Excellent viewing yesterday! It started with the moon around 6:30 EST (11:30 UT). The seeing was average and hurt a bit by my having to sight over our roof...
Geoff and all, Some months ago (well, a couple years ago) Geoff did a review on the atlas Uranometria 2000 vol 1 Northern Hemisphere. I'm preparing to order...
Well, First of all let me introduce my self. I'm a newbie to this forum, so here goes... My name is Peter Canfield (call me Pete, stranger...), my equipment...
... That review is on my web site: http://members.rogers.com/ggaherty/Uranometria.htm I still find I use the Millennium Atlas most of all, because I like the...
... I was also out last night, and logged five moons in my new Orion 80mm ED refractor: Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, and Tethys. The only way to identify them...
Glenn, Hello!! I haven't heard from you in months. How you been?? I should have figured you would be in Iraq! I want to wish you a happy Holiday Season and New...
Once again it's time for me to look back over my astronomical activities for the past year. My hunch that this was a very cloudy year was confirmed when I...
... for the ... added ... and 132 ... Geoff, Congratulations! A fantastic year for you. I do know why your weather was cloudier in 2003. The clouds normally...
Hi Craig, Congratulations on seeing the Horsehead. ... Wow! You just wrote off two of my favourite open clusters. Well, as they say, beauty is in the eyepiece...
I was looking at Jupiter this AM (1030 UT) and viewed a dark spot at approx. 45 degrees North, and just east of the Meridian (correct image). Seeing was not...
... What you saw was the shadow cast by Ganymede on the planet's cloud deck. -- Geoff Gaherty Toronto Centre RASC http://members.rogers.com/ggaherty/...
Hi Geoff, If I would have 88 observing sessions a year, I would be very glad! In the Netherlands (sea climate) we have a lot of clouds (and rain). But in 2003...
Hello everyone, this is my first post. I've been lurking for a month or so. For me 2003 was Mars. I first observed it in June, when I had to set the alarm for...
... Because I live in Canada, I tend to think I'm latitude challenged, and forget all the folks in Europe who are much farther north than I am. Both these ...
2003 for me was my first full year at the scope (I got my C8 in August 2002). Going through my sketchbook I came across the following: March 23rd - a beautiful...
... Only a died-in-the-wool Mars observer could get excited about seeing a cloud. Most of us swear at them! ... Which one did you get? I'm really excited...
... An 8-inch Dob should perform MUCH better than that. I'm amazed that there is an 8-inch scope that won't show moon transits on Jupiter. Either your mirror...
A thin haze of Cirrus ahead of an approaching weather system covered the sky earlier this evening and I could not be bothered with setting the scope up ...
... there ... your ... you how if ... before ... someone sold ... if the ... mirror for it. ... Well, you've got me a little worried now. My scope is an Orion...
Hi Kim, I've seen the Moon through one of our skylights with the 90mm ETX and as you said, the views aren't perfect but much better than I thought they'd be......
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... time ... Phillip, Alan is correct, any 1/2 decent 8" Newtonian will outperform an 85MM APO and by a reasonable margin on everything. I would check through...
... Philip, If you're unsure of collimation visit the Sky and Telescope web site and read the review by Nils Olof Carlin. Sky and Telescope has made some of...
Hi all, Last night I had my first observing session of 2004. The Moon was the main observing target and I had a chance to test the Nikon Coolpix 4500 with my...
Hi, I thought I understood what a "transit" was, ie 'Io is transitting across the face of Jupiter'. Now I am looking at the Skygazer's Almanac '04 that was...
... What they're referring to is the local time when Saturn crosses (or transits) your local meridian, the line joining the poles and the zenith at your...
Hi Philip, ... Ah yes, there is nothing like the image of a double star through a fine refractor! Best regards, PJ http://www.munisingwebsites.com/lookum...
In this album you will see the latest photos from the spirit rover, as well as a few of my mars art sets of Beagle,Stardust and spirit spacecraft. I will...
