... Submitted by Al Takeda on 11/18/2011 09:00:32 . Comet Garradd and The Coathanger . ... The members of the Coathanger group range from magnitude 5.1 to 7.2 and is best viewed with a wide field telescope or binoculars since it occupies an area of 60 minutes of arc (1-degree). 2 images x 360-second subframes, Total= 12 minutes (Taken through thin clouds). ... ATMoB Clubhouse, Westford, MA, 2 September 2011. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

Addendum For NexStar GPS Hand Control Section Of The Owner's Manual. ... Please refer to these pages for specific information regarding telescope alignment and hand control functions. ... Align: Instructs the NexStar to use a selected star or object as an alignment position. ... Use the direction keys to move the telescope to the initial alignment stars or for centering objects in the eyepiece. ... Enter: Pressing Enter allows you to select any of the NexStar functions and accept entered parameters. ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... The Pleiades is a relatively close open cluster. ... In this exercise, you will determine the colour of many cluster members and plot them on a Colour-Magnitude diagram . ... The Pleiades Open Cluster, M45. Where in the galaxy would you typically expect to find open clusters like the Pleiades? ... Below is a colour-magnitude diagram for the Hyades , the nearest open cluster to Earth. ...

... For the next AAAP regular meeting (October 10, 8:00 PM, at Peyton Hall, Princeton Univ), Program Chair Ken Kremer has invited Dr Theresa Kucera of NASA/ Goddard. Terry Kucera has been a member of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) solar mission since 1995 and is deputy project scientist for the upcoming and cutting edge Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) project. ... AAAP Observatory Events in October. ... Terry will give a first hand account of NASA Solar Research. ...