Subject: Still struggling with your telescope?
Still struggling with your telescope?
February 18th, 2015 at 3:12 pm EDTHello Friend, You know the old saying; a picture is worth a 1000 words. And sometimes that also applies with learning how to use your telescope. If you can't make heads or tails on how to use your instrument, or you arestruggling with some aspect of ...
Don't be afraid of trying something new
February 17th, 2015 at 10:05 am EDTHello Friend, As I was sipping on a Rum Punch at the beach bar yesterday, I got to thinking about how sometimes how easy it is to fall into an observing rut. By that I mean, a tendency to look at the same objects, because we are familiar with theman ...
Observing Orion in a t shirt during the winter
February 13th, 2015 at 9:35 am EDTHello Friend, There is nothing quite like observing Orion in a t-shirt.And the way to do it, is to head down south to the Caribbean.Which is exactly what I did. Barbados that is.It's nice to from -28 to 28 degrees.And to see the night time sky, from ...
It just get's better
February 11th, 2015 at 9:22 am EDTHello Friend, I received an email from Claude Boivin, President of the Club d'astronomie les Bore.If you want to find out how to get more female membership into your local astronomy club,well he seems to be the expert to ask.Now the numbers would not ...
The brilliant Isabel Williamson
February 10th, 2015 at 9:25 am EDTHello Friend,One of the most brilliant and inspiring female individuals of Canadian astronomy was the late Isabel Williamson, of Montreal, Quebec.Here is an email I received from long time amateur astronomer and member of the RASC Geoff Gaherty: Hi R ...
What a way to start the day
February 9th, 2015 at 9:53 am EDTHello Friend, It's going to be a short email today. I've got a plane to catch........... That's if the weather co-operates, and my flight does not get cancelled or delayed. Nothing worse than having to sleep in an airport. No one looks happy in ...
Some feedback on female members in astronomy clubs
February 8th, 2015 at 2:46 pm EDTHello Friend Thanks to the many of you who responded with your comments on this particular subject that I wrote about in my last email. First of all a few female members of astronomy clubs happily notedthat this was not an issue at their particular ...
Does sexism exist in your astronomy club?
February 6th, 2015 at 4:21 pm EDTHello Friend, Frankly, I could not believe my ears. Recently, we had a female customer come in to the store, who had been in the hobby for quite a number of years. She decided that she wanted to purchase a fairly large instrument, that she could use ...
Why Pluto will always remain a Planet
February 5th, 2015 at 3:32 pm EDTHello Friend, The late Clyde Tombaugh. An avid amateur astronomer himself, and discoverer of the planet Pluto, at the ripe old age of 24. Now, we all know that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet back bac ...
Superbowl weight loss secrets
February 4th, 2015 at 3:57 pm EDTHello Friend, You have to hit the gym and work it off the day after basically. Last night it was clear. Friend, here are 3 reasons I didn't go out to observe. 1) Full Moon 2) It was too cold 3) It was really cold! Now, some might argue that those ...