Hi all The sky here is amazing..even with a few street lights..very dark sky...as the Moon rose later each night the better it got. Orion leaps out at you...
Hey Terry, What an opportunity...to eye-ball the "clouds". Did you have a "Magellanic" sense of discovery when you first laid eyes on these galactic remnants?...
Hi Dan Sorry about my bad spelling of the Megellantic clouds...I will try the items you mentioned if the telescope deal happens.. Yes I did recognise the...
Terry you area lucky man to be able to see the southern sky. Must be different and exciting to see the Magellanic cloud etc.. How about proxima centauri?...
Here are the details for the ROC 2008. Something to think about while we enjoy more snow and freezing rain !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ray L. ... From: Claude DUPLESSIS ...
Hi Ray Yes I consider myself very lucky to have this opertunity. We have had 12 days of clear skys..last night was the first cloudy one(of course I got the...
Hi guys, I've changed the photo on our main page. It's the Alpha Centauri group incl the star closest to us (other than Sol),Proxima Centauri, also known as...
What a great idea Dan. I do not know of anyone going south this year. Terry shots from the southern hemisphere would certainly thrill some. Clear skies. Ray...
Terry Cobble together a barn door mount. If you can get a 1/4 by 20 bolt and nut down there along with two pieces of plywood I can send you the measurements....
Hi George The only camera I have is my Canon with a 15 second exposure ..also I have a mount now ...its an etx70mm on loan for the duration. I have done an...
Hi Dan I will do my best with what I have available and Nice home page images... My location is --51 42 south and 57 51 west Terry ... group ... also ... is...
Terry, I was interested in the coordinates of your location, they seemed familiar...in fact they are the same as an island system down there...the Falklands, I...
Hi Terry, I posted the pics of the Alpha Cent.3 star system to demonstrate how difficult it would be to image the smallest of the group, Alpha Cent.'C', which...
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Hi all, Apropos our notes re: Alpha Cent. triple star system...some latest reports that Alpha Cent.'B' may qualify for an extra Solar solar system. Go here for...
-Hi all Had a change in the weather here..has been great for two weeks but now some cloud and gusty winds..Just eyeball astronomy last night... Lot of stars in...
Very Nice Terry!!!!! Congratulations! Ray S ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database:...
Hello fellow BYAers & Congrats Terry! it sooms you have steep competition with others who share this interest ...especially by Alison Jasmine and Tayler... ...
Hello Terry - I am afraid that I made only that one sketch of Mars. Dan metioned that there was a competion about Mars by the space agency; but I never got...
WOW !!!! Congratulations Terry. Having one of your pictures recognised and selected by the Canadian Space Agency is something very special and something to be...
Hi guys, Just got a msg re: the spacecraft passed through the water-ice plumes (geysers) spewing out of the South Pole region of Enceladus on Wed. the 12th. A...
Hey, Dan - That sounds exciting! What is the link? Mur ... the 12th. A moon of Saturn apprx 500 km dia. (our Moon apprx 3500 km) ... site loc. to come...(I...
Hi again, the site with info re: subj matter is http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=822 You may follow to other links having...
Hi all Back in town ...where did all that snow come from. Made a blog of my astro adventures in the Falkland Islands. Photos not that good as only had my Canon...
Terry, or whoever, What the heil,hail,hell, or...... Whats with the upside down pics...trying to confuse us?? Big trick! turning the camera downsideup....its...
