Space Debris Causes Trouble on the Space Station

Three members on the space station had to evacuate into an attached spacecraft last night. They were evacuated and had to take precautionary measures because of the probability of orbital debris impact.
The item was a weight tied to a cable weighing around 2 pounds traveling at 17,500 mph. The item passed by harmlessly and everything was [...]

MBS Astronomy Labratory

While out at the Riverside Astronomical Society’s site on Saturday there were a couple of questions that came up:

Does temperature effect my webcam guidescope setup?
Can I use a shorter guidescope so I don’t have to lay in the ground?
Can I mount my 8X50 finderscope on my guidescope?
Does the AC power adapter reduce amp glow?
Align scope [...]

Camping Trip to Lake Isabella and Joshua Tree

 
We were trying to chase the clear skies. We’d planned to camp at Joshua Tree all weekend (Thursday – Sunday, the first weekend in December, 2007) but the forecast called for rain. So we dropped down to plan B and drove up to Lake Isabella, Kern County, CA. They had clear skies.
We arrived at Tillie [...]

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