Cometgazers, Who else got a most excellent view of the big fuzz ball last night? Was it amazing, or what? We set up the SGB in the front yard after the ...
Stargazers, I'm going to try and see the presentation next Tuesday night at the Virginia Air & Space Center at 7:30 pm. Check message 7029 for talk details: ...
Stargazers, Sunset is a little after 6 pm, so how does gates open by 6:30 pm at the latest sound? I can open up earlier if anyone requires more daylight for ...
Reminder from: vpas Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vpas/cal GAP Stargazing Friday November 2, 2007 All Day (This event repeats every month on the...
vpas@yahoogroups.com
Nov 1, 2007 3:58 pm
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Cometgazers, I just got off of the phone with Mark St. John Erickson with the Daily Press and he'd really like to run some local astroimages of the comet. The...
Cometgazers, Help me get a list for Mark on available community observing events - weather permitting, for the next couple of weeks: 2.Nov.07 Grundland...
Cometgazers, Ok, so you thought Monday at 10 am was too soon? It's now moved up until tomorrow afternoon. Sorry about that, but such is life. If any of you ...
Sounds good Bird. I am going to try to come. I also would love to help with the observatory but this weekend is bad as I have Reserve duty. Mike ... ...
Hey Harry & Kathy, Great shot. I put it in the Photos folder named Comet 17P/Holmes and forwarded a your email to Mark. Thank you very much. You guys are our ...
I will swing by around 6pm. That should give us plenty of time. Looking forward to getting out. Saw the comet from Minnesota over the last weekend in binos...
Bird, I won't be able to attend the ECSP so I'll be at Riverview Farm Park on Friday the 9th. Dave ... events - ... the Big ... pm / ... Party on ... are...
Man I wish I had a nice, powerful electronic scope. I'd get a picture of the commet to enter in the contest. Too bad for me. Chris ... and ... our ... group, ...
Hello everyone, I'm sure someone here knows the answer to this question, possibly Bird. I ran across the photo in this link,...
Chris Hendricks
mugo_pine@...
Nov 2, 2007 9:52 am
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RE: ECSP T-shirts This year's ECSP T-shirt will be quite unique. I photographed the constellation Perseus with Comet 17P/Holmes. That picture will appear in...
Stargazers, Here is the official website for Tuesday night's talk: http://shemesh.larc.nasa.gov/Lectures/sigma/s-071106.htm Taphouse at a quarter after 6 pm?...
Bird, Unfortunately I will not be able to make it to the GAP tonight. I was really looking forward to it. Maybe next time. Hope you have clear Dark skies Mike...
Klosterman Michael J ...
michael.klosterman.ct...
Nov 2, 2007 3:50 pm
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Cometgazers, Mark says thanks for the images he's received so far. Keep 'em coming. If you can submit in jpeg, he thinks the photo guys would be appreciative....
Hey Tina, For Hampton, we still do the GAP on the first and third Friday. Winter is probably the best time to observe - no mosquitoes or horse flies. Jones...
Hey Nick, Thank you very much for the report. For all you VPAS types out there that haven't enjoyed viewing with our Southside cousins, the Back Bay Amateur...
Cloudwatchers, Tom and I drove on out to the GAP. Butch came by to see us at the gates. We talked about Comet Holmes and looked at the bottom of a million...
Saturday, November 03, 2007 If you haven't already responded, bear in mind Monday noon November 5 is the deadline for placing your order for ECSP t-shirt....
Mike, Sorry this has taken me so long. I found out that MSU password protected the 7 day virtual field trip links from my class. However, if you can give me...
clybio
clybio@...
Nov 5, 2007 12:37 pm
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Cometgazers, The Daily Press had Comet 17P/Holmes as the lead story on the front page this morning with Steve Hamilton's image as the background. Awesome!...
Hey Don, Phil Plait has a great "Bad Astronomy" site where he addresses the Moon Illusion: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2zzxt6 I subscribe to his podcasts, too....
Hey Don, Here is the site that Phil refers to in his web site: http://preview.tinyurl.com/29j9s6 Wow, I'm only part way through the page and am learning a ton...
Cometgazers, Anyone interested in doing a dry run tonight for tomorrow night to check out viewing angles and some sidewalk astronomy at Carousel Park / ...
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