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- Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:05 pm
- Forum: MAS Star Parties and Events
- Topic: April 8th Solar Eclipse Events
- Replies: 2
- Views: 442
Re: April 8th Solar Eclipse Events
FYI, if you are on the calendar grid and click/tap the entry, it doesn’t take you to the above page.
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:19 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Pretty Crater Lake video of clouded-out annular eclipse
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1134
Re: Pretty Crater Lake video of clouded-out annular eclipse
Very dramatic! I’m glad you had a good time
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:14 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Arno Penzias, co-discoverer of the Big Bang's afterglow, dies at age 90
- Replies: 0
- Views: 797
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:59 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Suresh's 2023 Astro Pics
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2060
Re: Suresh's 2023 Astro Pics
Very nice!
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 12:57 pm
- Forum: MAS Electronic Media & Book Group
- Topic: Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2644
Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory
Jackie LaVaque sent me the link to this excellent doc on the Allegheny Observatory and the various titans of astronomy associated with it, including John Brashear.
https://youtu.be/OameR8cNyyI?si=-ro-P0Kg61hf_p1-
https://youtu.be/OameR8cNyyI?si=-ro-P0Kg61hf_p1-
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:49 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Open House at Goodsell Observatory at Carleton College - Thurs. 11/09 at 7:00pm - Is A GO!!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4287
Re: Open House at Goodsell Observatory at Carleton College - Thurs. 11/09 at 7:00pm - Is A GO!!!
That was really fun! Only a few clouds. We got to view through the 16”, which did a great job on Saturn and Jupiter. We also got to gawk at the 8” but not through it. It’s really cool watching the mechanical drive on the 16” do its thing. They really do a nice job maintaining that scope.
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:57 am
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Open House at Goodsell Observatory at Carleton College - Thurs. 11/09 at 7:00pm - Is A GO!!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4287
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:20 pm
- Forum: MAS Star Parties and Events
- Topic: 2023 ELO Public Star Party Schedule
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3701
Re: 2023 ELO Public Star Party Schedule
Hi, for the Oct 14th annular eclipse event, does "cancelled on cloudy sky" mean cloudy-locally or if this is "simulcast" from some other location? Please advise, thanks! The event at ELO is canceled. There is no virtual version. You can probably find a stream of the eclipse onli...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:29 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Webb and JuMBO discovery
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1828
Re: Webb and JuMBO discovery
Amazing is right, and an understatement! Those protoplanetary disc images in particular really drive home the impact Webb is having. It’s hard to believe those images are real. Kinda like when you show people Saturn for the first time
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:01 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: The largest optical telescope that will ever be built?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1853
The largest optical telescope that will ever be built?
Tom Scott has done a lot of interesting YouTube videos on a variety of topics, but he’s outdone himself this time. He visited the ELT (Extremely Large Telescope) under construction in Chile, and did a very comprehensive and fascinating 1/2 hour video on it. The scale of this thing is awe inspiring. ...
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:54 pm
- Forum: MAS Electronic Media & Book Group
- Topic: Dave Tosteson article in March 2023 Reflector
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2869
Re: Dave Tosteson article in March 2023 Reflector
His September 2023 article (page 24) on galaxies with no dark matter is another good one
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:49 am
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Restoring & Maintaining a 125-Year-Old Telescope
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2380
Re: Restoring & Maintaining a 125-Year-Old Telescope
Great to see this!
Looks like it was posted in February. I can’t say that grainger.com is one of my go-to sites for Astronomy news
Looks like it was posted in February. I can’t say that grainger.com is one of my go-to sites for Astronomy news
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 4:47 pm
- Forum: MAS Star Parties and Events
- Topic: 2023 Perseid recommendations.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6058
Re: 2023 Perseid recommendations.
I didn’t get to ELO until about midnight and it was almost completely cloudy by then.
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 1:44 am
- Forum: MAS Star Parties and Events
- Topic: 2023 Perseid recommendations.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6058
Re: 2023 Perseid recommendations.
Well that was a big dud.
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: MAS Star Parties and Events
- Topic: 2023 Perseid recommendations.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6058
Re: 2023 Perseid recommendations.
Even if there is no scheduled event, members can go to ELO and stay as late as they want. I think I will be there, as long as the weather holds.
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 12:19 pm
- Forum: Forum Help, Comments
- Topic: Forum "Attachments"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4898
Re: Forum "Attachments"
Also, note that you need to be in “Full Editor & Preview” mode to see the Options and Attachments tabs as shown above. If you don’t see them, click the button below the edit box.
- Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:47 pm
- Forum: Beginners SIG
- Topic: Telescope Winter Use
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6930
Re: Telescope Winter Use
Here's a beginners question. I attempted to look up the answer my self, but ran into some conflicting suggestions (who would have thought?) so I figured it's best to ask here. To use a scope on my outside deck (NexStar 4SE in my case), outside temp 10 degrees f, inside temp 75 degrees f. Move it ou...
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 2:22 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: 2024 Solar eclipse planning
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9304
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:22 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Cataracts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9517
Re: Cataracts
Glad to hear things went well, Antone. I wonder if your depth perception has been affected at all? I didn’t have to worry about that as I didn’t have any to begin with, lol.
- Mon May 29, 2023 1:21 pm
- Forum: MAS Star Parties and Events
- Topic: First photo with Celestron 4"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2746
Re: First photo with Celestron 4"
So cool! I hope he was as excited about this as everything else at the star party saturday
- Fri May 19, 2023 12:55 pm
- Forum: MAS Electronic Media & Book Group
- Topic: HAVOC: Exploring Venus from Above
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2870
Re: HAVOC: Exploring Venus from Above
That would be so cool! I wonder how long the round trip would take.
- Wed May 17, 2023 11:29 am
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Smoke, again :(
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6128
Re: Smoke, again :(
probably one of the earliest starts to the fire/smoke season I can remember. For those of you who have been observing for a while, does it seem that this is getting to be a bigger problem the last few years? seems like we used to only have a few days a year that would be smoky enough to notice, lat...
- Mon May 15, 2023 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Smoke, again :(
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6128
Smoke, again :(
I was just checking the satellite imagery and noticed something gray and ominous. There are huge fires in Alberta and BC, and some of the smoke is already drifting over Minnesota.
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:29 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Bell Museum: Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer with Br. Guy Consolmagno | April 14 | 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6053
Re: Bell Museum: Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer with Br. Guy Consolmagno | April 14 | 2:30 - 3:30 pm
It works, but it’s the link to the section where he answers your question.Ron Schmit wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 11:47 am I saw him at McNamara. Not sure if this link will work, but here is access to the stream:
https://www.youtube.com/live/LjngzmGRSEE
- Sun Apr 23, 2023 4:55 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Aurora tonight! 4/23
- Replies: 5
- Views: 46643
Re: Aurora tonight! 4/23
Here’s the thread John mentioned:
viewtopic.php?t=13925
The gates at Baylor don’t close until 10:00. This seems promising enough that I am planning to go out to ELO about 10. I will plan to leave the gate open. Remember, only members are allowed in the park after 10.
viewtopic.php?t=13925
The gates at Baylor don’t close until 10:00. This seems promising enough that I am planning to go out to ELO about 10. I will plan to leave the gate open. Remember, only members are allowed in the park after 10.