Last night I shot some great digital images of the moon. In my Astro weblog you will find a first result ( a big image of the moon!), a detailed report with...
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Welcome to Starrynights! Jump right in and post any observing related topics, questions, observations any time! We have lots of resources available on the...
... Darren, Great report! It is refreshing to hear of your observing successes with equipment that does not cost a fortune. After going through a short tube...
The Laurel Highlands Star Cruise in northeastern West Virginia will offer at least 24 different presentations by 15 different speakers, June 14 - 20. Mel...
... moon. ... at me. ... Hi Darren, great report! If I try hard enough I can vaguely recall what 'clear skies' are. Email some up here, would you please? <g> ...
Could anyone provide me a database (Excel or Quattro Pro...even .txt) of the Herschel 400 AL club list? I'm not looking for the list (I already have that), but...
... Better still, download the Saguaro Astronomy Club's database of over 10,000 deep sky objects, which includes all of the Herschels and a whole lot more: ...
... Exactly my intention, Geoff. I downloaded all, and converted it to .xls. What a treasure! I never knew they existed. Bill Ferris also sent me the AL...
I was thinking about getting this, as it looks like a great reference, However, I noticed it hasn't been updated since 1979. Is this book still relevant...
... Burnham's is a classic and still very relevant. It captures the magic and mystery of visual observation of the deep-sky like no other guide in print,...
Absolutely, There is a vast ammount of information in the books, history, legends and other side-tracking info, along with first class astronomical information...
What has happened to the SEDS site. I have always enjoyed it immensely and it was a good way to get DSS images of NGC and IC objects with a minimum of...
... The SEDS site now carries the following message, and an appeal for funds to replace their 10-year-old server: On Friday, March 5, SEDS.org suffered a...
I did get them and haven't been able to put them down since! The section on M31 alone is worth the price of admission. First thing I did though, was put tabs...
I added some digital Moon pics to my site of a 9-day-old moon. The images (shot with Nikon Coolpix) are large (in size and bytes) so allow a few seconds to...
For many years now, I've resisted purchasing this set. However, this topic comes up on a group somewhere about every six months, and the opinion has never...
Hello, Just updated my website with the latest observations of Jupiter,Saturn and Venus: http://planets.lamost.org/EPlanets2003.htm Clear and Steady skies, GY...
With marathon season kicking off later this month, are any Starrynights suscribers planning to participate? For those interested in knowing just what this...
... Hi Bill, I am planning on a Messier Marathon if the weather cooperates. Too bad I won't be in Arizona where it most likely will be clear. Last year I got a...
... My club will be holding its Messier marathon that same weekend at our E. C. Carr Observatory near Collingwood, Ontario. Because the road into our...
... I do the marathon each year. The 15th through the 22nd is this years window with 30 minutes of moon, for me at least on the east coast, on the morning of...
Slight correction, that should read 4:30am on the 21st not 2:50am John Kagey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Globulars_And_Open_Clusters/ ... years ... on ... ...
Wow! What an amazing article! I just today started reading the Handbook for the first time. The article you gave the URL to gave me goosebumps and much...
Thanks for the links to the articles on Burnham. I have owned the books since the late 1970's and have always referred to them before & after observing. Take a...
Man, it's been almost two whole weeks with nothing but total cloud cover day and night and I am about to go ballistic. Now I don't even have my crappy city...
