Folks, we had a grand total of 13 out there at Newport News Park under some very nice, steady skies! Dottie and two gentlemen had their Dobs, and I dragged my...
Reminder from the Calendar of vpas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vpas/cal GAP Stargazing Friday March 3, 2006 All Day (This event repeats on the first Friday...
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Mar 2, 2006 5:00 pm
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Stargazers, Don't forget the free lecture tonight at the Virginia Air & Space Center at 7:30 pm: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vpas/message/4402 I just saw it...
Stargazers, I'm heading on over to the TCC, Virginia Beach campus, for the Back Bay Amateur Astronomers meeting tonight at 7:30 pm. It's in the Pungo building,...
Come join us for a presentation about the Sun. Learn about how our Sun affects the Earth and how "storms" on the Sun create magnetic fields around it. We...
Hey Kimberly, We don't have reservations. Just show up. The first 60 get in the first show at 7 pm. If we have over 60, we try and run another show. Typically...
I added an excel file called Telescope Data, been meaning to get this out for a while now. It does come basic calculations for telescope and eyepiece date....
Well, Bird post reports all the time, so I guess that it is my turn. Last night ranks in the top 5 nights ever out at the GAP for me. The air was so stable...
I wish I had been there with my new scope, but was asked to stay home last night. I am hoping I get some skies tonight here at the house, but we will see!! ...
Tom, Thanks but if we only have to find two messiers over the course of a night to beat last year's winner..... BTW when is this? Probably working but who...
Tom, The goose was not cleared for landing on instruments over restricted airspace so the FAA at the tower and the Dept of Homeland Security deemed it a...
Hey Bear, March 25th with April 1st as a rain date. I will be sending out the cover letter and observing log by the end of next week. Last night I did the...
That was good Bill. It is nice to know that other species are subject to pilot error. ... airspace so the FAA at the tower and the Dept of Homeland Security ...
Thanks Tom, Just finished breaking down my telescope, set it up in the front yard. Pesky neighbors were all clamoring for a look at Saturn. <grin> Very sweet...
My neighbor wanted to see Saturn too!! I had the scope out and even with the annoying street lights was able to see M81 and M82. I also got Orion Nebula and a...
Okay, I made a small report earlier, but was trying to find a way to describe a couple of things I saw last night that I have never seen before through the...
Daniel, You have just discovered the inter-galactic outpost for covert ops with the inhabitants of the Blue watery planet. You will be visited shortly and your...
Stargazers, Here is an article on Tom Horvath's award this year. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/home/index.html Tom H. and his crew provided the...
Reminder from the Calendar of vpas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vpas/cal Jones Planetarium Wednesday March 8, 2006 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm (This event repeats on...
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Mar 8, 2006 11:55 am
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I will be to Jones about 5:30 for setup. The principal has said we may use the cafeteria for the "hands-on" portion of the presentation. I do hope we get a...
I've included all the Virginia astronomy clubs that I know about, and I've gotten your names from your club web sites. If you know of any other clubs, please...
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Mar 8, 2006 4:03 pm
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Hey George, I'll get there as soon as I can, but I have a parent's meeting at Kecoughtan at 5 pm. I then have to get Lauren home, so I probably am looking at 6...
Hey Tom, Can you resend your lists so that I can make the PDFs out of them? I think you sent them to my home stuff last week, where I proceeded to forget about...
FYI, the MRO arrives at Mars this Friday. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html<http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/top10_MRO.html> for some...
We are pleased to announce that the 3rd Annual Grundland Messier Cup will be held Saturday, March 25th at the Grundland Astronomy Park. Please review the cover...
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