This is for Dave Kratz and any others interested in purchasing a shortwave receiver as their timing source for asteroid occultations, and also for any...
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dennis rowley
dennis48ster@...
Mar 1, 2009 11:33 pm
harry - thanks! this is a pretty completed evaluation, for sure. my old zenith transoceanic is starting to have problems, and i may well look into a new sw. ...
Hey Harry, I really appreciate your fine information on radios and antennae. I just ordered the Kaito KA33 from University-Radio for $37 each plus shipping: ...
Ya' beat me to JR <VBG>; there's also C. Crane & Co. Their "orphan" section has slightly discounted ones. They carry many of the models mentioned already. ...
Occultationgazers, I found another source for shortwave radios that might be nice when they run their 25% off ads in the Sunday paper. Sports Authority has a ...
I have been out of it for a while and was given an awesome present from my wife- a trip to the Winter Star Party!!! The 25th Anniversary of the WSP no less! 8...
Mike, that is awesome!! Atilla is my hero...except when he turns all the little squares white on our CSC. Did you know there is a Firefox plugin that puts...
As far as I know - the "loser" of "not it" at the February presentation has not stepped up yet. I need to get an announcement out to the schools - anybody...
Hey Tina, Yes on all. Keep me updated on the Woman's Adventure Group on the 8th of April. Clear Dark Skies, Bird ... Hey Tina, Yes on all. Keep me updated on...
Cool. I use IE7 and I couldn't get the link to work anyway. But that sounds cool. The WSP trip was a spur of the moment thing. I really needed a vacation/star...
Cool. I use IE7 and I couldn't get the link to work anyway. But that sounds cool. The WSP trip was a spur of the moment thing. I really needed a vacation/star...
Stargazers, I was out at the Pfister Observing Site(my backyard) tonight and it was an ok night. I saw NGC 2392(Eskimo Neb.) very well despite the moonlight....
Hello everyone - I just visited a neat website www.twannight.org <http://www.twannight.org> which is being run in conjuction with IYA2009. The World at Night...
Comet Lulin is still looming, although not as luminous. I took this shot last night in the suburbs in waxing moonlight and kept the exposure under two minutes....
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Steve Shellman
smshel.uga.edu@...
Mar 4, 2009 5:42 pm
Still looking good ... Steve ... -- Stephen M. Shellman, Ph.D. Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations College of William & Mary ...
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dennis rowley
dennis48ster@...
Mar 4, 2009 5:42 pm
yep, i bought a takahashi 7 mm eyepiece for my old monolux 60 mm refractor. it was worth more than 3 x the original price of the scope. of course, the scope...
Hey Bird, is the Twilight Stargazing Hike on the 27th something anyone can go to? My dad and I thought it sounds neat... if we're free that weekend maybe we'll...
Hey Chuck, Here it is at about a 1 Mb. jpeg file. Let me know if you want bigger. Clear Dark Skies, Bird ... Hey Chuck, Here it is at about a 1 Mb. jpeg file....
Hey Emily, Everyone is of course welcome to participate at Sandy Bottom. If you put up a scope and help out it's free. If you'd prefer to meet at the Nature...
Thanks for the info. One last question: I've read about the Messier Marathons, and I'm pretty sure I'm not up to the level of completing one fully, but if we...
Hey Emily, The Messier Marathon is more of a personal accomplishment. We use it to encourage AstroBuddies to learn the sky through the 110 Messier objects from...
Thanks for the info! It would be fun to try to get some of them, but I think I'll just wish everyone luck and enjoy watching the competition... :) Clear Skies,...
Shuttlegazers, Current schedule has moved the next launch up a day to the 11th at 9:20 pm. The Flight Readiness Review will be on Friday. The official ...
