Jamie Switzer and I were thinking of going out to Moose creek tomorrow night for a few hours of observing after the gabfest. Don't really know what the...
Hello all, Last night I enjoyed my first session of the year at Bootland Farm. After a brief nap, at 10:30pm I packed the car under pouring rain. It was a bit...
Hmmmm .... orange tuber .... the moon won't rise until something like 4:00AM and it sure looks like it's going to be overcast Friday evening, if not raining.....
Space Weather News for May 1, 2008 http://spaceweather.com FLYBY ALERT: This is a good month for spaceship spotting. On May 1st, the International Space...
Pierre ... Great and very personal report ... I always look forward to these ... and have missed yours for a while ! Let's hope we get many more like this...
Hi Simon, Thanks for the kind words. Sure am planing to show up at Astro Day. I haven't done any public astronomy in such a long time that I'm really missing...
Reminder from: OAOG Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/cal Next OAOG Get-Together: May 2nd Friday May 2, 2008 5:30 pm - 11:30 pm Notes: Everybody...
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May 2, 2008 9:25 am
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Reminder from: OAOG Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/cal Mercury near M45 Friday May 2, 2008 9:00 pm - 9:00 pm Notes: Mercury is 2 degrees south...
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May 2, 2008 12:55 pm
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Hi All! As has been the case these past few cloudy nights, I awoke from my easy chair with my lastest issue of S&T laying open, where I fell asleep. I can...
Cool report, Chris ... I'm glad that somebody got some observing in this week. It wasn't too windy for you there? I know what you mean about about the short...
Hello all, I'd like to extend an invitation to my friends in OAOG to come and take part of an event, by the Eastway Gardens Community. It's on Sunday, May 18...
Wonderful gabfest tonight ... so many people, so many ideas ... can't get any better than that! I was chatting with a couple of folks about an article I had...
Reminder from: OAOG Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/cal The Eta Aquarid meteor shower Monday May 5, 2008 12:00 am - 4:30 am Notes: The Eta...
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May 4, 2008 4:02 pm
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Hi, I just re-loaded the file 'Solar System May 2008'. The one that I posted last week was wrong. I loaded an old backup file by mistake. The description...
All, After a long day of work I decided to try my 10" before Astronomy Day coming on May 10 2008. I captured an image of NGC4567-4568 and LEDA 169627 from...
Hello all, The long range forecast is looking wet for most of the week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for clearing with great stability on Astronomy Day. ...
Nice one Rock ... I was also observing last night at GSO with the 10" ... and Mallin*Cam Hyper BW. The sky was dark enough to use 12 secs integration...
Simon, I saw M 51 with my 10" last night that made me cry! Unbelievable! Last night conditions were simply spectacular. One of the rarest night for city...
Very cool image, Rock ... done by the master himself ...LOL. Given that your exposure time was a total of only 168 seconds ... this is pretty neat indeed! I...
I only took one half reasonable image last night ... M13... a favourite. It's posted on my website at: http://www.geocities.com/cydium@.../DSI.html ...
Most of my effort last night was doing a home brewed experiment with different Hartmann mask configurations, altered to generate diffraction spikes to help get...
OK ... Just time for one last post before lunch... I came across WARP's polar alignment procedure for LX55/75 telescopes (would probably work with any #497...
The weather computer model long-range is currently showing a favorable trend for Saturday. Clearing skies on Saturday morning, and a comfortable day around...
Hi Rob. I really liked your write-up on experiments w/ Hartmann masks, I too have spent much time seeking that focus goal. Thanks Adrien. _____ From:...
Reminder from: OAOG Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/cal Moon near Mercury Tuesday May 6, 2008 9:00 pm - 9:00 pm Notes: Mercury is 2.2 degrees...
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May 6, 2008 12:55 pm
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Reminder from: OAOG Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/cal Iris near star and M104 in Virgo Tuesday May 6, 2008 11:00 pm - 11:00 pm Notes: Iris is...
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May 6, 2008 2:59 pm
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Reminder from: OAOG Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/cal Hebe near 2 stars in Cancer Wednesday May 7, 2008 1:00 am - 1:00 am Notes: Hebe is 46...
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May 6, 2008 5:00 pm
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Reminder from: OAOG Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/cal Pluto near 2 stars in Sagittarius Wednesday May 7, 2008 1:00 am - 1:00 am Notes: Pluto...
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May 6, 2008 5:00 pm
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Does anyone have plans to observe this evening some where near Ottawa? I've got a new C11 to replace my old C9-25, and its going to be dark tonight! Celestron!...
