I am surprised I was able to get anything with all the new stuff I added (cloud gods were kind). New Mak-Cas mounted on a Losmandy dup plate and I upgraded to...
Howdy! You are invited to Texas for ALConExpo 2006, the Astronomical League’s annual grand gathering of amateur astronomers! ALConExpo 2006 will take place...
Howdy! You are invited to Texas for ALConExpo 2006, the Astronomical League’s annual grand gathering of amateur astronomers! ALConExpo 2006 will take place...
Hello, I guess this would be of interest to many of you. Those who dont subscribe to Astronomy may like to get a newstand copy. The issue should be out by the...
The seeing was lousy and the dew was so heavy, it felt like rain. I abandoned my galaxy targets and went for M8 in narrowband. I was not getting the resolution...
I finally updated my equipment page with some pictures of the new scope and the Losmandy Dup setup. http://www.astrofx.com/Equipment/equipment.htm Also a...
Hello, Maybe all of you are aware that the August issue of Astronomy Magazine is a Meteorite special. They have announed a Meteorite give away Survey. Check...
Manoj I saw the preview in the current issue. It should be a very interesting issue, and a novel concept to drill down one topic like this in a publication. ...
You are right Charlie, I am looking forward in reading this one. Currently the meteorite fireball of Norway has generated a lot of interest in the field. ...
Hi Everybody. This just came over a local astronomy group. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/13jun_lunarsporadic.htm? list117193 You may have to put the...
Weather is known to play spoil sport for all astronomy events. Just stumbled on this recent article, which tempts me in enlisting the services of a monkey ;-) ...
"Sure is quiet out there." Paul says as he peeks over the top of Tycho's crater rim into no-man's land. "That could be good. It may mean those Martian android...
Yeah it sure is....but man o man...sure glad I ate my wheaties this morning...other wish I never would have been able to hang onto that blaster! I hate to say...
On a serious note, I was just watching the nightly news on T.V. and they mentioned severe flooding in western and southern India. Here's an article online...
Thanks Paul.... am ok. We had a visitor from space last week.... scattered a few rocks down here and there is a big scramble around these parts for these...
CCCRRRRAAAACCCCKKKK!!!! The silence breaks as BC enters the scene... I don't know about you guys, but it's too "blankity, blank!!!" hot here to do too much!...
ShowBizSue tiptoes in not wanting to disturb the obviously great conversation happening. All's been quiet on her dot in the galaxy, better known to Earthlings...
Wow! It's great to hear from you Paul, Manoj, Brenda, and Sue!!! Brenda, we purchased our blasters from ACME. (You know, manufacturer of jet powered roller...
Oh, yea...ACME...I remember now. They make many useful things. Like those holes that can be placed anywhere...blackholes are useful. Several of my friends buy ...
Chadds Ford is not near, yet not far; however, I'm headed to MA for the week. Enjoy your visit to the Keystone State! Sue [Non-text portions of this message...
Yes, I've never thought about it but those black holes can be a real helping hand at times! Here's quite a listing of some ACME products (sorry, no rubber ...
Smitty, I'll have to check out those links when I'm not on dial-up. On the res, we don't even have cable TV offered. That's where I live, on one of the...
Ed, If ACME started selling quality products, then the humor in the whole thing would be gone. Of course, if someone really were to build a pocket version of a...