Dear SMA Members, We are halfway through our project (in terms of the observing window) and here are the stats: 2008 SMA Light Pollution Project - Activity Log...
Rob, The Hiram Schools will not be participating, but I will be presenting at Shapleight Memorial Elementary School next week, and they will be doing...
Hi Rob, It looks like you are getting lots of students aware and active. Congrats. Do you have speakers for your March meeting ? You had mentioned the topic...
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The Directors Meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 6, is being postponed at least a week. Thursday will be clear (enough) so that we wanted to complete our...
Please note that Bill Green's "The Green Outdoors" will feature SMA and the GLOBE at Night project on next Monday, March 10, during the local news (starting at...
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Dear SMA Members, In case you missed it, you didn't. The story by Bill Green on SMA's Light Pollution project that was to run last week got bumped to tonight,...
Hi Folks - I just returned from an observing run near Flagstaff, Az. The observing site is about 12 miles or so from downtown Flagstaff, and while not a...
Paul, That is absolutely astonishing and gives hope that it truly is possible to reclaim the night sky! Welcome back! Hopefully all your data gathering is...
Hi Bruce - Sorry to hear about the lost scope, that is quite an instrument! I have not been contacted with any donation offers. I am also posting this message...
Dear SMA Members, Just a reminder that our meeting will be Friday the 28th as this Friday is Good Friday. Our topic will be Light Pollution and What Can Be...
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Dear SMA'ers Got a call from Bill Green who said they were going to run the piece on SMA's light pollution project again as part of the half-hour show "Bill ...
Dear SMA Members, Next Friday, April 18th, we'll again be treated by a presentation by Ryan Hickox, now PhD, from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for...
I got a call last weekend from a guy whose name is Vinny. He has two Televue Plossel eyepieces for sale. He says one is 20 mm and the other is 21 mm. He would...
This is a newsletter from the Rockland, (NY), Astronomy Club. They sponsor NEAF, the largest forum East of the Mississippi and will be next weekend, April 26...
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A few nights back I tried to find (2 hrs worth) M51, M81 and M82 with a 10" Orion Intelliscope. Was I missing the target due to inexperience or the fact that...
Hi Steve, I suspect M81 and M82 would have been difficult to see with the bright moonlight. Try again when the moon's not in the sky. Joan Chamberlin ... ...
Steve, Yes, the moon would have made your task very difficult. M51 is harder to see than M81/M82, which you'll definitely know when you see them. George _____ ...
Hi Steve, I've seen Joan's and George's comments and totally agree. Except for really bright objects a near-full moon is almost as bad as clouds in terms of...
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Dear SMA Members The Directors' Meeting recently announced for this Thursday, May 1, is being postponed. That same evening there is a dinner in Biddeford on...
