This is an unbelievably rich observing resource. Thanks for doing the work and making it available....
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Jane Smith
ellen95616
Apr 1, 2009 5:16 pm
... Many thanks, Alvin! I am the proud owner of several of your observing guides, a valuable addition to any observing library. Jane ... [Non-text portions...
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Teri Smoot
montanacg
Apr 1, 2009 6:04 pm
These are great Alvin. Thanks. (They give me ideas as to what to image next...) Teri ... From: Alvin Huey To: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April...
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TonyF
k6alf
Apr 1, 2009 6:38 pm
Thnx Alvin ________________________________ From: Alvin Huey <alvin@...> To: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 10:01:35 AM ...
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Orrin Winton
wn1z.orrin
Apr 1, 2009 6:46 pm
And if you're into amateur radio (or just have a police/fire type scanner), set the frequency to 145.8 MHz FM (that's narrowband FM) and you'll hear data. With...
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Margo Schulter
mschulter1325
Apr 2, 2009 10:46 pm
Dear Alvin, Please let me join with others in thanking you for these indeed impressive guides! One feature that I really like in the _Globular Clusters_ guide...
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Mark Wagner
lumpydarkness
Apr 4, 2009 4:08 pm
It turned out to be a much better night than expected. Weather forecasts called for wind increasing throughout the day, and reaching 25 mph during the night....
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Mark Wagner
lumpydarkness
Apr 8, 2009 9:58 pm
I've posted my April observing list. It ranges from eye candy to eye torture. Something for everyone. It contains observing notes primarily from Steve...
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Alvin Huey
generalragesc
Apr 9, 2009 8:38 pm
http://www.televue.com/engine/page.asp?ID=374#holefiller [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Jeff Gortatowsky
indanapt
Apr 9, 2009 8:57 pm
Very interesting Alvin. So assuming one could only have two, and one had a 45cm f/4.5 dob, what would one decide? Hypothetically... I still think for DSOs 13mm...
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Michelle Stone
plettstone
Apr 9, 2009 9:24 pm
In this case Jeff, I'd spring for the 17mm and the 10mm. Those would fit my observing style the best. But... I don't have either the scope or the money to...
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Mark Wagner
lumpydarkness
Apr 20, 2009 5:59 pm
Saturday April 18th was one of those days the astronomy gods smiled on. You can't tell when you'll get one. Sometimes there can be an entire observing season...
