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December 2005 Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times are UT (subtract 5 hours and when appropriate 1 calendar day for EST) 12/1 New Moon (lunation 1026) occurs at...
Kepple and Sanner, "The Night Sky Observer's Guide" give this one a meager one-star rating and suggest it is a challenging target in 12- 14 inch scopes with an...
Extra, extra! Just hot of the press! Sue French, the monthly S&T Deep Sky Wonders columnist, has finally published her book! She observe many DSOs with a 4.1"...
... Comet ... Ron, When you pick up a copy of David Levy's book be sure and make it to page 233. I'm on my second time through and I just noticed Geoff got an...
... M61? I don't think so. Maybe M47 or M48, since they were identified by Ted Morris a few years before I observed them. But M61's identity was never in ...
Eric, Thanks for posting your sketch of Comet Hale-Bopp--I've never seen anything like those parabolic hoods. I only observed H-B with the unaided eye but...
... "Here is where the idea of a competitive Messier club makes so much sense. Miss Williamson compared my observation of M61 with those of other members who...
... had ... Say, Michael, Geoff, all these talks about M61 has now perked up my Light Cup's ears ;-). Believe it or not, I haven't seen it yet :-(. Must try...
... Oh I forgot to add that I'd then like to conjure an imagination of being back in 1960 with a 4-inch "Unitron" trying to find M61 ;-). Better late than...
... Certainly she kept good notes, but I still have _my_ notes, which is where she got _her_ notes. The observation makes sense in context, part of an...
... Thats another dandy Dennis! I love that bubbly knot of nebulosity on the right side. You didn't include the finder chart like you always do - and not ...
... Not to sound obtuse Geoff, but why was that. Obviously, no computer locators, DSC's, but what were the other holdbacks in that day? Were there not any...
... All of the above. The only star atlas was Norton's. There were no guide books beyond simple constellation guides, which maybe listed a dozen or two deep...
Michael: Glad you enjoyed my sketch of Hale-Bopp and article on the Bonds. Hale-Bopp was a very interesting comet to observe and study, and it was only when I...
Thanks Dave, it is interesting to compare how they look in my sketch to how they look in photographs. Also thanks for posting your AstroCalendar each month. I...
It was the same for me when I first began observing with my 60mm achromatic refractor in the early 1970's. There were no astronomy clubs in my area, so if I...
Hi Jim, Thanks for the feedback. I had in fact prepared the finder chart and then forgot to incorporate it into the web page in my haste to publish. Sorry...
Eric, That link worked and Dave's photo clearly shows the parabolic hoods-- thanks. Thanks also for posting your sketches that zero in on the head of ...
Hello all, I am new to astronomy and new to the group. Last night was partly clear here and early on (about 6:00 PM local time) we had a good look at Venus....
... It is not really a shadow, but something which happens because of the geometry of the positions of the Sun, Venus, and the Earth. Venus is between the Sun...
Hi, Nothing is casting a shadow, it's the position of venus relative to earth. We are viewing it from the side (partially). It goes through phases just like...
Thanks to Rick and Geoff. A little more thinking about the solar system and less about the equipment is in order. Rich L. ... relative to earth. We are viewing...
... a ... extended ... Michael, You have to paste the remainders of long URLs in on these groups but since you asked here it is - http://tinyurl.com/7d9f9 Dave...
Hi Group ! This may be dumb but - who else can I ask ! I am in southern california - and every night for a few hours after sunset there is a bright (star ?) -...
... There are no dumb questions. Honestly! This bright object is the planet Venus. At this moment, it is getting close to Earth and therefore it's apparent...
