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Last night approx 10:00 EST I went out with my 8" DOB. The sky was clear and the temp was in the mid 30's. First,I wanted to get a few more looks at Mars. I...
... Quadrans Muralis, ... should be ... interfere with ... PST, so either ... observe, with the ... northern ... again the ... hi, i have a question about the...
... Hi Mahmoud, The maximum is at 18h Universal Time, which is 8 PM your time. The best time would actually be after midnight, since the radiant doesn't clear...
... worst choice for some anticipating astrophotography in the future. My advice is to start out with a Dob, then buy a new telescope when you are ready for...
The weather has been so bad the last couple of months, I almost forgot to put together my annual observing report. It seemed as if I'd hardly done any ...
January 2006 Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times are UT (subtract 5 hours and when appropriate 1 calendar day for EST) 1/1 The Moon is at perigee, subtending...
... I gotta agree with you on this - both for ease of locating and quality of the view =-) I was just looking at R Leporis last week - it is an amazing color...
... larger ... as ... you've ... I've been meaning to look for them, but V Aquilae is now out of sight and S Cephei is soon to follow, but when they return to...
It was by no means a good year weatherwise in south central Pennsylvania (the 2005 Martian apparition was particularly disappointing) but I did make a number...
Reply to : Geoff Gaherty ... Do you record your observations with the PST ? Don't forget to take it to Libya :-) -- Richard Mallett Eaton Bray, Dunstable ...
... Yes I usually make a sketch or describe the prominences and their locations. ... Definitely! I'll probably switch to binoculars during totality. Geoff -- ...
All, I felt this would be of interest to fellow list subscribers. I hope to see some of you who post at the star party, introduce yourself! Registration for...
What a fascinating book! And it's free ;-)! http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/whatsup_2006_book.html Lots of stuff to watch, Moon, planets, DSOs for each...
... Wow Ron - quite the find. I can tell a _LOT_ of work went into that document - I'm curious as to why they gave it away for free. <shrug> no matter, I'll...
Last night, I teamed up with a fellow astronomer to observe the Moon, Jupiter and a number of deepsky. We observed for 7 hours, and used several different...
You right Jim. I did some checking and find R Leonis is a late M class red giant. I confused it with another star. Still, I've never seen any M- type star that...
The Moon will occult the Pleiades tonight throughout the United States. Browse http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/2006plnam/pleiadna.htm for further...
Kepple and Sanner (The Night Sky Observer's Guide) rate this one two stars in a 12-14 inch scope, so it is a faint visual target. This amorphous blob of...
NASA's Stardust Sample Return Capsule and Entry Path Visible in Northwest Stardust Mission Flight and Recovery Team On January 15, 2006, after more than 7...
Dave, Since you mentioned different places that you went to see the stars and nebula I assume these were different times of the year. Just today there was a...
... That is a sad commentary partly on our deteriorating environment, but more on the need for instant gratification among many people today. I'd say that the...
... I think that's utter nonsense. It seems to me that certain curmudgeonly members of every generation has had that complaint about the ones that came after....
