Allen, thanks for the feedback. I get the info up ok, but some are having problems. I will report these and see if we can get it working better. Best, Mark ...
I just tried the link again, and it works fine on my office connection, as do the sublinks. We will investigate further. Mark ... the ... for ... 7/28/06...
Thanks Mark. I do have dial-up here, so that maybe part of the problem. Allen I just tried the link again, and it works fine on my office connection, as do the...
Just checked the site again and it seems to be working fine now. Thanks, Allen I just tried the link again, and it works fine on my office connection, as do...
I'll bet the first to go will be their tech nonsupport!! G. Calia ... From: Lonnie Puterbaugh To: tnastronomy@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006...
I had no trouble accessing the web site, but I did have trouble finding the dates of the star party. I had to download the registration form to see when the...
There seems to be a mix up about TNSP06 registration. It was brought to my attention that there are 2 TNSP06 Websites out there one is the official website and...
Innovative Undertaking of an mobile observatory Dear fellows and friends of watching and searching the universe Many people in the world look for and simple...
While it may not be completely clear, National Weather Service says we should go ahead and go for it. Satellite view shows clouds moving east and decreasing....
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We had a small turnout of about 125 people due mostly to the partly/mostly cloudy weather on Saturday night at Warner Park. We had several BSAS members show...
"Apollo" got us to the moon the first time. Now, it appears that "Ares" and "Orion" will be the new names. http://www.space.com/news/cs_060814_orion_logo.html...
Hello Everyone, If anyone can identify this, please pass along the information and if you are able, please go out and look tonight to see if you can spot this...
Rocky, Were you able to look at it through binoculars or telescope? Last Saturday, several of us from CAS were able to view an object much as you described in...
Hello Allen, I didn't have time to point the telescope at it. It appeared as a point source to me. If it was a weather balloon, I think it is strange that it...
The object we saw looked like a point source as well, naked eye that is. If it is/was a weather balloon, it would be strange that the wind currents would be...
Kept looking while pushing my kids on the backyard swing (Spring Hill). . . didn't see a thing from 7:30-7:55. Will be looking for the ISS in the NE at...
That would have been 20:38ish for the ISS. I tracked it manually with my 6" f/8 Newtonian, 25mm eyepiece. I had the telescope out earlier in case the ...
I'm betting on an Iridium flare. Heavens Above lists 2 in the past 48 hours visible from my Hendersonville site: Aug 17, 7:53 pm, 72° up, 134° azimuth (SE),...
Hello Tim, It was definitely not an Iridium flare as it remained stationary for several minutes. I used our weather station equipment to line it up and held...
Hi All, I went into the backyard last night and spotted it about 7:35 in the eastern sky at an elevation of ~60°. My 10X50 binoculars seemed to show a small...
It is very likely that the nearly constant object seen in the evening sky for a number of days now is one of the "large" ballons sent off from Palestine Texas...
Possibly many of you know about this, but the Sudekum Planetarium is hosting a special program around the problem of how to define planets on Tuesday night: On...
I am only an expert on your third question. . . From my old Navy days, there is a height-of-eye formula that Navy folks use to find out "how far away is the...
Dave, Thank you for that information. I spoke to the folks at Palestine this morning and he said they have no balloons up and he didn't know of any others that...