I left Benicia at 4:45 p.m. and drove straight through to IHOP. 2-1/2 hours later, about half an hour after sunset, I arrived. Tony F, Ken Mason, Alvin, and...
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Hi Darrell - Thanks for writing your observing report! ... Sounds familiar. I think everyone has gone through this at one time or another. ... Been there,...
... Hey, Nice report!!! Good to see that features are Mars were named in our honor!! ;-) While Darrell was fumbling in the dark setting up his 18" NSS, I had...
... You're right. Being new to this new Mars lingo, and having only the one reference, I didn't realize Syrtis Major referred to the dark area, not to the...
... I assume you mean the east side. For features on Mars and the Moon, areographic ("Martian";) and selenographic ("lunar") directions are generally used, as...
I'm posting here a week before I move the ad to Astromart so if any Tac-Sacer is interested, you have first crack at these. Many Tac-Sacers have had some...
... I think I understand your Martian homeopathic language, except if areographic is analogous to earth directions, then my sketch labeling is correct since my...
... Sky & Telescope had two small side-by-side maps of Mars, one with the old names and one with the new names a couple years back. Might have been last...
Randy, Thanks. I'll look through my libary's 2003 issues for Mars articles. Darrell ___________________________________________________________________ Try...
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... This is the one from Sky & Tel, with the pre-1976 names. ... I used this a few times. It is way cool. OT: Has anyone seen that "War of the Worlds" remake...
Tony F went - ... and Oct Sky&Telescope "Deep Sky Wonders" section by Sue French.. The only one that stumped me was Palomar 11, a globular in Aql. Either my...
... I'll second that! ZZ and the Dude were on our minds the entire time. Maybe next year. ... Palomar 8 is indeed a much easier object. Richard Ozer and I...
... I was very sorry I couldn't make it. ... Man, I am sure glad I never did anything like that before. (On 9/3/2005, in the presence of the Astro Animal...
Sheesh, sounds like one of those traumatic things that happened when you were in elementary school and you remember a long time. Hope you were scarred for...
... I probably would have been if the Star Queen had been there that night. Of course, this isn't half as bad as someone looking at NGC 5866, but reporting...
Thanks. There seem to be new Mars links appearing daily. Cloudynights.com has a good one just posted yesterday with links to the updated nomenclature. ...
Dunno if Rozerman camps out on this list, but I can reassure the Star Queen that Pal 13 is not for moderate apertures. Alan Whitman put Pal 12 and 13 on an...
... I don't think so: His membership application is still incomplete, according to the note in his file. Now, every time I hear you praising these globulars...
Here are the Three Reasonable Palomars for moderate apertures - I've seen 4, but as noted, Palomar 11 is a tough bird. Palomar 8 is pretty. Palomar 7 is also...
Nice weather we're having, eh? Since no one is talking about DSO's lately, I thought I might not talk anout them too :)\ Seriously though; I haven't been much...
... No, I don't think this is right. I think the average temperature variance in summer and autumn is around 30 degrees. In the dead of winter, when the fog...
