Reminder from the Calendar of vpas
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GAP Stargazing
Friday May 2, 2003
All Day
(This event repeats on the first Friday...
Stargazers, Well it looks like our rain and overcast will continue tonight. I'm going to be at the GAP about a half hour after sunset. If there are any holes...
Stargazers, I checked out a video projector. I'll also have my PowerBook and a USB data pen if you need to transfer a presentation. Clear Skies Lawrence Taylor...
Hey Stargazers, I could have a video client coming to the house tonight around 7pm or so... I¹m going to have confirmation about 6ish I hope.. I will let you...
Stargazers, What a beautiful night. Travis and I waited from about a quarter after 8 pm until after 9 pm to see if anyone was going to show up. The skies are ...
Stargazers, I got a treat for VPAS today. Astronaut Patrick was at NASA Langley this afternoon to present Mission Safety "Snoopy" awards to three of Langley's...
Stargazers, Bear gave me a call about observing tonight at College Creek. Tom and I will be leaving Hampton around 7:30 pm. That should put us up in ...
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Lawrence W. Taylor III
l.w.taylor@...
May 5, 2003 3:03 pm
Stargazers, Another great night on planet Earth. Bear, Tom, and I watched an eclipse of Io and Jupiter. Awesome. Tom and his eagle eyes was the first to pick...
Bear, Bird, and I had a good time last night. It was my first time at College Creek and I was impressed. Fairly dark skies but a little more road traffic...
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Lawrence W. Taylor III
l.w.taylor@...
May 5, 2003 5:31 pm
NASA Skywatchers, How was the viewing? Clear Skies, Lawrence Taylor...
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Lawrence W. Taylor III
l.w.taylor@...
May 5, 2003 6:40 pm
Stargazers, I got a hoot out of this one. Truth is stranger than fiction: http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/05/02/offbeat.rogers.asteroid.ap/index.ht ml And...
When we arrived, there was a fairly clear opening in the sky; we did get a peek at Jupiter. However, the skies quickly clouded up, and stayed that way for the...
Wow... Sounds like a great time!! I wish I was there... I got to spend the day watching chicks play golf and play at Busch Gardens.. Also met Jill McGill...
Thanks Carmen. It was really iffy down here in Hampton, too. My buddy Steve Underkofler saw an awesome blue-green meteor Saturday night through the broken...
Man, I am jealous now. Jill McGill huh. Well if you have to compromise one heavenly site for another, she's not so bad. Glad you had fun Andy. ... spend...
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Lawrence W. Taylor III
l.w.taylor@...
May 6, 2003 2:07 pm
Hey Sharon, It¹s a first come first serve, but we typically start showing up to get the Planetarium set up around 5 pm. If we had enough to fill the seats...
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Lawrence W. Taylor III
l.w.taylor@...
May 6, 2003 8:03 pm
Sungazers, Mercury is going to transit the Sun from about 5:13 UT to 10:32 UT, which is from 1:13 EDT to 6:32 EDT 7.May.03 for an Earth observer. There are...
Stargazers, I stopped by the Planetarium tonight. The door looks great. They painted it red or brown on the outside and blue along with the blocks on the ...
Bird, Give me a call if you decide to go out, not sure if I will decide to go out or not but give me a call anyway, if I wake up maybe I will join you on ...
Hey Bear, I just looked outside and it's crystal clear. Mars is shining bright. I'm going to put in the contacts, get dressed and drag my butt down to the...
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Lawrence W. Taylor III
l.w.taylor@...
May 7, 2003 1:25 pm
Sungazers, My karma was good this morning. I drove out to Buckroe Beach and had my ETX-90EC set up by 4 am. I couldn't see any of my alignment stars due to the...
Stargazers, I dropped by the Planetarium last night to set it up for next Wednesday. There is an EXIT sign for the new door. It is very bright. A few more ...
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George L. Curran
g.l.curran@...
May 9, 2003 4:04 pm
The lunar eclipse on Thursday next week will give you budding astro photographers a good chance to try out your techniques. Bird suggested heading to College...
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Lawrence W. Taylor III
l.w.taylor@...
May 9, 2003 5:25 pm
NASA Skywatchers, Are any of you going to the observatory tonight? If you do, please post something? It would save me a drive if it clears up. Clear Skies, ...
Lawrence, I checked with Bob Mack, and as far as the two of us know, there will not be anyone at the observatory tonight. Marilyn NASA Skywatchers, Are any of...
