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I am employed as a transportation planner with the County of Tulare and have lived in Visalia for over 20 odd years. I am a 1980 graduate of CSU Chico with a BA degree in Geology and enjoy science, mathematics, and nature, particularly astronomy and bird watching.
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Pena Planetarium Observing
We had a good turn out after the planetarium show last Friday night. Those who came out enjoyed nice telescopic views of the Orion Nebula, the Moon and planets (Mars, Venus, and Jupiter) and several beautiful star clusters. It’s always exciting to learn about the universe through books, planetarium shows, and others such sources, but nothing compares [...]
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NGC Max Computer For Sale
Excellent condition; asking $350. Please call 786-7173 if interested.
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Cal City Observing
The wind blew, the temps dropped, black clouds rolled in, but we still had a great time. Greg and I got some eyepiece time on Friday night and had fun looking for the Horsehead (yes, still trying), M42, M1, M81 and 82 and a host of other treats. After a few hours the clouds started [...]
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Sky Commander
Hey all!! I’m looking forward to next weekend in the desert to put my new SC circles to good use. I’m really excited about the expanded database of objects and the way the database is laid out. I expect that it will make navigation to various objects much easier. Oh, by the way, my [...]
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February Challenges
NGC 891 – Andromeda This is one of my all-time favorites. NGC 891 is a beautiful edge-on spiral galaxy, elongated in the NE-SW direction just west of the bright star Almaak. Particularly striking is the prominent lane and central bulge. I really like the way this galaxy takes on a “ghost-like” appearance against the foreground [...]
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