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OT: Gustav nears New Orleans

Manoj Pai — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:00:08 GMT

Greetings, After the shocking devastation of Katrina in 2005, it appears as per the contents of the news that Gustav is likely to do the same. Hope all

Re: Jupiter at opposition

Matthew Ota — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:16:00 GMT

I have been attempting to image Jupiter over the past few days with poor results due to unsteady atmospheric conditions in Long Beach, California. None of my

Re: Moon story

Matthew Ota — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:15:56 GMT

Best time to do this is shortly after New Moon, when the "Old Moon is in the New Moon's Arms". To us scientist types, this is when Earthshine is most prominent

Old Moon

Brenda Culbertson — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:00:36 GMT

All, Thanks for all of the help on the "Old Moon" question. Those of you who sent suggestions have been quite nice and given me some things to consider. Manoj,

Re: Older Part of the Moon

PAUL GREENHALGH — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:11:20 GMT

I like that! Jim....so in short the good answer would be "It hasn't rolled around yet?" What I don't understand is why someone would ask a question and if

Older Part of the Moon

Jim Nickel — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:32:29 GMT

Hi Brenda, Manoj, and Paul. I'm going to take the lady's question literally as I think I can answer it. I do a Science On A Sphere show at the Maryland Science

Re: Jupiter

Manoj Pai — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:20:10 GMT

Its clouded out here... would it be possible for you or your observatory to provide us with a live video feed through a video conference or webcast? Please let

Jupiter

Brenda Culbertson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:24:37 GMT

Manoj, Jupiter looks great! During a small gathering some of us observed Jupiter through a variety of telescopes. We have another public session set up for

Old Moon

Brenda Culbertson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:22:53 GMT

Paul, I thought about just showing the woman who wanted to see the "old part of the Moon" just any spot, but I try very hard to be accurate. Sometimes I don't

Jupiter at opposition

Manoj Pai — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:10:59 GMT

Greetings, Jupiter is at opposition on 9th July i.e tomorrow. Any plans to observe? I am sorry, the skies are clouded out in these parts. Manoj

Re: Moon story

PAUL GREENHALGH — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:12:13 GMT

I would have said pick a spot any spot!! Or had she insisted I would have found something interesting to look at and shown her that....and bin done with

Re: Moon story

Manoj Pai — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:46:11 GMT

To cut a long story short, it appears like you forgot about the "New Moon" part. Manoj ... From: Brenda Culbertson Subject: astroclubs

Moon story

Brenda Culbertson — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:22:37 GMT

Manoj Pai, You come up with some of the most clever stories.... Here is a Moon story that happened to me (not a UFO story): One night while I was running the

Brit calls the cops after mistaking moon for UFO!

Manoj Pai — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:32:48 GMT

Thinking he had spotted a UFO, a British man immediately called up the cops. As it turned out, the huge, round white thing in the sky was not a flying saucer -

Observing

Brenda Culbertson — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:22:18 GMT

Hi, Joe. I've been all over the USA. Wisconsin? I was interviewed at Astronomy Magazine for an editor position once a few (many, actually) years back. If you