Astromart used to be the goto place, but then the jerk who owned it got greedy in addition to being a complete jerk and started charging out the wazoo for everything. Cloudynights is where I'd look no

Heh, you didn't Stu - they had power on the field ;-)

Hi Ian, It died out for a couple of different reasons. The guy that ran it was a jerk. His name was John Didlay IIRC. When they got kicked out of the scout camp, the numbers of attendees plummeted, fo

Hi Stu - was that the Mid Atlantic Star Party (MASP) you were thinking of? It was near Robbins, NC. I know you attended at least once, and probably more than that. For years it was at some scout camps

Gotcha - thanks.

Is that also called the Jellyfish? Looks nice in any case

That is truly amazing Ted - congrats!

Same here - was a bit murky and some lightening up to the north, but southern Milky Way and the Comet were outstanding in binoculars.

Chuck, as much as you like that 14mm, the 10mm will blow you away even more. The 14 has a bit of field curvature, not enough to be objectionable, but its there. The 20 is worse, but again, not enough

Sheesh! That price is a steal!! They usually sell used for $200-250 I already own them, or I'd snatch them up. They are outstanding EPs. <RE>

Jen and I will be there this evening. Where are you going to observe from? We're looking at the airport park. Jim

Not particular helpful at this point. I did my homework and bought what was claimed to be CE and ISO certified glasses. Only thing I can guess is that Amazon wasn't able to get paperwork from the vend

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Here is a scary email (and an untimely one). - just read below. I ordered plastic eclipse glasses and paper eclipse glasses from Amazon back in June knowing that they would be harder to get the closer

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Yep, that and the A-10. Both built for doing just one thing and both doing it exceptionally well. One looks fast just sitting still and the other looks mean as heck just sitting still.

He's been a subscriber here for years and a frequenter to ECSP and SRSP. Usually he just lurks on the forums He also wrote a book about 10 yrs ago, don't remember the specific astro topic.

Hi folks, We've bought a new RV last fall and now my trusty Little Guy trailer that I've been bringing to the ECSP since I bought it from Chuck is back on the market. I've had a lot of great nights in

Sorry that Jenna and I will miss it this year - have fun!!!

Here is a link to the Obit for those of us that don't get that newspaper: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pilotonline/obituary.aspx?n=nicholas-robert-anderson&pid=177266347

I saw it once from the deck of the Disney Magic down in the Bahamas a couple of years ago during a Christmas cruise. Jenna and I were playing foosball and we stopped to watch the sunset just in time t

Thanks Kent - great time as always! The skies Thur night were very nice and even for a while on Fri. Another big thanks to the cooks for keeping us well fed all weekend, it was great to see Dee and Ro