The public star party planned for tonight at Shelby Bottoms is still on. The weather forecasts have a very slight easing of the cloud cover. We are going to...
Thanks, Mark! At this point, we're just trying to "get the hang" of Ha, and adding RGB to it. No immediate plans to get into OIII or SII. I also looked-up...
Since those pesky high altitude, thin clouds took over for tonight, I posted part two of my review of the Meade ETX-LS on my blog. Please let me know what you...
Thanks for posting your image and the Ha blending method. I heard Chris Schur talk about a couple of good methods to blend Ha data with RGB to avoid the...
Tonight, Dr. Spencer Buckner of Austin Peay State University will talk about How to buy astronomy gifts (or for yourself) from $10 to $10,000. This program...
Hi All, Got to looking and realized we forgot to share this with you. Our first attempt at combining Ha & RGB. Wound up going with Starizona's method "2"....
This year's star party at the VSSP dark sky site turned out pretty good. We had intermittent haze but when it cleared it was great viewing. Thanks to all...
I don't know about radio frequency of a local FM, but this is a good site to listen to radar feed. They are based out of Texas and you will hear the ...
I had figured on going to the Water Valley Overlook on the Natchez Trace, weather permitting; however, it looks like the weather isn't going to permit. Does...
I am posting on behalf of someone else. If you are going to observe, can I send this person your way? I'm new to Nashville. Is there a group attached to the...
Looks like this hazy cloud cover isn't going away, so we are officially cancelling tonight's star party at the MM 433.5 turnout on the Trace. What a year for...
The Barnard Seyfert Astronomical Society presents: "All I Want for Christmas are Astronomy Presents!" Thinking of buying a telescope for Christmas? How...
Hi All, CAS will be having their monthly club star party tonight (Nov 14) at their (semi) dark site at Bledsoe's Fort in Castalian Springs. All are welcome to...
The Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society will be having a private star party on Saturday, November 14th at the turnout near where mile marker 435.5 would be on...
The VSSP site will be open about 4:30 Thursday evening. Looks like Thursday and Friday are the best nights. Maybe Saturday will clear too. There's an...
Hi everyone; The Hands-On Science Center in Tullahoma is having it's last public Astronomy Night until Spring on Saturday November 7 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM...
I know most people willl be at home with candy and their telescopes tonight, but if you don't get many trick or treaters, you are welcome to set up your...
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The December 2009 issue of Sky and Telescope magazine has a story about Kris and the Sudekum Planetarium that is worth a read. Bud...
I know many of us were fixed on the actual occultation of Europa, but here is something I came across on the Guide user group. This guy imaged and caught the...
Here is our shot at IC1396A, the Elephant's Trunk Nebula using the AT8IN. Pretty tough target from our light-polluted skies. It took several rounds of...
... Ganymede is going to occult Io on Thursday, October 29, at 9:07 CDT. The weather forecast is for clouds, unfortunately. Ganynede occults Europa on Friday,...
Chuck, I watched the occultation through my 80mm refractor. I have seen some close encounters, but not an actual moon occultation. It was neat to watch. Travis...
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