All I need is one or two more of these, and I am going to have to go back to making the forum moderated. I switched to unmoderated (anyone can join) in a...
Hi All: Saturday evening was fun indeed but when I turned around everyone had pretty much left. Mostly all I did was discuss the equipment in the Observatory...
Kirk, It turned out beautifully. George _____ From: southern_maine_astronomers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:southern_maine_astronomers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Thanks for the beautiful SW3 image, Kirk! The Star Party was a BIG hit with the kids and especially the BIG kids (parents). Hearing their exclamations on...
Kirk, I want to thank you for a great evening and I hope I was not too much in the way but I feel I really learned a lot. The night was really fantastic and I...
Very nice Mr. Rogers. The stars are pin-point and the image is stunning -even though it's just a little comet. I wonder if the exposures had been longer if...
I do indeed think you know what you're talking about LRB. George and I discussed the fact that the stability may have allowed a full resolution session but I...
Hi Kirk, Boy I am never going to be able to trust a digital photo again. Nice shot ! Peter T ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
Hello SMA, The ISS will transit our moon tonight; Bath may be the most favorable location to see this (based on information from Heavens-Above). Anyone who...
I posted some photographs and information pursuant to NEAF that George, Rob, Ron and I attended yesterday... If anyone is intersted the link is here: ...
good morning, Messier, of course, was a comet hunter. He would have enjoyed the conjunction ot these two fuzzy objects. I posted a picuture of this in "Photos"...
Hi John, Thanks for the heads-up. Rob & I set-up our equipment at the "Challenger Learning Center" in Bangor for an evening star party. We DID see the ISS ...
Kirk, The NEAF "story" is fantastic! Just like being there AGAIN enjoying the folks and the great selection of equipment. Thanks for putting the images and...
Thanks Paul and Ron. They ALL look interesting! Ron T. ... From: Paul Howell To: southern_maine_astronomers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 1:38 PM...
Representing SMA, I gave a talk to the 3rd graders at Cumberland's Drowne Road School yesterday. Here is a summary written for the PTO: Paul Howell gave an...
Hi Folks - This Friday, the 19th of May, SMA will conduct its monthly meeting. This is a week early on account of Memorial Day. Our featured speaker is...
A flare became active at 12:32 UT; by 14:02 there was not a trace of the flare to be seen. I posted a picture of the flare at 13:34. See you all on Friday....
Hi Folks - First, let me encourage everyone to come to tonight's meeting! I will have a little more to say about the new exoplanet discovery, and our speaker...
Reminder from the Calendar of southern_maine_astronomers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_maine_astronomers/cal SMA Monthly Meeting Friday May 19, 2006 ...
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Hi All: I'm hoping to get our newsletter back on track and to produce another before we next meet. I missed the last meeting (before last night of course);...
Hi Kirk, I don't have anything for your newsletter. Ah the never ending problem of copy for newsletters. Do keep an eye out in Sky and Tel in the next issue or...
An article about Paul Howell and the XO Project appear at the following website: http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1730_1.asp ... just wonderfully...
This morning I was talking with Ron Dilulio, who is a planetary scientist who works out of the McDonald Observatory. He mentioned that JPL has just announced ...
I was up many times last night waiting for a break in the clouds and a possible glimpse of meteors. Finally a little after 1 am the sky cleared about 50%. I...
Reminder from the Calendar of southern_maine_astronomers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_maine_astronomers/cal SMA Business Meeting Saturday June 3,...
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Hello SMA, A Technical Innovations dome with Digital Dome Works and a weather station, etc., should arrive in July. Thank you, SMA, in advance, for your...
