Stargazers, October is the start of Hampton Parks & Recreation opening Grundland Astronomy Park on the first and third Friday each month for us. As George said...
Stargazers, The mosquitoes are still terrible. The cloud cover with haze was too much for good viewing. A couple of people came, but the weather killed it....
Stargazers, I had a great time at this year's VAAS meeting in Ashland. http://www.richastro.org/vaas.htm It was sponsored by the Richmond Astronomical Society...
Stargazers, Tonight is the reopening of the Planetarium at Jones Magnet Middle School in Hampton. If any of you can come out and help with the stargazing, it...
Hey Mike, Grundland is now the first and third Friday each month. The Parks & Recreation people usually open the gate around a half-hour or so after sunset....
Stargazers, Super success last night! With the rain, we still had over 75 people attend the Planetarium Reopening. Some of the people included Lenny Routten...
Stargazers, I almost forgot to thank Miriam Stawowy and the Daily Press. Here kind words and interest were, in my opinion, the reason we had such a large and...
Stargazers, I've offered to work the Planetarium on Monday at Jones. (Monday is a Federal holiday.) Susan McBurney is creating a schedule for me. Drop on by if...
Stargazers, Wow, I'm pooped. I had nine Planetarium shows with mostly full houses. That works out to about 350-400 students and teachers. A lot of people...
Stargazers, Tonight didn't look good around sunset, but it turned out to be a beautiful night at Grundland. There were only four of us, but the skies were good...
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Lawrence W. Taylor III
l.w.taylor@...
Oct 28, 2002 2:37 pm
Stargazers, Iım really hoping to get a chance to make it down to Coinjock on Saturday night. Is anyone else interested? Clear Skies, Lawrence Taylor ... From:...
... Saturday ... Weather permitting, I will be going down early on Thursday night. I will (probably) be bringing my 18" Dob and TMB 152. I look forward to...
Hey Richard, I wanted to go down Friday, but I need to support Grundland with Hampton Parks & Recreation this Friday. Let's hope that the weather improves. I...
I will be going on Friday afternoon and bringing my Meade 8" SCT and 4 1/4" richfield. Richard, I live in Yorktown also and have been trying to find a good...
Mike, The last time the Skywatchers checked on the potential use of the battlefield (a couple of years ago), the answer was that a special use permit would be...
Marilyn, Some time ago I spent nearly one year obtaining and filing all the necessary permits to use the Yorktown Battlefield for observing. Lots of forms to...
Paul, Thanks for this summary of your experience. It should be of benefit to others. Marilyn Marilyn, Some time ago I spent nearly one year obtaining and...
... Hmm... If the weather cooperates, I might try to get down there after work on Saturday to see your TMB 152. How do you like it so far? Paul Gustafson...
Great info. Appreciate the insight that definatly saved me a lot of time. It's really a shame to hear such stories.I used to take for granted what a great ...
Don't forget the facilty at Grundland Park off of Beach Road in Hampton that Lawrence Taylor has worked so hard to have available. May be the same drive as to...
... Great! I look forward to meeting you. ... I have generally been disappointed with the battlefield due to the refinery to the east. However, I live in Dandy...
... Hi Paul, So far, I love it. It doesn't have the light grasp of the larger scopes, but the image fidelity is wonderful. Of course, judging from some of your...
... The views are indeed addicting, drove me over the deep end. :-) ... I had my 155 (lighter than the 152) on a G-11 and found it fine for visual, not...
George, I've already been to the Gap 2 times. First time mosquitos ate me alive. Second time several of us waited for someone to open the gate and nobody...
Hey Mike, The mosquitos aren't an issue under 55F or so, but in the summer they are horrendous. The only time since we started supporting Hampton Parks &...
