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Bruce - One thing that I've found helpful when using a telrad is to manually switch it on and off every two or three seconds in cases where even its minimum brightness seems to "overwhelm" the target.

Hello Bruce, Another great report! I was considering going out with you, but I was just wiped and I had a great night on Friday. Sounds like you had fun though. See ya in the Dark! Matt

Hey Mike, I really enjoyed your report! I find it very cool that you could track the ISS/Shuttle in the 18in!! Seeing the jet in M87 is REALLY COOL, maybe you could give me a look next time you have

Having missed a good observing night Thursday, and dinner with all you OAFs on Saturday (I was getting my final bachelor brother properly married off), I was eager to get out observing again last

Well there goes my attempt to name a faint planetary "Roland's Spleen"...Rats!! Richard

Mike Wirths wrote: Not so good for seeing, but probably better for tracking with a dob. It would be amusing (for other people) to see someone tracking the ISS on a ladder! Without getting into what

Yes it was an excellent evening. I was especialy delighted when the skies cleared. It had been getting steadily cloudier as I drove the hour to Mike's place. (That drive gives one a _long_ time to

Hi All, Glad to see everyone is active with their observing. I've been caught up with the playoffs but will resume sens the SENS flopped. I have a 9.7mm super plossl Meade sries 4k for trade. I'm

I overestimated the cost of the pay-as-you-go plan for the Nokia on Rogers/AT&T. It's actually $10 for 30 minutes (one month) and $25 for 75 minutes (3 months). I just spoke to Stan Siok of

Good morning all! Just wanted to share two very exciting observations with you, yesterday I decided to see if there would be another ISS/shuttle pass, so I visited heavens-above.com punched in the

Sess.#293 8:30-11:00 lm=5.3 s=6 clear b/yard Polar Alignment Apart from taking one last peek at Jupiter before it gets too low, I wanted to practise the "drift method for polar alignment". I wanted to

Would have loved to go to FLO, but I have to get up quite early as I am teaching a class all week this week. Instead, I'll have to be satisfied with equipment calibration and simple observations for

Just back from Toronto, having gotten my brother properly married, and looking for something more intellectually stimulating to do. The EC website for tonight looks positively awesome:

Here's one beginner saying 'Thanks'! Talk about just-in-time delivery - very a propos to what I'm doing right now. A suggestion for another Beginner's Corner item: appropriate clothing for winter and

Took Matt's advice and made a folder of links to the various "Beginner's Corner" postings on OAFs. Anyone who wants to could add to the pot. Later, Rol PS- Also, just wanted to note that I'll be

(It should clearup in the wee hours of the morning. In the meantime...) http://www.ursa.fi/sirius/rade/html2/ngci.htm A catalog of nearly 8000 NGC object pictures. Links by NGC number take you to

Interesting reports! Looks like you guys got a half-decent few hours in a row at FLO, this time. All the details in your reports are fascinating to me. Some people, as you kno, prefer an OIII and

Hello all, Thanks for the report Mike! Just after you left the skies became a little more transparent and Geoff, Ron, Rob and Myself continued to observe until about 4am. Here is my report: Session:

Well it started off iffy but I kept telling myself that Attilla said it would clear, and thats what I told everyone else that arrived to look at the clouds at 8:30. Well just after the last of the

Hi all! Don't think we will be able to make it for 6:00 pm, what with lessons, chores, and getting cleaned up/driving the earliest we could make it would be 7:00-7:30, drat should have noticed that