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Joe, Congradulations on your new scope! I was observing Jupiter last night as well and can assure you the poor view at 293X was due to the seeing. It was poor 95% of the time. It was even worse just

Congratulations on your new scope Joe. We can all relate to the excitement of a new scope and especially when it is a quantum leap over the previous one! Of course, if it rains for the next two weeks

Congratulations, Joe! I can understand your enthusiasm, finally getting to see "first light" on your new scope. I hope to see you soon at one of our BBAA events. Don't forget the monthly meeting, next

All, Well I finally got to use my new scope tonight. Its a C 9.25 on a Losmandy GM-8. I decided not to go with the C11 GPS for two reasons, size/weight and I'd rather not have goto.This way I'm forced

Ted, I think it's not a bad idea to collect a dollar from each member when we attend Chippokes a buck won't break any of us. (Besides, Georgie owes me a DOLLAH!) George twforte@... wrote:In a

Alas, Vicker's CCD Image North & South is no longer available in printed version. It might still be available in CD-Rom from Vicker. The address, at least in 1999 is as follows. The price is about $40

Yes Gerry told me he would bring the app to the next meeting. I think I'll call him and get it now. Anyone want to go next week let me know. Dale

Make that year Pluto will be favorably placed 2003 not 2004 as in my last post. Of course, it'll be nearly in the same place in the sky in 2004 as well. Poor little old Pluto doesn't move among the

Too bad we'll have to wait until August to September to get another good glimpse of either Uranus or Neptune. Currently Uranus is only 5-degrees from the sun and Neptune is about 20-degrees. Next time

In a message dated 2/23/03 11:34:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, stargaz@... writes: << Anyone want to go next week let me know.>> Sorry. I can't go. But I do want to say that I prefer Saturdays

Just ask any of us with goto scopes at Nightwatch. We'll punch it right up for you. Neptune too. Rob From: George Reynolds <pathfinder027@...> Reply-To: backbayastro@... To:

Rob The freeware was great, allot of info. Keep me busy for a while. Dale

I hope we will get the "problem" at Chippokes straightened out soon. But the application for permit only just arrived and the disclaimer hints at "30-days" to process. So unless we can get a human

Another thought on useful atlases (and I'm surprised Kent hasn't brought this up yet). There is a CCD "Deep Space" atlas by John C. Vickers (The southern version is a collaboration between Vickers and

In a message dated 2/23/03 2:22:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, pathfinder027@... writes: << Good Luck! I was looking for Uranus last Fall at the Chiefland Star Party in Florida, in a nice dark

Good Luck! I was looking for Uranus last Fall at the Chiefland Star Party in Florida, in a nice dark sky, and was getting frustrated because I was following the directions I got from the magazines,

Joe, Even though Rukl's is out of print, both Rob Schonk and I obtained copies on Half.com for about $25. You put in a "pre-order" and then wait patiently. You may have to extend your pre-order

BBAA all, According to predictions on the Tidewater and Chippokes Sky clocks, this may be our best viewing night for a while. Joe

Welcome to the group, Joe! Thank you everyone for your help with right ascension and declination. You guys are so helpful and knowledgeable and I really enjoy being a BBAA member. Oh....yes an