Posted: March 1, 2010
Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted with permission of the author from his website www.thecomethunter.com Please visit Don’s website for updates. To see this article with photos, view the Classic Observer or visit Don’s website.
(Don made his 11th comet discovery Tuesday, March 23. For those who don’t know, SVAS member Don Macholz is America’s premiere “visual” [...]
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Posted: March 1, 2010
Forrest Lockhart
In the first Meridian article last month, I described the observing plan and the scopes to be used for ferreting out interesting objects appearing at or near the meridian that month. There was only one E-mail response to my request for celestial targets for April, but it turned out to be a good choice. [...]
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Posted: March 1, 2010
“Urban Astronomy”: A Great Night for DSOs
Margo Schulter
["Urban Astronomy" is my project to encourage
the observing of Deep Sky Objects (DSO's)
in urban or suburban settings, with a due
acknowledgment that these objects will, of
course, be yet more impressive in darker
skies. Questions or comments by e-mail are
warmly invited.]
Saturday night was a great opportunity for some
DSO watching at Quadrivium [...]
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Posted: March 1, 2010
SUPERNOVAE – SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS AROUND
As any amateur astronomer worth their salt knows: Supernovae are enormous explosions that destroy an entire star. Because of this explosion, supernovae are much brighter than their surrounding star companions. Their luminosity makes them conspicuous, and the energy they emit makes them interesting to scientists. But supernovae are quite rare, [...]
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Posted: March 1, 2010
Those who missed the Annual Meeting on Friday, March 19, missed some good cake. The evening began with a moment of silence for Chris Hulbe while a slideshow of pictures of Chris showed him at various times in his amazing life. Many who have known Chris over the years relayed memories of wild “field trips” [...]
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