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Re: STS-130 launch

Terrence Redding — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:36:48 GMT

Thanks. It was a lot of fun doing it. Terry

Re: STS-130 launch

Jeff Terry — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:23:37 GMT

Hi Terrence, Nice shot. Jeff

STS-130 launch

Terrence Redding — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:06:51 GMT

Observed from Titusville: STS-130 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RehrLTpIlk4 Enjoy! Terry - W6LMJ - 14.287 Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. Redding Observatory

Dome Control Software - and algorithms

Richard Francis — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:12:49 GMT

Wow - this topic has really got going in the last 3 weeks. And throughout that time I was in Baikonur and so was unaware. [Off topic warning] You may be

Re: snowy sun picture for David (and other mid-atlantic mac astronom

Mark Gaffney — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:20:21 GMT

Hi Alan, David & others, It certainly never gets that cold here in Australia, though it can get down to 0 degrees centigrade or thereabouts on winter mornings

Re: snowy sun picture for David (and othermid-atlantic mac astronome

alan@... — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:30:24 GMT

No insult taken Mark... Glad the picture sang to you. Best, Alan Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: Mark Gaffney Date:

Re: snowy sun picture for David (and other mid-atlantic mac astronom

Alan Friedman — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:09:13 GMT

Okay... I take it back. That's a lot of snow... more than I've seen here in a few years. Sounds like a good idea to stay put for a bit. alan

Re: snowy sun picture for David (and other mid-atlantic mac astronom

daffyddsant — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:18:25 GMT

Here's what I've been whining about: In fact, we have nothing to complain about. We're definitely not going

Watching the shuttle launch

Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:10:59 GMT

I am in Titusville watching the launch. There must be over a thousand people here waiting for 4:39 AM. Terry - W6LMJ

Re: snowy sun picture for David (and other mid-atlantic mac astronom

Mark Gaffney — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:04:21 GMT

Hi Alan, I didn`t mean to be insulting about your this morning`s Sun....Maybe "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" by Pink Floyd would be a better

Re: snowy sun picture for David (and other mid-atlantic mac astronom

Mark Gaffney — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:20:14 GMT

Actually it`s spelled Tori Amos I think & she had a hit song called "Cornflake Girl" 10 or so years ago, where the protagonist was "going to the other side..!

Re: 2nd MacAstroWorkshop

Jeff Terry — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:09:03 GMT

Thanks for the correction. I should have copied and pasted, rather than typed. http://www.macastroworkshop.com/maw/speakers Again, I hope to see many of you at

Re: snowy sun picture for David (and other mid-atlantic mac astronom

Alan Friedman — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:07:58 GMT

little big man... and thanks for the reminder... he's still out in the snow! Alan

Re: snowy sun picture for David (and other mid-atlantic mac astronom

Mark Gaffney — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:03:09 GMT

Hi Alan, That looks to me like a cornflake Sun..! Shades of Tory Amos if you`ve heard of her! Excellent work getting set-up in the brief time you apparently

snowy sun picture for David (and other mid-atlantic mac astronomers)

Alan Friedman — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:49:20 GMT

Okay David, stop that whining... here is a sun picture for you... taken this afternoon through a hole in the clouds amidst a sea of snow flurries: