All members, The info presented at our BYA gabfest on Wed. re: a/m activity is correct for our club! The notice posted on the "front page" of this (our) web...
To all our members, Sorry to pass on this bit of bad news We received notice from the organizing committee OCV, of OAOG that they did not have the support from...
Hi everyone, My brother-in-law, Gilles Bazinet, took these pictures of Sundogs in Cornwall last Friday evening at around 18:30h. Quite amazing, have a look in...
Hi Ray Great shots, you should talk your brother-in-law into submitting them to ESPOD (Earth Science Picture Of the Day) or APOD. I think he would stand a good...
Hi Ray L., Interesting pics...the name of the game is to have a camera handy. These and other sky phenomena provide a great day-time obs activity for we...
Hi all Made a Club logo folder in the photo section..Also put my first attempt..took a while to figure out how to bend the words...Ill try and do something...
Yo ! Club Artists, Really neat logo ideas!!! Terry's, with the Sat. image sharpened, would make a great "patch" on a blue(or black), blazer....Judy(she who...
Hi all, NOT happy with the decision by the IAU to "de-list" the dog from the solar litter?? then go to this site ...read..then decide to (or not) sign the...
Hi all Did some observing tonight with the telescope (no camera) Very nice sky...Till the Moon came up ...It was good till about 10 pm.. Before that the Milky...
Check out the pics in the photo album entitled Planets & Sun. Unbelievable the size of Betelgeuse and Antares. These are the best photos I have ever seen...
Hi all Was testing for the comming Mercury Transit and took and image of a sunspot to try and get the image the right size...Took with the Nexstar 80 and...
Hi Ray L., Thanks for the info pics . These really are the easiest way to grasp the relative sizes of solar system objs,& our star(sun) & the most commonly...
I have a C6S stock. I have seen on some sites the recommendation to change the focuser to a WO 2" and the diagonal to a enhanced dielectric mirror. Does this...
Hi John I dont think using a enhanced diagonal would make a big difference to what you see.. The only advantage I see is that you could use 2 inch eyepieces-...
Hi John, changing to a 2 inch diagonal will not improve your veiwing on your scope. The rear cell on your scope body only has a 1.25 opening and will resrict...
Hi all Good meeting tonight..as usual...as we were early finish went home and got the newly repaired Ultima 2000 goto(c8) out on the front deck...It worked...
Is it possible ? Fantastic clear skies ( The clear sky clock has never looked so blue, dark blue at that) and a full moon at the same time. Will there ever...
Hi Ray I agree with you..The Chart couldnt be any better except as you say a full moon.. My way to cure the photo fix is to get the scope out anyway.. ...
Terry, Ray (L) You know there is a YukYuks in Ottawa, eh..... Happy Thanks Giving, Cheers! Murray Terry Mclean <terrymc240@...> wrote: Hi Ray I agree...
Hi Everyone, I managed to take out the new scope and gave it a test run, Sunday evening. After about an hour of frustrations and scope limitations, I then...