Thanks for responding Jim.....i have a mead 4600 model.It isnt anything fancy. I have played around with it some and actually was able to see rings around ...
Dwayne, I'm not familiar with the Meade 4600 and I can't find anything on the meade website about it. Is it a refractor or reflector and what sort of mount...
Hey thanks Jim i will e-mail him......I heard about the trip to whiskeytown. I was gonna just show up and hope someone would be able to help.Hope to catch up ...
... A friend of mine had a scope and mount similar to this, I think. I suspect it is a 4" (i.e., 114mm) newtonian reflector on an equatorial mount. These...
Hi Dwayne, I just got back in town. I need to do some telescope setup/takedown dry runs soon. I teach astronomy at Simpson College. I was thinking of doing...
TAC-Shasta members, Last night the Shasta Astronomy Club hosted a Mars Party at the Whiskeytown Lake Mines Trail parking lot. It was by far the largest public...
Eric did some research and decided to change Wed. night to the Bumpass Hell parking lot. Right now there are high clouds over the area, but weather.com shows...
Jane Smith, Mark Wagner, Brad Franzella and I will be observing from the Shingletown Airport on Wednesday night. We're stopping there and observing for the...
Last Wednesday I went up to the Bumpass Hell parking lot at Lassen Natl Park. Others were dissuaded by the high cloud cover. I set up around 8:30 and waited....
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Hey Michael, Nice pic. That's what it looked like all weekend long. I was hoping to get at least one fantastic view of it at some point during the weekend at...
I just moved to the redding area. I was an active member in TAC in the bay area and was wondering how active the group is up here? Also what observing area's...
Hey Eric, Good to hear from you. Well, based on how long it's taken for you to get a reply, I guess your question about how active this group is has been...
Eric, I did not hear back from you, but here is my reply of a week ago. Michael Huster The group has not been very active. There are several active observers ...
Michael, Thanks for responding. I did not get your first missive, I must have missed it. Anyway I am suprised that there is not more observing going on...
Sorry for the short notice, but tomorrow, Tuesday, I will be out at the Shasta Mines parking lot. I set up an observing session and meteor shower party. I will...
Hey there, My family and I just moved to Burney from Sacramento. I am a teacher at the local continuation high school. My wife, Brianne and I have been...
I'm interested in getting involved in any astronomy events in the Redding area. I currently live in the Roseville area, but am from Redding originally and...
Hello Jess, I just moved up North from the Sacramento area. I am very new to astromony and will be getting a 3" refractor from family over Thanksgiving (I used...
I teach physics and astronomy at Simpson University in Redding, and am a member of the Shasta Astronomy Club. I still need to work through the Coma-Virgo...
It would be fun to meet up in Burney for some observing! Carpe Noctem, Michael Huster ... __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors'...
Well, what a last week of truely BAD weather!!! My two hobbies, golf and astronomy have had to give way to things like, organizing my closet and thinking about...
It's so tough to make a call during the winter because of the weather! It's like > 50% bad. That makes it hard to plan weeks in advance that the paper...
Every year I look forward to this class: sharing my views and understanding of the universe with interested students. Spending a week with Steve Gottlieb is...
