Just out of curiosity, who is the gentleman on the home page of the TAC-SAC Yahoo site, and what's the make and model of that telescope he's so amorously...
... 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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... The esteemed hirsute gentleman hugging his 16" StarMaster GOTO is Gary "The Dude" Manning, co-moderator of TAC-SAC and all-around wonderful guy. Jane...
... It is that Gary Manning dude, who is a moderator here. I took that picture of him in the summer of 2000 at the Lassen Star Party, which has changed into...
... That is such a captivating picture! The photo on the TAC-SAC group page earned Gary the title "The Hairy Messier Monster", since Mimi had the long-standing...
... There have been only a few people to grace the cover of S&T. It is almost always some astrophoto. IIRC, the other two may be Einstein and Sagan. ... The...
... Mimi is in some stratospheric company. She may be the only living person (ever or perhaps now living) to be on the cover of S&T. As a postscript: The...
I was poking around my Starry Night trying to see what time Jupiter would be at it's apex and BOOM.. right in front of me flashed a stream of white... I backed...
I just need more practice being able to find things I guess. I couldn't find it before the sky glow of the coming sunrise got so bright there was no chance....
I got up this Saturday morning, March 4th, about 4:30am and noticed the skies were pretty clear, so I took out my 20x70 binoculars on a tripod and did some...
Okay.. so tonight looks promising.. I have studied the chart and am sure just where to look now. I will give the comet another look. Wish me luck! Dax...
... I managed to drag myself out of bed this morning at 4:30 in the hopes of catching Comet Pojmanski. A quick peek outside revealed a layer of fog blanketing...
Dang it Jim.... Now I need clear skies again.... Regards, Ken ... From: tac-sac@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tac-sac@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ster, James Sent:...
Hey Guys, If you're looking for something astronomy related to do on a cloudy day like today there's a review of Alvin's Hickson and Abell Observing guides you...
It's great to see Alvin's work recognized and getting some publicity. Now that I'm retired, with an 18" scope in my hands, I plan to start looking for those...
OK.... let's hear those OIs for Saturday night!!! How many TAC-SACos are planning to observe? And I don't want to hear any comments about bad weather, OK....
Being new to the TAC-Sac discussion group, where and when is there a planned observing for this Saturday night? Greg Dixon, CA Jane Smith <jesmith@...>...
... Welcome to TAC-SAC, Greg. It's doubtful Ice House will be clear of snow, so we'll probably end up at Fiddletown... that is if the skies are clear. Since...
... I am planning to observe if the weather is OK, so that makes one that I know of. Probably Fiddletown, unless we get a miraculous report that IHOP is...
Hi Greg - ... Most likely Fiddletown (~2600 ft), if the weather is OK. IHOP (~5000 ft) is a darker site, but more subject to certain weather extremes. Like...
Hey Fellow TAC-SACos, We're getting quite a collection of entries for the SSP 2006 T-Shirt Design Contest. Some of them are extremely nice. See them at: ...
Thanks for the welcome, Jane, and thank you, and Randy, for the information. Now, I hate to admit my ignorance, but where's Fiddletown? How far a drive from,...
... Fiddletown is several miles east of Plymouth, which is on highway 49, just north of the intersection of highway 16. It's around 50 miles east of...
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