I've done a bunch of identifying gravitational lenses in the past week. It just tickles my brain. Looks like there's a lot of folks having the same experience....
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lawrencewtaylor3
lawrencewtay...
May 14, 2013 9:59 pm
Sungazers, I spent the morning at St. Mary's in Phoebus with the Personal Solar Telescope (PST). I think that I got all of the classes except for the 2nd grade...
18302
lawrencewtaylor3
lawrencewtay...
May 14, 2013 10:03 pm
Sungazers, Saturday from 10am-6pm will be Arts in the Park out at Buckroe Beach. I'm going to take the Personal Solar Telescope (PST) if the weather...
18303
lawrencewtaylor3
lawrencewtay...
May 14, 2013 10:06 pm
Stargazers, Mark shared some more astroimaging knowledge last week with me. We had spectacular skies and weather. It only got down to 60-degrees F with very...
18304
lawrencewtaylor3
lawrencewtay...
May 14, 2013 10:26 pm
Stargazers, We'll only be a day before First Quarter Moon, so it will be an awesome night to study the Terminator. Lunar X is visible at 6:51pm for about an...
18305
lawrencewtaylor3
lawrencewtay...
May 14, 2013 10:28 pm
Stargazers, I soldered the broken cable for the Jones Planetarium pointer. Should last for another couple of years of tugging... Clear Dark Skies, Bird...
18306
William McLean
preciousmypr...
May 15, 2013 12:06 am
"I'm feeling lucky." he he  Carpe Noctem Bill McLean ________________________________ From: lawrencewtaylor3 <lawrencewtaylor3@...> To:...
18307
currange74
May 15, 2013 2:18 pm
Bird, Are you going to set up in your front yard to try for the Lunar X - since you won't be at the GAP til later? If so, I may try to zoom over and see if you...
18308
currange74
May 15, 2013 2:20 pm
Oops- I just looked at the weather forecast. My question seems a bit moot about now. Sorry. George...
18309
Ogburn, Marilyn E. (L...
m_e_ogburn
May 15, 2013 8:00 pm
Folks interested in astronomy, The York County Department of Parks and Recreation and the NASA Exchange Skywatchers Club will host an observing session...
18310
William McLean
preciousmypr...
May 15, 2013 8:30 pm
Hi Marilyn, I hope this finds you well. I am an astronomer on the southside and I have always had one question about your public outreach: Why does your group...
18311
Ogburn, Marilyn E. (L...
m_e_ogburn
May 15, 2013 8:56 pm
Bill, Our regularly-scheduled viewing sessions for the general public at New Quarter Park are co-hosted by York County, which provides a flyer to visitors with...
18312
William McLean
preciousmypr...
May 16, 2013 1:00 pm
Ah ha! Thank you Marilyn. It's the park's call. I'm glad I asked.  Carpe Noctem Bill McLean ________________________________ From: "Ogburn, Marilyn E....
18313
Jim Tallman
jctallman2006
May 16, 2013 10:46 pm
Hi all, I've decide to get rid of my Celestron CPC-800 8" SCT as I recently purchased a nice refractor and I need to make room and help pay for the new ...
18314
Bird Taylor
lawrencewtay...
May 17, 2013 12:23 am
... Begin forwarded message: From: < Cassini@... > Date: May 16, 2013 8:20:41 PM EDT To: < Cassini@... > Subject: Cassini Significant Events...
18315
Mat Snellings
newfie122@...
May 17, 2013 1:00 pm
Jim What refractor did you get? Mat Snellings...
18316
George Curran
currange74
May 17, 2013 1:20 pm
Commercial Space fans, Spaceflightnow.com has a great short video put out by SpaceX of some of their fairing testing. Worth a look! ...
18317
William McLean
preciousmypr...
May 17, 2013 3:10 pm
Good heavens! Thanx George. Â Carpe Noctem Bill McLean ________________________________ From: George Curran <george.l.curran@...> To: VPAS...
18318
Taylor, Lawrence W. (...
lawrencewtay...
May 17, 2013 3:41 pm
Sungazers, I have the Personal Solar Telescope (PST) at work today. How about 1pm in the North field near building 1209 at NASA Langley? The Sun has been very...
18319
currange74
May 17, 2013 5:59 pm
Yep - that is one BIG fairing. In case anyone wants to launch a bus - there may be a capability! I expect that the tethers were all assumed to not be an...
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William McLean
preciousmypr...
May 17, 2013 9:18 pm
be lookin' good with the right forecast model. Remember Bird is feeling lucky. 8:25 Bird opens gate  Carpe Noctem Bill McLean be lookin' good with the right...
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William McLean
preciousmypr...
May 17, 2013 10:48 pm
is visible right now. It's my first daytime sighting! Â Carpe Noctem Bill McLean is visible right now. It's my first daytime sighting! Carpe Noctem Bill...
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Bird Taylor
lawrencewtay...
May 18, 2013 1:20 pm
Sungazers, Arts in the Park was just canceled due to small craft warnings and the forecasted weather for tomorrow is worse. Good thing for us Hydrogen-alpha...
18323
vpas@yahoogroups.com
May 18, 2013 1:47 pm
Reminder from: vpas Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vpas/cal Art in the Park Saturday May 18, 2013 10:00 am - 6:00 pm (GMT-05.00) Eastern Time (US &...
18324
jason.tackett32
May 18, 2013 3:01 pm
That's too bad! This weather stinks......
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jason.tackett32
May 18, 2013 3:03 pm
Hey VPAS, Does anyone have an illuminated reticle eyepiece they would like to sell? One with double cross hairs? I'm looking for one to polar align and guide....
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Paul
pvt87...
May 18, 2013 4:37 pm
In stretches of cloudy weather like this I have been known to say around here, "I feel like I don't even do astronomy anymore." And upon hearing that my wife...
18327
Bird Taylor
lawrencewtay...
May 18, 2013 7:33 pm
Stargazers, We had some nice enough skies from the start until after a couple of hours of viewing. Mike, Bob, Bill, and a family of three AstroBuddies joined...
18328
Bird Taylor
lawrencewtay...
May 18, 2013 7:39 pm
Hey Mark, Both wires had to be reconnected to the Makemie Woods collector plate heater strip. I soldered them up in the lab. Judy and I got some silicon and...
18329
Paul Tartabini
pvt87...
3:35 am
Cool article. Go NASA! http://rt.com/news/meteorite-explosion-moon-earth-441/...
