ASSNE.ORG

Welcome to the club. Pete Thanks, Pete! I agree the transiting shadow is cool. The sharp black dot against the pale backround just stands out so vividly. What made last night so special was that the moon itself was a little glowing gold orb that appeared attached to the side of the planet for a few...

Triple Phenomona Awesomenimity! Have had Red Spotitis for about a month now, I was out tonight grabbing a dose of antidote when I stumbled upon a situation that caused my antennae to twitch; At just before 11:30 our time, the red spot had not quite left the field of view when I gazed upon the opposi...

Just in from observing Jupiter and the GRS. Experimented with various filters as per suggestions. Tried yellow and orange, but still found that the blue brought out the spot more for me. However, I then tried my Antares ALP filter, and this BY FAR outperformed any of the color filters for bringing o...

For those who don't want to go to the utility; GRS Transits that work well time-wise for our region in the next week - Tonight, 8/27, midnight to 1:00am+Sat Monday, 8/30, 10 to 11pm Wednesday, 9/1, 11:30pm to 12:30amThurs Monday, 9/6, 10:30pm to 11:30pm Of course there are other times for those folk...

I'll try the yellow filter the next time I go for the GRS. Was observing Jupiter tonight, and the moons were doing an awesome dance all on one side of the planet. That system is just freaking cool! I don't know if I'm imagining things, but is the SE belt starting to make a return? They say it could ...

O/K, so I got out there last Friday night with the intention of nailing this sucker (along with some other objects) and I point the scope in the general direction of the object in question...first to Lyra, then DD, split DD, off to Gamma Lyr, a little up and left, scanning with 30x, hmmmm. O/k, ther...

I'd say "more", based on my observations thus far. Using the utility @ S&T.com, I've gotten out at the right time twice thus far, and have seen the GRS both times in my 4.5" reflector. The first time I viewed it I didn't use any filters, but the second time I used an 80a blue filt...

I have installed Win 7 on my desktop. I would say about 50 % of my astro programs that were made during the time of vista or before have some issue with lock ups or error messages. One of my favorites doesnt run at all with Win 7 Starry Night. I must admit that I havent looked into a fix or patch f...

I have been running Windows 7 since beta, and it is a HUGE improvement over Vista. As far as compatibility is concerned I haven't had any issues, but then I don't have much astro software to reference to. One thing to watch out for; when setting it up, choose some other option besides "full aut...

I also bought the S&T collection. This is an amazing resource for someone like me who is fairly new to the hobby. 70 years of information should keep me occupied for awhile.