Hey Tom, I'm getting tired of being the only one having to haul the GMC around all the time. I'm ready to share it with someone else. What does the crystal...
ATMers, I measured the size of the mirror last night. The diameter is 30.3 cm. The thickness is 5.2 cm. That gives volume = diameter*2 * pi / 4 = 30.3^2 * pi /...
Hey Bird: The cup would look really good with your name and the number 0 next to it. Let the challenge begin at 6:00 pm!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don;t think we need to get...
ATMers, Oops! Fat fingers typed the wrong key, again. The equation for calculating the volume of a cylinder is: volume = pi * diameter^2 / 4 = 3.14 * 30.3^2...
Hey Bird, I know a guy to do all that metal stuff. It might cost us some shipping though. He does very high quality work at reasonable prices. I might even...
bird - i swooped down probably in the middle of some project, but anyway, where is the height in your volume of a cylinder calc? you know v = area of the...
so Tom, who won the trophy last night ? ... From: Tom Schumann To: vpas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:06 PM Subject: [vpas] Weather is...
Wow!! What a night. Thanks goes out to everyone who came out and enjoyed the night. We had a total of 14 folks show up. Bird was there when I showed up...
excellent ! ... From: Tom Schumann To: vpas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 3:36 PM Subject: [vpas] April 1st GMC Report Wow!! What a night....
Hey Dennis, Thanks for two things: first for actually reading the post, and second for catching the gross blunder. Yes, like you stated in your email, the...
Hey Tom, Thank you very much for hosting the 3rd GMC Messier Marathon. Congratulations on getting four times the number of Messiers as your next competitor....
b-man all i have to do now is get the time and motivation to get out there again. i see from the posts that you guys are having a blast. if my alma mater,...
I misunderstood the emails and did not realize that this was taking place or I would have at least showed up. I would never be allowed to stay all night and ...
Hey Daniel, Goto scope's are not only allowed, they have their own trophy. Tom created a "Goto Goblet" (GG) for the computer assisted crowd. The only problem...
Hey George, Who should we send a Planetarium event update to at Jones for their web site? I was getting the Jones zip code for the Yuri' Night web site and ran...
Mary wanted to go - so we went Sunday. I could post a review of the Mars movie - but I think I might let you all go and try it out for yourself. I will...
Hey George, I submitted our typical and best Sky Quality Meter readings for the GAP. Best is 19.85 and the typical is 19.68. The units are: 19.85 mag/arcsec˛...
Stargazers, George and I are heading over to the Planetarium to set up for next Monday and Wednesday. We should be there around 4:30 pm or so. I'm guessing...
Bird, if you can get away you are welcome to come over and watch it at my house... clear skies Bear ... -- -- Bear AKA Lawrence Beals "The price of anything is...
Hey Bear, Thanks for the invite. I'd love to see it with you. I'll be at your place by 8 pm. I'd also like to participate in the Hubble 16th Anniversary event....
great see you there clear skies Bear ... -- -- Bear AKA Lawrence Beals "The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it." -Thoreau PIG DEAD....
Stargazers, Good news - bad news. Good news is we got a video projector set up and awaiting its laptop for next Monday night. Bad news is that one of the video...
hey, my new scope is still a strange animal to me and to be honest I'm still a little disgusted with it. But Tom has offered to help make some modifications...
