Subject: The worst thing that can happen to you during an observing session
The worst thing that can happen to you during an observing session
February 8th, 2014 at 12:28 pm EDTHello Friend, I've seen this happen so many times at Star Parties, that it no longer surprises me when it does. Primarily through Schmidt Cassegrains, and refractors but Newtonians, and dobsonians are not excluded. Heck, it's even happened to me. So ...
How to Protect your instrument in Winter weather
February 7th, 2014 at 12:29 pm EDTHello Friend, Well, I've heard from more than a few people around Canada about just how cold it gets, wind chill and all. One question asked by Dennis Carnochan, who lives in Northern Alberta, and Kathleen Houston, from Saskatchewan was how does on ...
The telescope frosted up like a restaurant chilled Beer Mug!
February 5th, 2014 at 11:05 am EDTHello Friend, I have to confess. It's been one f the toughest Winters to actually out and observe. It's really cold, and windy. It takes a lot of motivation to actually step outside and look at the nightsky on some nights. The reward, if you are wil ...
The Loneliness of the Amateur Astronomer
February 4th, 2014 at 11:53 am EDTHello Friend, Being an amateur astronomer can be lonely at times. Often, if I am out stargazing, it's mostly a solitary pursuit. My sweetie may pop out to take a quick glanceat something that I am really excited about, once in a blue moon. And I'm o ...
If you knew, Peggy Sue.......
February 3rd, 2014 at 10:49 am EDTHello Friend, It was a bloody cold day, back in Clear Lake, Iowa on February 3rd 1959. And, according to the famous song, "American Pie",by singer Don Mclean, that was the day the music died.(Or more figuratively, the innocence of rock n roll) Had ...
Porcupine predicts the Superbowl winner........
February 2nd, 2014 at 11:02 am EDTHello Friend, Has the world gone batty? Or it is just me. Yes, today is Superbowl Sunday.. The last bastion for an excuse to drink beer, eat chicken wings, and pizzaand yell and scream, and basically act like idiots with their buddies. And see some ...
Planetary madness for the month of February
February 1st, 2014 at 10:05 am EDTHello Friend, Will that Prognosticator, the infamous Wiarton Willlie, give us another 6 weeks of Hell? Only time will tell....... Despite the fact that this Winter has been somewhat on the harsher side, for amateur astronomers in NorthAmerica, it h ...
Sick of Winter already? Here's one possible solution
January 31st, 2014 at 9:47 am EDTHello Friend, The end of January has finally arrived. We are that much closer to Spring. Yippee! And pretty soon, we'll be hearing from that great Winter prognosticator of the far North, the one and only, Wiarton Willie. Yes, the groundhog that ...
The dogged determination of Scott Roberts..
January 30th, 2014 at 1:29 pm EDTHello Friend, Scott Roberts was a determined man.... Several years ago when he founded Explore Scientific, one of the first questions I asked him was: "So Scott, there are several manufacturer's of refractor telescopes already, do we really needa ...
It's Easy Peasy, 1 2 3!
January 29th, 2014 at 5:18 am EDTHello Friend, Yesterday, I shared with you a few slang British expressions, which were common when I was growing up in the UK and today I'll share a couple more : All in the interest of increasing your vocabulary. Ain't education a great thing? "K ...