All: Last night at the Butts Road school, I had my 10" Dob and Courtney set up her 8" Dob and a 60mm Refractor. We had a good view of the Orion Nebula for a while, til it hazed over, and kept one scop

Is anyone else planning on participating on this? I will be going down, but I expect it will be cloudy. Ch. 13 says partly sunny today and tomorrow, but the clear sky chart shows 20% coverage with ave

Alligator River National Swamp and Mosquito Refuge in Tyrell County. ;) /\\ark G.

That sucks. This is why I hate Yahoo. It hid my email addresss and substituted the yahoo email My inet mail is mgerlach at verizon dot net. It is also in the 2012 and 2011 BBAA flyers. /\\ark

Hey gang, I'm a little late on one of these, just got the info yesterday. We have 3 schools asking for our participation at their Science nights. I have posted the details in our Yahoo Calendar. -----

Please share this apology with your members. Sorry to hear about the problems at shiverfest, but I was assured from parks and rec administrators the matter would be investigated thoroughly. Chuck ----

Let's leave names out. Suffice to say that it was someone working and speaking on behalf of VBP&R. /\\ark G.

Go for it. It won't hurt to have something to look over. Might be a good basis for something we can use. /\\ark G.

We are getting too close to personal attacks. We do not need that in this forum. /\\ark erlach

I did stay, as did Courtney and her dad Tony, and the Colvin Clan. Thanks Courtney and Zack. We have always been able to park near our equipment before at Mt. T., it did not occur to me to ask about i

All: As Cheryl noted, tehe times for Shiverfest are from 4 to 8 pm. We will be at (near) Shelter 2. We can drive into the park to set up our scopes starting at 2:30 pm, but if you leave your vehicle i

NOTE: We can get in as early as 2:30 pm to set up. /\\ark

NOTE: We can get in as early as 2:30 pm to set up. /\\ark

Shelter 1 is where we for for Mt Trashmore Star Party. The light towers a lights on poles. We should be much further into the park than those. /\\ark

Ms. Vick, I am copying this to our group's mailbox so they will have the info: As of this morning (11/29), here is the list of our members who have told me that they plan on participating: Mark Gerlac

Jim, If you want, you can man my Monster Binocs (25x100, on a tripod) so folks can look at the moon or Pleiades /\\

Thanks, guys. Wonderful to see so much interest. Dress warm, it's prolly gonna be in the 40's, I will double check with Chuck D, he sent me the original note, and with Debra Vick. /\\

My Fellow Astronomers: Shiverfest is this weekend. It's at Mt. Trashmore on Dec. 3, from 5pm to 11pm. This is sponsored by Va. Beach Dept of Parks & Recreation and organized by our friend Chuck Dibbs.

Back & forth, maybe. But west & east and then South? It sounds like something made-up to me. /\\ark G.

Jim, All I got was a folder full of xml files, both on this link and in the Files ares. How about a Word .doc ? /\\ark G. Soon-to-be-Ex President