http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/ Ottawa Valley Astronomy Observers Group Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:56:52 GMT http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46834 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46834 Reminder from: OAOG Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/cal Moon near M75 in Sagittarius Saturday November 21, 2009 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm Notes: The Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:49:23 GMT Jim Sofia http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46833 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46833 Yeah and that's when I remember the tune......He aint heavy he's my brother, obsession. Jim ... From: Rob To: OAOG@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 20, Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:47:36 GMT Jim Sofia http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46832 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46832 Now how did you guess that, Joe!! Jim ... From: Josef To: OAOG@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 10:22 AM Subject: [OAOG] Re: SOFIA Seeks Secrets Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:48:12 GMT jamiecinders http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46831 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46831 Hi Tina, In my opinion the Sky-Watcher Heritage 76mm is actually a fairly good telescope! Much better than some of the Tasco and Bushnell offerings you see so Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:47:57 GMT jamiecinders http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46830 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46830 Hi Everyone, It was a good night for observing Wednesday night and Evan(my son) and I took the opportunity to share the night sky with his cub group(27th Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:29:26 GMT Rob http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46829 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46829 I bet there are days when Jim FEELS like his telescope weighs 17 tons! Rob.L> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:29 GMT Josef http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46828 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46828 Would this be our own Jim SOFIA and his behemoth of a scope? Joe #8 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:31 GMT Michael F. Vasseur http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46827 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46827 ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:28:36 GMT http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46826 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46826 Reminder from: OAOG Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/cal Ganymede covers Io's shadow Friday November 20, 2009 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Notes: From Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:57:32 GMT mbrown http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46825 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46825 Hi Tina. I read the magazine review, too and this scope was rated highly. Here is a link to another review. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:49:28 GMT Tina Chan http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46824 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46824 Thanks Pierre for your help, I will definately be making a hit this Christmas. I will also get the red dot finder and the book, thanks for the suggestions. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:35:36 GMT Ivan Zuger http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46823 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46823 Hello Tina,   Also, November/December 2009 issue of the Sky News magazine p. 36 offers good report on Sky-Watcher Heritage 76 scope. While you are at it, Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:09:18 GMT meteorshowersca http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46822 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46822 Hello Tina, I'm sure that there will be other opinions, but here mine: This mini Skywatcher Dob breaks the old "rule" that all telescopes under $100 are total Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:49:04 GMT Tina Chan http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46821 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46821 Hi there, I wanted to get my 11 year old a basic telescope for Christmas as she is very interested in the stars. We have spent every night this week in Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:38:05 GMT jean_loyer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46820 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/message/46820 Hi folk I had a blast last night. I started observing from 11:30 to 5:30 this morning. The sky condition was 4/5 and almost no humidity in the air. I performed