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Mars, Something that might be neat.
Hi all
I was playing around with Starry Night checking out Mars. On the 19th
of June around 3am in the SE, it looks like Mars will be just above
the Moon and should make a really nice view. Using the 8x20
Binoculars field of view guide over haft of the Moon and all of Mars
will fit nicely in it. As I am new and don't have my scope yet I
am not sure if this will be a good photo op or not, because I don't
know the comparisons yet between binoculars field of view and a 8"
scope. But weather permitting I will be watching.
Mat
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A telescope rigged up through the skylight above someone's hot tub? Wow, now
that's someone who just can't get enough stargazing. I wonder what kind of
heaters one would need for that telescope's optics? Any you guys & girls
thought the mere outdoor air in Tidewater was humid.
Let's see, Refractor, Newtonian reflector, Catoptrics, Maksutov, Dobsonian,
and finally the JacuzziScope. Man, that last one would be one hot scope.
Kent
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----- Original Message ----- From: <2bookworms@...> To: <backbayastro@...> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:37 PM Subject: [backbayastro] Re: NLES Pics Thanks, Ted for taking such great pictures! What a neat thing for all
of us to be able to access those pics! I'm begining to like this
Yahoo thing! I hope everyone had a good of a time at North Landing
Elementary...I know I did!
One parent at Discovery Night said that he had a telescope rigged up
through the sky light above his HOT TUB! (I wonder if out budget
would allow that Gerry!?)
One lady said that she could just look at the sky all night long, so
I urged her to join BBAA and one guy thanked me for letting him see
Saturn for the first time in his life. Kinda neat!
Rick Bish
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Thanks, Ted for taking such great pictures! What a neat thing for all
of us to be able to access those pics! I'm begining to like this
Yahoo thing! I hope everyone had a good of a time at North Landing
Elementary...I know I did!
One parent at Discovery Night said that he had a telescope rigged up
through the sky light above his HOT TUB! (I wonder if out budget
would allow that Gerry!?)
One lady said that she could just look at the sky all night long, so
I urged her to join BBAA and one guy thanked me for letting him see
Saturn for the first time in his life. Kinda neat!
Rick Bish
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I don't know how many observed on Wednesday evening but the seeing
was just stunning. I rolled the 25" out to do some tweeks. After
tweeking the alignments of the mirrors a bit I pointed the telescope
towards Saturn. Wow, it was the best I've ever seen it. Seriously, I
could easily see Cassini and Crepe Divisions. Encke was a challenge
but visilbe.I could also see the shading in Ring-B. For a split
second I saw spokes in Ring-B. This is only the second time I've ever
seen these spokes.
I've always been an advocate of planet observing in the city. The
pollution certainly helps steady the atmosphere. All you have to do
on this evening is step outside. You can "feel" the stagnant air, and
smell the coal buring fireplaces. A great time to look at Jupe &
Saturn.
Kent Blackwell
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Now everyone??? --- HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
Give me a L?? give me an E? then
L? and an A
now what do you have????
LELA??? ?(ne)
Dale
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Aresonal!)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LELANE!
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Today is Lelane Arneson's Birthday!? (Known
to some as Leland
Aresonal!)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LELANE!
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Today is Lelane Arneson's Birthday! (Known to some as Leland
Aresonal!)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LELANE!
georgie
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Looks like y'all had fun! By the time I finished working at 2:45 AM it was
too late for me to come... :-}
Denice
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From: doublestarjune@... [mailto:doublestarjune@...]
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 8:13 AM
To: backbayastro@...
Subject: Re: [backbayastro] NLES Pics
WOW! What a great BBAA turnout at North Landing! Great pictures Ted!
(You're enjoying your new camera aren't you?)
We're so lucky to have so many BBAA members that volunteer their time. It's
so great to see some of our newer members volunteering also! YEAH!
Way to go guys and Marla! I'm proud of ya'll!
georgie
P.S. - Rick Bish, I heard you and your wife volunteered for some Chesapeake
Girl Scouts a few weeks ago! Thanks a kajillion!
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Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 7:30 AM
Subject: [backbayastro] NLES Pics
I've uploaded just a few of the pictures taken at North Landing Elementary
School last night. Go to the Yahoo group homepage
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album. It was a great turnout.
Ted
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WOW!? What a great BBAA turnout at North Landing!? Great pictures
Ted!? (You're enjoying your new camera aren't you?)
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We're so lucky to have so many BBAA members that volunteer their time. It's
so great to see some of our newer members volunteering also!? YEAH!
?
Way to go guys and Marla!? I'm proud of ya'll!
?
georgie??
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P.S. - Rick Bish, I heard you and your wife volunteered for?some
Chesapeake?Girl Scouts a few weeks ago!? Thanks a kajillion!
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Subject: [backbayastro] NLES Pics
I've uploaded just a few of the pictures taken at North Landing
Elementary School last night.? Go to the Yahoo group homepage
and open the NorthLanding album.? It was a great turnout.?
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Good pics, Ted. They capture the "flavor" of the event. I saw a lot of excited kids, and some fascinated adults, as well. G3 --- In backbayastro@..., twforte@a... wrote: I've uploaded just a few of the pictures taken at North Landing Elementary School last night. Go to the Yahoo group homepage and open the NorthLanding album. It was a great turnout.
Ted
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I've uploaded just a few of the pictures taken at North Landing Elementary School last night. Go to the Yahoo group homepage and open the NorthLanding album. It was a great turnout.
Ted
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Re: North Landing Elementary
We did have a good time, Kent, a good crowd of people and nine (count 'em, 9!) to represent BBAA!? We had two scopes outside looking at Saturn and the Great Orion Nebula, and two scopes inside on display.
We gave out a lot of literature, and a lot of people found out that Virginia Beach has a planetarium.? Chesapeake, too.
?"kentblackwell " wrote:
I was planning to attend tonight but forgot I'm alergic to children.
Have a great event.
Kent Blackwell (who else...or is it whom else?)
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I was planning to attend tonight but forgot I'm alergic to children.
Have a great event.
Kent Blackwell (who else...or is it whom else?)
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Re: Tonight's Planetarium Show
I'd help but I'm stuck at work....
Denice
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From: twforte@... [mailto:twforte@...]
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:58 PM
To: backbayastro@...
Subject: [backbayastro] Re: Tonight's Planetarium Show
In a message dated 2/18/03 3:46:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
MFRYE@... writes:
<< We realize tonight is the Discovery Night at North Landing Elementary and
some of you plan to attend. We are expecting a full house at the Virginia
Beach Planetarium tonight. Since it appears that it will be a clear night,
we
wanted to invite one or two BBAA members to set up a telescope or two
outside
after the program (about 8pm).
>>
Since most of the "usual suspects" will be at North Landing tonight, this
would be a great time for someone that would like to get more involved to
help out at the Virginia Beach Planetarium. All you have to do is set up a
scope outside the exit and show folks Saturn or Jupiter as they leave the
show. Its easy and its fun. I know Chuck will really appreciate it. Try
to
let Chuck know that you plan to be there so he can tell his audience about
it. The planetarium's phone number is 431-4067. Be sure to call before 7
p.m. when the presentation starts.
Ted
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By the comet referred to as "it" in my last backbayastro post, I was of
course speaking of Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT). For those who don't know, the
names LINEAR, NEAT, etc. are the names of the satellite which discovered the
comet. Real people who discover comets have their names assigned to comets
as well, but their names are not listed in all caps; these caps are
abbreviations for the satellite's full name.
Isn't a comet more interesting when a human being discovered it? You know,
it used to be a real challenge to discover a comet, now with all those
searching satellites out there it's nearly impossible. I guess the
satellites requires less sleep than we so they have more viewing hours.
Kent
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----- Original Message ----- From: <kent@...> To: <backbayastro@...> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:49 PM Subject: [backbayastro] Current Comets Because trees obscured my western view I didn't get to see it when it
brightened higher than 6th magnitude. If you didn't see it either
don't despair, there are several nice comets to view this month. Here
are their position this Friday evening, which is BBAA's Skywatch
night. I shall list them in order of RA:
154P/Brewington
Psc
00h 19m
+12 34', 11.9 magnitude
C/2001 HT 50
Monoceros
06h 41m
+02 18, 11.5 magnitude
C/2001 RX 14 (LINEAR)
UMa
11h 50m
+41 06, 10.7 magnitude
C2002 Y1
Draco
19h 36 +
+60 56' 8.1 mangnitude
Good luck. At least one of these should be visible with moderate
binoculars.
Kent Blackwell
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Because trees obscured my western view I didn't get to see it when it
brightened higher than 6th magnitude. If you didn't see it either
don't despair, there are several nice comets to view this month. Here
are their position this Friday evening, which is BBAA's Skywatch
night. I shall list them in order of RA:
154P/Brewington
Psc
00h 19m
+12 34', 11.9 magnitude
C/2001 HT 50
Monoceros
06h 41m
+02 18, 11.5 magnitude
C/2001 RX 14 (LINEAR)
UMa
11h 50m
+41 06, 10.7 magnitude
C2002 Y1
Draco
19h 36 +
+60 56' 8.1 mangnitude
Good luck. At least one of these should be visible with moderate
binoculars.
Kent Blackwell
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Re: North Landing Elementary Discovery Night
Have a great time tonight at North Landing!? I hope the clouds go away
long enough for some small person to get a glimpse of something "cool!"?
?
I'll be thinking about ya'll!
?
georgie
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Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 6:10
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Subject: [backbayastro] North Landing
Elementary Discovery Night
Just a reminder to all BBAA-ers that North Landing Elementary School
is having their "Discovery Night" Tuesday night at 7:00 until 8:30.
Now, if this event is anything like last week's Science Expo, it's
going to be great, not only for the kids who show up, but also for
the
parents and teachers as well!
Actually, I think some of the older folks
were as excited at seeing
Saturn, the weather bands on Jupiter, and the
craters on the moon, as
much as the kids were!
Just remember:you don't
have to be an astronomy expert to help out!
If that was the case, I
wouldn't be able to go!
Dick Moncure, Ted Forte, George Reynolds, and I
had four scopes set
up last week. We seemed to have a non-stop line (of
kids and adults)
by each scope until time to go. It was really a fun
evening!
Tomorrow's event is supposed to be even bigger! I know we can use
more scopes for this event (six would be nice!)and some folks to
remain inside to talk and pass out materials, as well.
It seemed as
though all of us who went last week had a great time. I
know we all left
in great moods. The smiles on the kids faces as they
looked up from my
eyepiece, things they said like: "Awesome!"
and "Cool!" made the trip out
to Chesapeake more than worth it. It
was a thrill to know that some of
these kids were discovering these
celestial objects for the first time in
their lives.
I thought to myself, Who knows...maybe there's a Ken Broun in
the
crowd? Mr. Broun got his start in astronomy by viewing Saturn for the
first time through a friend's telescope...did you know that?
The
address is: North Landing Elementary School, 2929 North Landing
Road in
Virginia Beach (behind the VoTech School). 427-6600 Our Point
of contact
is Ms. Tracy Coffin. 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Come on out, if you can make
it!
Rick Bish?
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And did you see those coronal mass ejections in the MPG movie?? Wow!
George '3'
?Louis Snellings wrote:
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Mat
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From: twforte@... [mailto:twforte@...]
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 11:32 AM
To: backbayastro@...
Subject: Re: [backbayastro] C/2002 V1 (NEAT)
?
In a message dated 2/18/2003 9:42:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, twforte@... writes:
Until it is?corrected, the images may be seen at the following mirror site:
> ?
Sorry.? I didn't realize this site is in German ... just double click on the (blue) image and it will eventually animate comet Neat's passage.
Ted
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To all MERAL club presidents, The Astronomical League is
looking for ways at making its regions more effective and more responsive to the
individual clubs' needs. Below is a recent letter from Regional Structure Study
Chair Jerry Sherlin describing the situation. Your comments, ideas and
suggestions are welcome. John Jardine Goss MERAL Chair
Ladies &
Gentlemen:???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
2/14/2003 ?? Let me briefly introduce myself to those who
don't know me.....my name is Jerry Sherlin and I am a past president the
Astronomical League (as well as a past vice-president and executive
secretary).? Currently I am the MARS region's
representative. ?? At last year's ALCon in Salt Lake City,
League President Bob Gent asked? John Goss, Pat Carr, and me to take on the
task of investigating the League's regional structure.? From the current
Reflector I've gathered your names as regional reps. or chairpersons plus
I know several of you are no longer regional officer.....but as no matter
whether you are a current or past officer we solicit your comments and
ideas. ?? I agreed to chair this committee because I, like the
League President, see a need for examining the League's regional
infrastructure.? To begin with, you should know that this regional
structure has remained unchanged, except for the addition of new regions, since
the League was formed in 1947.? I believe the regional system was needed
(at that time) because travel and "getting together" was quite different (in
1947) than it is now.? By having regions within the League, with regional
meetings, it was easier for League members to come together.? There were
also, at that time, far fewer "star parties" than there are now so, again, the
regional convention acted as a meeting place for members within a more compact 5
or 6 state contiguous region. ?? The question now arises, is
this system outdated, in need of overhaul, left alone.....or just
what??? In some capacity I've been working for the League for over 40
years, both as a regional and national officer, and I've seen, oh how I've seen,
the fortunes of regions change.? Some regions have consistently, year after
year, been strong and active while others have floundered or, at best, swung
between periods of activity and dormancy.? The key of course is competent
and dedicated leadership but I have seen, and even participated in "shang
haiing" people into regional office.? When Dr. Bob Stencel and I
resuscitated the MARS region (about 7 years ago) the two men listed as regional
officers had disappeared so long ago that nobody remembered them; I doubt
seriously that this is an isolated example.? With a system that relies
completely on volunteer labor, regions sometime just cannot find leadership or
regional leadership becomes enmeshed in political squabbles.? Another
problem that has come up, from time to time, is the rigidity of the regional
boundary system.? Some clubs have felt tied to a particular region while
the League's system of drawing political boundaries has placed them into another
region.? One final point is the matter of money.....some regional
treasuries are reasonably well off while others are bankrupt and have great
difficulty in building and sustaining a regional treasury.? It's these
kinds of problems? that beg the question of whether it is time to change
this system.? The world has changed a lot, and certainly the Astronomical
League has grown and changed a lot since 1947.?? ??
Because of this, I am asking for your opinions, ideas, and suggestions.?
You are all involved, or have been involved, with regional politics and programs
and you've encounter these, and other, problems.? What is the
solution??? I think it is possible for us to build a consensus from
the collective wisdom and experience of all of you.? Our committee solicits
your input so we can prepare a report to President Bob Gent by the time of the
ALCON 2003 in Nashville.?? Your support will be
appreciated. Most sincerely, Jerry M. Sherlin MARS Regional
Representative??
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