Mike will start an organization (astronomers without borders) which is specialized in helping astronomy clubs in poor countries, and hopfully the first conference of astronomers without borders will be held in april , and if God is willing i will come to california to participate in that conferen...
I certainly don't welcome such an intrusion, but usually my eyes re-adapt to the night sky in 5 minutes or less unless someone opens bright lights right near me or headlights go straight to my pupil. I certainly sympathize. Again, I wonder if it would be possible for those looking to ...
Well, I have stayed there in my Motorhome all by myself a couple times. No power, but I think there are water hook-ups. The ranger there is really cool and if nobody has booked the site, he just let me stay there for free. Once there was another small group doing some astro-pho...
sorry kids, you have to be 21 to imbibe in its fruit-forward wines and award-winning malt whiskeys. Since 1974, the old Victorian schoolhouse and its thick basement walls has provided perfect temperatures for storing the more
A new KCET-TV series, “The Astronomers,” documents his work, among that of others, and Dobson was in town last week to publicize the show, which begins April 15. He took the opportunity to visit high schools, a college and local astronomy clubs and found time to set up his telescope...
for now, It's kind of like learning the guitar, you have to learn the chords first of you ever wish to play well. I want my kids to learn the sky, manually, before we have a bunch of high end equipment. I want to as well. I am hoping the Dob was the right choice for that....
I moved out to Denver for access to darker skies, mountain biking, hiking and to escape the cost of living in NYC. Being primarily interested in deep sky necessitates nights away from family, and now with kids are now old enough I am finally getting back to observing and ATMing. I some...
There was a young couple next to us, Joe and Jen, they live in Queens but spend a lot of time out in the Rocky Point area. Joe was struggling to get set up, so I gave him a hand and some pointer to get him started. Look for them to join one of the three astronomy clubs. Th...