... interesting ... Thanks Susan. Anyone with access to an H alpha setup should keep an eye on this one. It flared once yesterday (Monday 30 April) and could...
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... It's also a wonderful object in white light (properly filtered of course). There is (or at least was yesterday) a delicate lighter bridge going across the...
Hi all, Same goes for the Central California Coast. It seem that there is alot more upper atmospheric moisture contributing to fewer stars seen. I thought this...
Hi Michael: Thanks for posting your nice sketches. It has been a while since I last observed old Sol but I'll try to get out and observe it again in the near ...
Thanks, Eric! I hope you get a chance at this sunspot--they've been few and far between lately. I'm no expert but I think any good ep will work with a PST....
Hi Michael, Glad you enjoyed the observing report and thanks for the information on the PST. By the way what comets have you been looking for in the morning...
... They sure can, I guess some are better than others. I use 10mm & 14mm Pentax XW's in mine as well as 9mm & 12mm U/O HD's and in good conditions either my ...
Yesterday (Wedesday), on a local observatory group, a question was ask about Gliese 581 (Gl 581). I refered him to SIMBAD and also gave him the coordinates of...
Hi Glen, Re: Star Bernad and GL 581 Barnard is the 3rd closest star, after Alpha and Beta Centauri. What are their magnitudes? What is the magnitude of GL...
I'm guessing he's saying Bernards Star is the 3rd closest star to us beyond Alpha and Beta Centauri. What is its magnitude? And, what is the magnitude of G581....
Ozzy, Thanks for the information. Hope to buy a PST at some point. Clear Skies, Eric ... conditions >either my 7mm XW or 7mm U/O HD although I do prefer the...
Mercury Mercury reached superior conjuction on the 3rd of May and now is an evening sky object moving from Taurus to Gemini mid month reached perihelion May...
... information on ... Eric, I was trying to spot Comet C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy). I was looking with a very small instrument (10x50 binocs) although others...
I recently accepted an offer to do a astronomy program at a friends campground. But I'm not exactly sure what information I should cover. I thought that I...
... My advice is to pick one topic, and build a talk around that. If you try to do the planets, the sun, and telescopes, it's simply going to take too much...
Hey Kenny: When I get involved with something like that I usually set up my laptop and show a blow-up, in my case Starrynight software, of what they are going...
Does anyone have a file containing the alignment stars for Discovery Telescope's Star Finder digital setting circle that they could upload to the Files...
When I was looking for an alignment star file, I noticed someone has uploaded a "Spring Astronomy Fact Sheet/object & info cheat sheet for public observations"...
Hi Kenny :) Reading your post I am assuming that your camp group is just that-not astronomically minded as you are. I've been in that boat practically every...
Kenny, In the same vein as Richard's suggestion, find Phil Harrington's Astronomy for All Ages. There is a section that contains a "Pocket Solar System", made ...
