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Re: Herschel Objects
Holy crap that is a lot of info! v/r Chuck Jagow President ¨C Dark Skies of the Wet Mountain Valley Member ¨C Westcliffe Board of Trustees Member ¨C Westcliffe Bluff Park Committee Member ¨C
By charles jagow · #57636 ·
Re: Herschel Objects
I absolutely agree.? I like to think about Messier and others sitting out in the cold under the stars looking for comets and wondering what those little fuzzies were. In a similar vein, what sailors
By Jonathan Scheetz · #57635 ·
Re: Herschel Objects
Nothing wrong with doing science, of course, and imaging is a popular hobby (I would argue that imagers do photography not amateur astronomy) but what has always attracted me to the hobby is the
By Ted Forte · #57634 ·
Re: Herschel Objects
Visual observing, from a scientific view, mostly ended as a significant contributor to the science? in the mid to late 19th century or early 20th century as astrohysics became more the dominant
By jimcoble2000 · #57633 ·
Re: Herschel Objects
Me too....................................
By jimcoble2000 · #57632 ·
Re: Herschel Objects
I reconciled my logged observations against your 8" SCT observations and of the 69 I had already observed 43 of them. I was hoping for a little better coverage than that after seven? years of
By Jonathan Scheetz · #57631 ·
Re: Herschel Objects
That¡¯s still true today. I wonder for how much longer, though. Sent: Monday, April 7, 2025 7:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BackBayAstro] Herschel Objects It is quite an achievement.
By Ted Forte · #57630 ·
Re: Herschel Objects
It is quite an achievement. The entire business is bottomless. I just finished reading what was considered the standard reference work (up to 1950's) on the history of the telescope by H.C. King. At
By jimcoble2000 · #57629 ·
Re: Herschel Objects
That's true!
By jimcoble2000 · #57628 ·
Re: Herschel Objects
Thanks Jonathan. You¡¯ll see that all of the objects done with the 8-inch were in the 90¡¯s when that SCT was my primary scope. I wasn¡¯t making any statement as to what is or isn¡¯t visible at
By Ted Forte · #57627 ·
Re: Herschel Objects
I see that you observed 69 objects with your 8" SCT. I will check those against my logs and add any that are missing to my TODO list to see how many I'll be able to see over the next few years!
By Jonathan Scheetz · #57626 ·
Herschel Objects
A few years ago, I completed my decades-long project to observe the objects discovered by William Herschel. As part of that effort, I compiled the attached spreadsheet that contains extensive data on
By Ted Forte · #57625 ·
Re: https://www.stellar-events.org/chesapeake-bay-stargazing-cruises / Scam?
Hi, Scott! No worries about not being seen lately - you are always welcome! As for this website, I have not seen it before but they do seem pretty fishy to me. A lot of discussion on various
By Jeremy · #57624 ·
https://www.stellar-events.org/chesapeake-bay-stargazing-cruises / Scam?
Hey all.? I'm one of the group members who hasn't shown up in a while, so if you don't recognize my name that's understandable.? I need some help:? A friend keeps telling me I should book a
By Scott Cadwell · #57623 ·
BBAA Meeting Zoom Link 4-3-25
Here is the zoom link for those who wish to attend tonight's meeting remotely Richard Roberts is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: BBAA Meeting Time: Apr 3, 2025 07:30 PM Eastern Time
By Richard W Roberts · #57622 ·
Re: BBAA April 2025 Update
Jeremy Thank you for the email. Appreciate your sharing club news, events and updates. Roland [email protected]> wrote:
By Roland · #57621 ·
Re: BBAA April 2025 Update
Thank you to Jeremy for all of the cooking he did while at the ECSP. In addition to the Recognizing A Ranger we ( the ECSP committee) would appreciate the feedback of the attendees. You can follow
By Shawn Loescher · #57620 ·
BBAA April 2025 Update
Good evening, friends, and welcome to April! We just had a great East Coast Star Party - and that's no fooling!? Special thanks to: - Bruce Powers for chairing the ECSP Committee (herding cats in
By Jeremy · #57619 ·
Re: Thanks for the nice star party and thanks to those who made it happen.
Thank you, Shawn. I had the QR code and was about to post it, when I saw your link. This is even better. I recognized Trevor Johnston and Danielle Hedgpeth for their actions during the ECSP. I hope
By Jeff Goldstein · #57618 ·
Re: Thanks for the nice star party and thanks to those who made it happen.
Thanks for the link, Shawn.? Here is the text of my kudos for Ranger Trevor: "As usual, Trevor went out of his way to accommodate the East Coast Star Party and the members of the Back Bay Amateur
By George Reynolds · #57617 ·