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Welcome..... come in and look around. I hope you will stay a while and read what's been going on the past couple of months.
Because of the ongoing problem of getting everyone together on one specific night, at one specific time, in one specific place, with all the different work schedules, I would like to try an idea I had of holding the monthly meeting on the WEB. This way everyone would be able to participate when they have time and nobody would miss out on what's going on. What do you think? All you would have to do is submit your ideas, questions projects or what ever via e-mail and we would use this page to let everyone read and exchange dialogue. This is just a rough idea and we can modify it as we go along.
Membership... This is easy. Just send along your e-mail address and first or nickname and I will put it in the membership page. This way members will be able to send you information or communicate individually. e-mail addresses will not be posted unless I get an ok to do so. There are no dues. This is strictly for fun and lovers of astronomy. Important... you don't have to live in the area to be a club member. The more the better. I would love to see 100's of members. This club is solely for the sharing of ideas and exploration of the cosmos.
What's new..... I want to welcome David.......... David is near Birmingham, England and has a 12 inch F4 reflector with drive, a Bresser 6 inch refractor and a Celesrton Nexstar 5. He also has a CCD camera which He has just purchased and is looking for advice on using it. Although he has enjoyed astronomy for many years he has just started astro-photography. Great, and welcome David
A Hello to Basha I want to thank you for the fine e-mail and hope you enjoy our club.
We now have Moons ......Check out the planetarium...
Observing..... I hope everybody got to see the total eclipse of the Moon - It was spectacular
Questions and Answers.... Keith writes.......do you guys have star parties where an interested person can actually try a scope hands on ?
Answer....... I have two scopes, a 4" Tasco which is setup for sunspots and a Meade ETX 125.
I also have 2 pair of binoculars. All are available for people at our star party's to use for viewing. There are always plans to add more.
Rich
Question....... Mintaka writes.......Hello!
First of all I have to congratulate you for this
wonderful site! Its' amazing!!
As you might have notice I'm not form England or any English country ... sorry about all the mistakes!
I've a question a long time ago and i think you might have the answer for it! I was wondering about the colors of the
universe. When you take pictures of constellations and nebulas do you get a color image or all those amazing colors are just color editing?
I'm trying to find out the answer in every astronomy list I now but until now no one could help me. Can you?
It's very important!!
Thank you for all the help!
Answer.....
When you look in a telescope you are looking at light that is very weak and has
traveled vast distances which has defused it even further. Your eye needs
higher levels of light to perceive
color. That's why the Nebula and Galaxies
in your eye piece don't have the color you see in photographs.
Astronomy photographs are taken for the most part with large telescopes and are exposed
for long periods of time to get enough light to make those wonderful colors you
see in magazines. Sometimes the photograph is exposed over several
nights. They do enhance them on occasions
to extract more information at different light frequencies.
Welcome..... Ray and Andrew - Great to have you on board
Please don't forget to get the word out on our Club site. The more members the better.
Again............. A warm and friendly welcome to Joe
Thanks .......... Rich
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