Taking advantage of the brief break in the cloudy weather, I ran up to Lake Sonoma after work on Thursday night (February 3) and arrived about 6:00 to find Bob...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
Feb 5, 2005 6:50 am
... Last Saturday it was dead on. It showed maximum humidity early on, with a reduction as the night progressed, which is exactly what happened. The latest...
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shneor@...
szsherm
Feb 5, 2005 5:43 am
You can't trust the CSC hunidity forecast. Shneor ... From: Jane Smith Date: 2/4/05 3:36 pm To: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com Subj: [tac-sac] Fiddletown Swimming...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
Feb 4, 2005 11:54 pm
... That's approximately true east of the Rockies. West of the Rockies, winter is the wet season. Around these parts, the wet season is... now. We typically...
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Jane Smith
jane95616
Feb 4, 2005 11:36 pm
I just checked the skies for Saturday night. Fiddletown looks like a wash..... literally! Attilla's CSC is projecting humidity levels at 95-100%. I...
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shneor@...
szsherm
Feb 4, 2005 5:46 pm
The Fiddletown forecast is not promising, and the ranger I spoke to said there's still a foot of snow at IHOP. Plettstone does not look good either....
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shneor@...
szsherm
Feb 4, 2005 5:46 pm
-- Sent from my Treo...
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aa6ww@...
aa6ww
Feb 4, 2005 6:39 am
Hi Alvin, Good to see you out here. I found the Rosetta Nebula tonight in my back yard out in Elk Grove with my 6" f/8 refractor. It was fairly dim and needed...
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Alvin Huey
generalragesc
Feb 4, 2005 3:23 am
Ralph, Long time. Anyways, I've seen it with a 4" f/6 refractor in my backyard in Folsom with an UltraBlock Alvin Alvin Huey ... 30" f/4.3 Starmaster GOTO...
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shneor@...
szsherm
Feb 3, 2005 10:22 pm
Odds are there's a power connection, but maybe only for 120 volt ac. I had a C-8 like that, from around the same era. But might also have some kind of DC...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
Feb 3, 2005 7:11 pm
... No. The scope is for on-site use at the school, and I think the teacher wants to get it up and running at the school. By the way, I made a boo-boo. The...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
Feb 3, 2005 6:56 pm
... I'll find out....
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Jim Ster
ctmpskatmps
Feb 3, 2005 6:04 pm
Hey Walt, Wanna hook up this weekend at Fiddletown? -Jim...
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Jim Ster
ctmpskatmps
Feb 3, 2005 6:01 pm
Randy, I'd be willing to lend a hand too. Is there any chance this person would be willing to join us at Fiddletown this Saturday? I'd even be willing to...
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Chuck Pullen
pullen9000
Feb 3, 2005 5:03 pm
Randy - I can help, my C-11 is from that vintage. But it depends on where the school is, I'm way down here in Wilton. Send me some details, and I'll be...
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aa6ww@...
aa6ww
Feb 3, 2005 7:58 am
Thanks Randy, I was going to try it tonight but the sky was slightly overcast compared to the crisp clear nights we have had over the last few days. Ive made...
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aa6ww@...
aa6ww
Feb 3, 2005 7:54 am
Here's a little history on those scopes: http://home.att.net/~telescopebluebook/sct/meade.htm#8INCH I think if it's an older model, they required a wedge and...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
Feb 3, 2005 7:51 am
... I don't know for certain, but I think it might be possible, though likely very difficult. Certainly you would be able to see the embedded cluster. I am...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
Feb 3, 2005 7:34 am
I have a friend at work who has a child who is a student in a local junion high school. The school owns a 1997 era Meade 8" SCT (Model 2080 LX3, I think) with...
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aa6ww@...
aa6ww
Feb 3, 2005 7:33 am
Can anyone tell me if the Rosetta nebula can be seen with a 6" scope (refractor) in the Sacramento area or is this really a dark sky object? Also, is this one...
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aa6ww@...
aa6ww
Feb 3, 2005 7:19 am
Hi Walt, They are great scopes. Will you be setting it up in a perminant location or keeping it mobile for traveling to dark skies. I have a C14 on a G11, more...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
Feb 3, 2005 4:57 am
... COOL! Congratulations! Sounds like some big glass!...
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Jane Smith
jane95616
Feb 3, 2005 3:57 am
... AH HA..... a confession at last! I knew there was a rat somewhere in the woodpile. This terrible weather we've been having reeks of new astrogear. ;) ...
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pastsvaspresident
pastsvaspres...
Feb 3, 2005 3:18 am
Hello everyone, I am confessing to this terrible weather that has just plagued us all. Hopefully, clear weather is just around the corner. I treated myself...
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Steve Gottlieb
steven_gottlieb
Feb 2, 2005 5:08 am
I'm hoping to get out either Thursday night at Lake Sonoma or Saturday at Fiddletown. Preferably both. Steve...
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Shneor Sherman
szsherm
Feb 2, 2005 4:03 am
Hi Steve, Any chance you'll be at Fiddletown this Saturday night? Clears, Shneor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...
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Steve Gottlieb
steven_gottlieb
Feb 2, 2005 1:30 am
... Here's a pretty diverse group of observations - from my old C-8 to the current 18-inch Starmaster to a 20-inch observation of N1365 from Australia. 29...
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tac-sac@yahoogroups.com
Feb 1, 2005 11:35 am
... Purpose The Astronomy Connection - Sacramento, TAC-SAC, is a group for active amateur astronomers ranging from beginners to advanced observers who observe...
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Dillon, Dillon, & Kuh
ngc1023jd
Feb 1, 2005 8:35 am
Shneor and ZZ were having fun in Fornax. That cluster was where I lived 3 years ago this time. http://www.observers.org/reports/2002.01.04.3.html for vivid...
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Randy Muller
randygmuller
Feb 1, 2005 8:13 am
I had just about given up hope that it would be clear on Saturday night, January 29th, but the prediction by Friday afternoon was for mostly clear, so I was...
