Dear All, after a stop of few weeks, for which I apologize, I posted a new story of the month on the Bellatrix Observatory website, from Loren C. Ball, a minor...
Dear friends, There has been some discussion going on this night about the above subject. Some remarks: ... MPC ... epoch ... the ... Though I wouldn't call...
Edwin Goffin
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Mar 1, 2002 9:46 am
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I also have time on my hands while I await delivery of a CCD I ordered more than a year ago. I meet all the requirements with the possible exception of the...
Today Gareth update this web page http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Desigs.html In Jan. all stations together only produced about 5,200 designations. Not...
Although not exactly on topic, I thought I let the readers of this list know that at UF we have several old pieces of measuring equipment that we have neither...
... PFE http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/ TextPad http://www.textpad.com/ TextPad has some nice features like "In addition to the usual cut, copy and...
... Since the advent of modern digital scanning equipment, I think the value of both of these items is limited to museum collections. Some years ago I saw a...
Alan W. Harris
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Mar 1, 2002 6:06 pm
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Try WED its shareware available at http://www.simtel.net/ a nice 32 bit windows editor, handles large files like MPCORB.dat with out problems, and includes...
Yours came thru fine. There is usually a slow-down near big-moon time. It does seem strange - things get quiet when everyone should have more free time. Of ...
Gary Hug
frogstar@...
Mar 2, 2002 2:05 pm
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Hi Jim, Sorry for another reply from Kansas, but right now we've got plenty of free time. Not only is the Moon big, but we're digging out of 5" of the white...
Thanks for that. I fully appreciate that splendid work is being done around the world by dedicated teams. I would love to come and see you, but sadly The...
Hi, Anyone happen to know if there are any "How to use a 3 hole focuser" instructions on the net? Or maybe an old article in S&T? Thanks, Patrick :-) 718...
Patrick Wiggins
p.wiggins@...
Mar 5, 2002 10:32 pm
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Friends, Following the discussion conducted in this forum a couple of weeks ago, concerning the usefulness of amateur discovery programs in the age of LINEAR ...
Ilan Manulis
ilan@...
Mar 5, 2002 11:22 pm
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In a message dated 3/5/02 4:35:19 PM Central Standard Time, p.wiggins@... writes: Patrick: I have used a 3 hole focuser for years. You need to focus...
DWest61506@...
Mar 6, 2002 3:34 am
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... It's not hard. Make yourself a mask with three holes spaced uniformly around the center and put it in front of your telescope. If you are out of focus,...
... Eventhough my answer will not help you much in finding the information you are looking for, I just wanted to mention that this method is adequate for rough...
... Indeed a nice find. I am at Palomar now, just finished doing a spectrum of it. Since I'm running single-handed I can't do a rough spectrum just yet, but...
... Patrick, by "3 hole focusing, do you mean using a Hartmann Mask to obtain focus? I use one with two triangular holes and it is very sensitive to proper...
... spectrum of ... just yet, ... Wonderful indeed. Not only was found on his limits detection (LX200 10'+ ST9 when this 18 mag object moved more than 5"/min)...
... Wonderful indeed. Not only was found on his limits detection (LX200 10'+ ST9) when this 18 mag object moved more than 5"/min, but how he was capable to...
Hello MPML, I want to draw your attention to 1999 HF1. According to lightcurve observations made from Ondrejov, Table Mountain Observatory and Kharkiv...
Hi Petr, Interesting result! I visited your rich web page and found quite interesting the images of comet P/Machholz2 that you display. The main nucleus...
Michel Festou
festou@...
Mar 7, 2002 9:48 am
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Patrick, An alternative to the three hole method is one that Warren Ouffitt had in a CCD Magazine article (I can't find it on the Sky/Tel site anymore). This...
Hi Michel, Thanks for your interesting comments to my old 1994 images of the comet P/Machholz 2. If you are interested, I can send you the original images for...
I just noted that Norbert Zacharias has updated the information on UCAC 2 on the UCAC homepage (http://ad.usno.navy.mil/ucac/): "UCAC2: will become available...
Patrick -- As demonstrated at last year's Minor Planet Conference, and refined since then, Larry Weber and Steve Brady's "FocusMax" software is a true ...
