Hi I'm Jim. I am completely new to astronomy and would welcome some help. My request is specific. I am not oblivious to the fact that there are many stars up...
Hi Jim As you already know how to find the Big Dipper try to take a close look at the second star (counting from the end of the handle) in the Big Dipper. This...
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... Hi Jim, I know that the 70mm EQ "seems" like a nice starter telescope, but in reality there is very little you will enjoy through a scope with such a...
Hi Jim, This is Ashmeet from Delhi ,India....i currently own a 5" newtonian reflector scope... ..living in the country's capital with excess light pollution is...
... Hi Jim and welcome! That's a tall order for an email answer! There are whole _books_ written on the subject. A couple of the best are: Turn Left At Orion...
... Hi Jim, While I might not recommend the scope you have as the ideal starter scope, I will disagree with a previous response that said there is very little...
Thank you Steffen, Paul, and Ashmeet for your quick response. I will do a little online research of these stars you have recommended. The area I will be...
... First of all, to clear up the name. The star you saw occulted was W Sagittarii, sometimes known as Gamma-1 Sagittarii, part of a wide optical double, the...
Best way I know short of building a photometer or using a CCD Camers is by visual estimate. American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) at ...
... Sorry if I was unclear. I didn't mean that one can't enjoy plenty of things with a 70mm scope, I meant that as a "starter" scope, an inexperienced observer...
I finally got the 8" sct and rich field 4.5" under a truly dark sky the night before last... And it was great... But what truly dumbfounded me was the view...
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Thanks to both you Geoff and to Scott for the AAVSO info. I've spent a good part of the afternoon reading the manual and thinking about making a few...
I have been using a 10" F/4.7 newt. I also went outside last night (Sat) but observed while the 1/2 moon was still well above the western horizon, so things...
Yes, a good set of 10 x 50 at a dark site is just amazing. M31 is the Wow for me. In my Ranger Eagle Optics 10 x 50's, it takes up slightly more than half of...
... The way I got started was with their list of "Stars Easy to Observe": http://www.aavso.org/observing/aids/easystars.shtml I picked a couple of stars from...
... Yeah, Geoff and another guy did it to me last year too =-) I was logging Carbon stars, which are all variables, and they basically said "If you are going...
John, According to Night Sky Observer's Guide(NSOG) King 10 is a faint cluster...a hazy 3" N-S long mist.It recommends 175x(for 10" scope) to resolve about 15...
Hi All: I made an observation and sketch of Jupiter a while ago and this is the first opportunity I have had to post it to the group. During the observation...
... So am I! The reverse is also true: most long period variables are orange to red in colour; in fact that's often the easiest way to spot the variable in a...
Jim I have a 70 mm reflector myself, it is a Meade etx-70 that is powerfull enough to show most, if not all of the messier objects. You say that you want to to...
I observed the recently discovered comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN) on Monday morning from approximately 9:45 to 10:10 UT (5:45 to 6:10 a.m.) using the ASH 17" f/15...
