http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/ Skyscrapers - RI Astronomical Society Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:01:24 GMT thaley1968 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/325 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/325 Has anyone had any experience with a Dob platform? I am thinking about trying to build one using a small stepper motor and drive control with a linear Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:51:41 GMT thaley1968 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/324 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/324 Hi Bob, there was a camera adapter on the 12" Meade. It should still be around! Ask one of the trustees to check the cabinets. It could also be floating around Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:13:57 GMT barringtonri http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/323 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/323 I traditionally open up my observatory and bribe the trick-or-treaters with a Mars bar if they look thru the scope and tell me what they see. But tonight, as Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:53:50 GMT Bob http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/322 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/322 For piggybacking a DSLR camera, I have a Meade piggyback camera mount that fits my 8" Meade but do we have one kicking around that fits the 12" Meade at Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:56:16 GMT Starman http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/321 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/321 Hi Samantha, I just saw your message, but there is no meeting tonight for the CCD Astrophotography Workshop. Weather conditions cancellation. Our web page had Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:54:57 GMT Samantha Viall http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/320 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/320 Hello all! I was just wondering if you were meeting tonight. It's really overcast, so I doubt it, but I thought I would double-check. -Samantha Viall Sent from Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:27:23 GMT skyscraper75 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/319 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/319 http://www.mapug-astronomy.net/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:35:42 GMT Bob http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/318 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/318 I think it was last winter when I first tried the Orion narrowband filters and haven't used them since. I remember having issues with them so I finally had a Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:23:07 GMT Starman http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/317 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/317 The Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged a giant faint dust ring around Saturn in the infrared part of the spectrum. The new ring is not visible to the normal Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:02:32 GMT bforgiel@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/316 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/316 Pete, I realize you and several other members are actually members of both societies but for whatever reason, within my own narrow mindedness, I keep linking Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:29:54 GMT newfangledjim http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/315 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/315 I just started DSLR astrophotography this year and so far have been pleased with the results. I am equipped to do piggyback, prime focus (through the Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:06:22 GMT newfangledjim http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/314 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/314 ... Bob, I would be interested in going. I'd also like to visit the Clay Center. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:04:35 GMT newfangledjim http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/313 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/313 As a science education organization we should all be concerned about this... all the more reason to participate in those star parties. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:27:27 GMT barringtonri http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/312 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/312 Another clarification. I'd expressed a willingness to discuss this with Samantha as a member of Skyscrapers who just happens to also be a member of ASSNE. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:44:10 GMT Starman http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/311 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyscrapers_rias/message/311 Just a clarification: "Seagrave" refers to Seagrave Memorial Observatory and is operated and owned by Skyscrapers, Inc. Bob N.