Comments for Aaron McNeely

Comment on My Planetary Setup by tloughran

tloughran — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:01:59 +0000

Thanks for this, Aaron. I’ve never seen the level of detail in Jupiter that you describe. Friday night at Science Spooktakular, I’ll bring an 8″ Dobsonian in the hope that the predicted 28% cloud cloud cover permits some viewing of Jupiter. If you have a chance, come by, with or without a binoviewer. Your daughter might enjoy the event, too:)

Comment on Comet Hartley 2 by tloughran

tloughran — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:48:32 +0000

Cool. Are you using ccd autoguiding, and if so, have you got an image capture capability? Love to see it. Meanwhile, I’ll go out an look for myself:)

Comment on Observatory Finished! by tloughran

tloughran — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:01:58 +0000

Congratulations, Aaron! It’s a thing of beauty.

Comment on Notre Dame Rare Book Room by tloughran

tloughran — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:36:37 +0000

Aaron,

I missed the tour for another conference I had scheduled earlier. So your blog collage of photo highlights was a real treat. Thanks for the virtual tour.

Comment on Jordan Hall Astronomy by tloughran

tloughran — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:35:18 +0000

Thanks especially for the “clear sky” clock for the Morrison Observatory:)

Comment on Griffith Observatory by Aaron McNeely

Aaron McNeely — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:38:39 +0000

I wish. I have never been to Palomar. It would take an entire day for such a trip. I visited Mt. Wilson about 10 years ago, and this observatory is located in the mountains above Pasadena, but our workshop didn’t elect to go there. Even a Wilson trip would require a few hours of the day.

Comment on Griffith Observatory by tloughran

tloughran — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:45:28 +0000

Thanks for taking us with you on this trip, Aaron. While you are in LA, I hope you get a chance to drive up to the Palomar observatory (http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/history.html). Any such plans?

Comment on A GRAND Morning by pmooney

pmooney — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:47:05 +0000

Aaaron, thanks for bringing your scope in for the guys to take a look. You’ve got a wonderful hobby/profession! (I like your wooden viewing chair.) Pat

Comment on Evening Stars by mamcneely

mamcneely — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:14:02 +0000

Good point, I’m not sure exactly who figured this out originally. I do know that the Maya were very aware of this pattern, they had five deities that represented each of the five apparitions of Venus in one eight year cycle.

The Greeks eventually realized that Hesperus and Phosphorus were the same object. It is possible to see both in one day at a certain point in the Venus cycle. Thanks.

Comment on Evening Stars by tloughran

tloughran — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:11:20 +0000

Thanks for this, Aaron. Perhaps this repeated pattern is part of what gave rise to the ancient discussion of whether Hesphorus and Phosporus (the morning and evening stars?) were the same object. If this identification was a discovery, it would be interesting to find out who made it, and how many different astronomy communities made it independently.