Does anybody know where we can find a Toucam pro SC? I've seen wonderful astrophotos taken with this camera and the price is low when campared with traditional...
I understand you can still pick one up at the link I've listed below. I have no knowledge about the company, its reputation, its integrity, so buyer beware is...
In a message dated 11/2/2003 7:51:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, leopoldojr@... writes: Does anybody know where we can find a Toucam pro SC? I've seen...
FYI about webcames "Images with webcams " is a very nice article and additional information in Astronomy magazine, December, 2003, P.94-97. Covers many of the...
In a message dated 11/4/2003 9:02:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, KCStarguy@... writes: Must be a hot topic. Sky & Telescope also ran a nice article on Video...
Well I just shipped my Starlight Xpress MX7c one shot camera off to its new owner in Long Beach, CA. Kind of sad, we spent many a long night together. It is...
Yes. It is a hot topic and I am thinking about trying to use ones in the future too. I wil have to look for the dec 2003 s&t article. The astronomy article...
Hello, I would like to invite you to the opportunity of joining a Yahoo! Group that specialises in amateur astronomy. My name is Jordan and I am one of the...
Don't forget to go out and catch the show tonight (11/8). From North America we will have a total Lunar eclipse The eclipse starts around 6:30 ET Reaches...
Do catch it while you can. Last May I had so much cloud cover that I could not be for sure if I even knew where the Moon was. Tonight, the clouds are ...
Um, I did have a moderate amount of cloud cover, such that no stars were visible. But... The Moon was bright enough to shine through, although lacking...
It was an exceptional viewing night here in W. Hartford, Connecticut for the lunar eclipse. 35 degrees F - downright balmy. A few, high, whispy clouds slid...
In a message dated 11/9/2003 9:23:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, ealanni@... writes: I got some variable clouds as well, but still have a nice showing....
Saturday night in South Florida was partly cloudy, but the Moon was very bright, and the eclipse was visible.....Our trip to Ft. Davis, Texas a few weeks ago...
Glad you got to see the eclipse Lainie Quite a differance in the skies from South Florida and Davis mountains. Fort Davis is one of my favorite astro haunts as...
STOLEN: A StarMaster 30" telescope w/ an Argo Navis DSC and a White 17' Haulmark "V" nose, tandem wheel trailer which has a ramp rear door and a 36" side door...
Nils, and all others, You should join and post this to a Yahoo e-group, "MissingScopes", as well. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MissingScope/ Harry Bearman ...
hi i'm an iranian amteur astronomer.and we have a new foreign guest in our monthly conference at the department of physics in university of tehran.this...
Hi Amir, I had visited the Nojum site www.nojum.net as well as the www.nojum.ir the Farsi version of the site. I have enrolled for their newsletter. It's a...
Eugene L., if you're out there, I have a question I know you can answer. I suspect there are many others in the group who can answer this question, as well....
I'm here, albeit very busy with my secular job (70 hrs/wk), so I have not posted in a while. Yes, Meade made a mistake in their calibration instructions for...
Eugene, thank you so much for that. It's helpful for me to understand the reason conceptually, and you've done just that with your description. Now I'm...
I expect that the presence or absence of the diagonal will vary your scale calibration by about 9.3%. As a side note, when doing GOTOs, leave your diagonal in...
Again, thank you, Eugene. That info is helpful as well. I plan on keeping fastidious notes on my calibrations w/ and w/out the diagonal so my results are...
Ok everyone, call me "astronomy-starved", but I just took my binoculars outside and found Jupiter. (9:30am -- in bright daylight) -- We haven't had clear skies...
The 12/03 issue of Scientific American has a short article, with three illustrations, on the world's oldest known observatory. A small fraction (~20%) of the...
