http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/ Central Florida Astronomical Society Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:16:13 GMT exosearch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12912 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12912 Maybe a nebula/dust fan here will like this? I went into the Hubble archives and used 6 images taken (by others) between 2006 and 2007 in the Advanced Camera Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:59:04 GMT Eric R. Weiss http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12911 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12911 Thanks Gordon for pointing out this news story. I'm sure many of us would have missed it. --Eric Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:54:39 GMT Gordon Cain http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12910 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12910 "Upon receipt of the last command from Earth, the transmitter on Ulysses switched off on June 30, 2009, bringing one of the most successful and longest Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:10:58 GMT Bee5inFla http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12909 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12909 Hello everyone. The latest edition of ASTROLOG is available on the CFAS website. Hope you enjoy it. Beeler Gausz Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:02:39 GMT exosearch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12905 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12905 Hi, check out this amateur's posts related to his detection of the transiting planet XO-2b Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:01:00 GMT exosearch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12904 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12904 I've created the following animation of images centered on where a major nova burst occured in 1901 from DSS image plates (shot over a time span of decades) to Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:25:58 GMT exosearch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12903 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12903 Hi Gordon, You wrote "I have added yet another scope to my collection (not as impressive as Jasons!)..." As a collector of modest-to-non-performing telescopes, Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:45:21 GMT Gordon Cain http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12902 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12902 Sad, I am replying to my own post! ;) I have added yet another scope to my collection (not as impressive as Jasons!) that should be fun at school outreach Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:36:32 GMT Gordon Cain http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12901 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12901 In case you did not catch this. Incredible. "A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:22:41 GMT exosearch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12900 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12900 Hi Steve, I don't think I mentioned the seeing, for the first shot that you responded to the seeing was good (I don't use the traditional scales but have my Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:59:24 GMT exosearch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12899 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12899 Hi Glenn, I've been watching the skies for the opportunity, that night it a dry air mass twisted down from the North and fed from that high pressure system Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:57:57 GMT Glenn Treeson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12898 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12898 Jason, Outstanding, particularly considering the state of our summer skies. Glenn Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:31:37 GMT exosearch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12897 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12897 This time I tried it using only 90 seconds of rotation on a different run which I think Callisto and clouds might look better Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:24:06 GMT exosearch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12896 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12896 Here's M57 http://setisociety.org/ringnebula15sec.jpg 2 - 15 second frames stacked from the afocal point-n-shoot in my light polluted driveway (you know the Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:45:12 GMT exosearch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12895 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFAS-FL/message/12895 Hi Steve, Funny you should mention duration, because I'm about to change my personal standard. I had read and heard in several places over the years that 2