... There's a wonderful old book called "The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air" by M. G. J. Minnaert, still available in paperback from Dover....
New Year's is always a good time to look back over the year that's done and forward to the year that's starting. I spent a while last night going over my...
... Thanks Marc, Bill, and Geoff for trying to help people access my web page, and sorry if anyone was having problems. As of today, January 1, 2002, my web...
... The name that ALPO seems to prefer is either rod or bar, which is defined as a very elongated condensation with its major axis usually parallel to the ...
The address posted still failed for me. I finally tracked it to: http://home.fiam.net/ericj/jupiter_color.html Apparently the page had moved, and the old page...
... observations on Jupiter, weather permitting, and my "lunar tourist" program on the Moon. This entails observing all the identified features in my "guide...
... I'll make no promises this early, but it is probably the second closest star party to me, and I'd really love to meet you and my many online friends who...
... closest star ... friends who attend! Geoff I know it's very early in the year to plan for this. I just wanted to get the seed planted early. We will see...
Hi, I just came in for a warm up. The air is nice and steady in N.J., and the wind has diminished considerably. I tried using an 80A, and 82A on Jupiter, and...
Marc, When I make an obsevation of a planet I usually look at it with all the filters to see what shows up. But personnaly a #15 Yellow seems to show Jupiter...
Hi Marc, I have a whole rainbow of filters. About 12 of them. I've tried every one of them and generally find that they do NOT enhance the view over a plain,...
The only filter I use is an apodizing filter, designed to reduce diffraction difficulties of circular aperatures, and thereby enhance contrast. They cannot...
I have a fairly large library of astronomy books. Most have to do with observing, physics, etc. There are bits and pieces of history in many of these books,...
Hi, I am not sure that I completely understand your question. In any case try, Coming of age in the Milky Way, by Timothy Ferris. Great book. Marc Zukoff ... ...
Fred: Yes, I can suggest an excellent history book. I just finished a Master's Degree class in the History of Astronomy and found the this book to be...
... I just spent an hour or so with Jupiter and Saturn, too. -8C here in Toronto. ... I've tried various filters on the planets many times over the years, but...
Hi All: I am giving Jupiter a look this evening under poor seeing. At times I seem to see a very large loop festoon on the equator side of the NEB very near...
... I was observing Jupiter tonight from about 01:15 to 02:15 UT, and wasn't able to see any festoon detail because of a combination of poor seeing and small ...
... wasn't able to ... small ... embedded the ... could possibly ... Belt. ... Hi Geoff: Right... I see what looks like the GRS rotating into view on the SEB. ...
... Usually, and particularly this year, the NEB is much more prominent than the SEB. The NEB also has a strong reddish-brown color this year, while the SEB...
... than the ... while the SEB is ... Hi Geoff: I gave this feature another look before packing up the scope. It is a loop festoon having a size in the GRS...
Hi, Though I regularly read this groups posts, I've have yet to contibute here. I really appreciation all the contributions by members of this group. I've...
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... They usually are quite common, sometimes four or five of them spaced around the planet. And their lifetimes are usually several months or more, so they...
Paul, Marc, Thanks! I have "Coming of Age in the Milky Way" (enjoyed it very much). Was looking for something more like an organized history text. The...
Vic I was viewing Jupiter on 31 December 2001 (UT about 21.00 - sorry too cold to take timings - minus 9 centigrade) here in the UK. The feature you describe...
I haven't read "Coming of Age in the Milky Way." I have read Ferris' book "The Whole Shebang". It sounds similar. It covers major discoveries in the ...
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy is fun to read. The way the subject matter is presented makes you not want to put the book down. The numerous...
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