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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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