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Re: the four observers
Attilla!! Very funny!:) Thats the first good laugh I've had sitting in front of the computer in a long time. Very well done! Thanks, Matt > >
By Matt Weeks <mweeks@...> · #143 ·
Re: the four observers
Jan & I laughing to the point of tears at that one. We've always loved the original skit, but this one had us rolling! Very, very funny Attilla. Muchos Gratias! Rol
By r.prevost@... · #141 ·
Re: Girl Guides
Count me in!! Ricardo ps. a map would be a good idea!!
By Richard Harding <rharding@...> · #142 ·
Re: the four observers
Attilla! That was brilliant! ROTFL!!! You MUST send that to the Starmaster e-group! I'm sure they would love it!!! --Mike
By Mike Wirths <mwirths@...> · #139 ·
Re: the four observers
FANTAAAAAAAAAAAASTIC!!!!! I'm still giggling!! Richard
By Richard Harding <rharding@...> · #140 ·
the four observers
I have chanced across a monty python sketch that seems strangly familliar. Perhaps it fell through a wormhole from an alternate universe. Resemblences to persons or telescopes living or dead is
By Attilla Danko <attilla.danko@...> · #138 ·
Re: Girl Guides
Thanks Attilla. Regarding the calendar, your assistance would be most helpful in placing this small event there. However, I wonder if I should maybe wait until I can firm up the location of the
By r.prevost@... · #137 ·
Re: Girl Guides
If its clear, I'd be happy to bring scope and green laser pointer. I dont know anything about conroy pit. Would you like me to add it to the OAFs calendar? -ad
By attilla.danko@... · #136 ·
Girl Guides
A friend of mine, Peter Field, is in charge of a group of 10 young girls ( aged 6 & 7 -- very young ) and he's asked Janice and me to do an astronomy session for them on Saturday 31th for about 1.5
By r.prevost@... · #135 ·
Re: German friend
Mike, Your esteemed friend might also be interestd in joining our affiliate, the AWL (Astronomers Without Lederhosen). Jan
By Janice Tokar · #134 ·
There is no Johnny!
Zads! I wuz fooled by your smooth & flawless delivery, Wirths. After many exhausting seconds of research on the Web, I managed to discover that the mysterious Mr. Gambolputty was indeed a
By r.prevost@... · #133 ·
Re: German friend
Ja, vy nott! His name fills me with a sense of Von Der. With a name like that, Johnny'd probably be great at remembering obscure names of astronomical objects. Um... I don't wanna be fussy here
By r.prevost@... · #132 ·
German friend
I have a German friend who would like to join his name is: Johann Gambolputty... de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter- crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-
By mwirths@... · #131 ·
cloudy night link
Opaque sky? Bored? Like mindless games? This may be for you: Help nasa by idenifying craters on mars orbiter images: http://clickworkers.arc.nasa.gov/ I find it moderately addictive. The images
By attilla.danko@... · #130 ·
Collimation info link
Even though the text has obviously been translated from French, this particular site has been very useful for me in figuring out how to collimate my SCT 8".
By r.prevost@... · #129 ·
Re: pix on main page updated
It turns out that Nasa has already done that. Have a look at this .mov file (warning 3meg): http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goese/autogvar/goes8/hurricane_big/colormovie /0000_latest.mov (you may need to
By attilla.danko@... · #128 ·
Re: Help needed....(yes, again :> )
You scope might or might not have a problem. We should check at the next starparty. But comparing to pictures will be confusing. What one sees in any scope almost *never* looks like a any picture.
By attilla.danko@... · #127 ·
Re: Help needed....(yes, again :> )
Well, if memory serves me right (boy am I leaving myself open tonight...)the blurrs look about the same, and they look round- ish...I don't recall any lopsided-ness to them at all...just that the
By jean_dorais@... · #126 ·
Re: Help needed....(yes, again :> )
cow Sorry that post was truncated. Here is the rest: As you rack in and out of focus, does the star blur stay round? Does it get elipitcal? Does it have spikes or look lopsided? At about 200
By attilla.danko@... · #125 ·
Re: Help needed....(yes, again :> )
If the laser and chessire seem bang on, then it's difficult to understand what the problem might be. Not only do you have to let the optics cool ( as you described ) before you do a star test, but
By r.prevost@... · #124 ·