http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/ AlaskanAstronomy Tue, 14 May 2013 00:59:42 GMT Christopher Erickson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7127 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7127 http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/a-shining-new-star-has-been-brought-bac k-down-to-earth-1.1391993 Christopher Erickson Consulting Engineer Summit Kinetics Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:25:45 GMT Christopher Erickson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7126 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7126 Binoculars usually have two tiny set screws hidden under the edge of a rubber or leather cover, one on the back of each ocular, near (but not on) the eyepiece. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:23:12 GMT Mike C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7125 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7125 Nobody local can recoat optics. Maybe someone can re-align them but I have my doubts there also. They would have to be REALLY nice binocs to warrant recoating Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:58:42 GMT GregY http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7124 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7124 Been a lurker here for a while, and joined to make this post. Looking for anyone in the area that could help with recoating and collimation of binoculars. I Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:57:22 GMT Mike C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7123 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7123 I do plate solves (and mount syncs) first thing in the evening, and then each time I do a meridian flip or a very large slew to a new target, and maybe a Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:53:41 GMT Christopher Erickson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7122 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7122 An open-source plate-solving tool to help with target acquisition. http://sourceforge.net/p/astrotortilla/home/Home/ http://astrometry.net/ For those who are Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:21:23 GMT Christopher Erickson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7121 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7121 Those are radomes but it is almost as spoiky to explore! Google "Site Summit Alaska". -Christopher Erickson sent wirelessly from my Android phone and a Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:15:53 GMT Mike C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7120 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7120 Maybe the abandoned Nike missile base on the top of (I think) Mt. Gordon Lyon between Anchorage and Eagle River counts... it has two domes as I recall. On Tue, Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:01:23 GMT Christopher Erickson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7119 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7119 http://weburbanist.com/2012/07/08/watch-out-10-eerie-abandoned-observatories / Christopher Erickson Consulting Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, HI 96738 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:14:38 GMT Rich Stromberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7118 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7118 Very impressive! Sent from my iPad Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:23:59 GMT Mike C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7117 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7117 http://www.pbase.com/mclemens1969/image/149654468/original From the observatory between Big Lake and Wasilla last Friday. 55 images of 5 minutes each with the Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:20:37 GMT frank s http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7116 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7116 http://htwins.net/scale2/ use left and right arrows Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:32:15 GMT Kay Howard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7115 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7115 That would be great! Katy H. Sent from my iPhone Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:23:50 GMT Steven Menaker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7114 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7114 An imaging workshop during the summer would be a great way to keep Interest in the group when only one star is visible. Those in the group with imaging Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:39:20 GMT Brett and Tammy Woern http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7113 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskanAstronomy/message/7113 This might make a cool ERNC presentation. The unreliable weather means we wouldn't be able to do actual "data acquisition," but a talk could include