Alan, Here is the actual bulletin I received. Aside from the Subject heading, see the note in the abstract below about "recovery efforts to reestablish...

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Communication is lost with Spirit, NASA's Mars rover. Last signals they heard, as engineers interpret it, sounded like barking. They think Beagle is biting...

Message from JPL listeserver half an hour ago says 10 minute communication with spirit produced some data at 12.34 and that they hope for 2 way communication...

Hi, I'd like to take my small telescope with me when I go on holiday. It's an ETX60 and in the hard case, it's less than 5 kg and the dimensions are 48x38x23...

ther missi Hi all I wwas just conjecturing what the effect would be if a pile of bones was to be found on Mars. One of the conclusions of the Pathfinder...

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter. "What are you doing?" She asked. "Hunting Flies" He responded. Oh....

I've been googling about for info on transits of Venus and came across this tantalising piece in a paper for the Royal Astro Soc by the Rev. S.J. Johnson, M.A....

Dear Friends, I just received my Feb/2004 issue of AN and which represents only the second issue I have received so far as a result of my new subscription and...

You asked for a thread - here we go. We are a new AS with a strong education/outreach clause in the constitution and a strong desire to achieve something but...

Hello all, I am a newbie to astronomy and am looking at my first telescope after a while with binoculars. I had more of less decided upon a SkyWatcher...

Greetings Anyone use the following for astronomy ? Leica Ultravid 10x42 Leica Duovid 8+12x42 Leica 10x42 BN Nikon SE 10x42 I am a birder in the market for...

The South Lincs Astronomical and Geophysical Society (SoLAGS) held their first public star party for many years in Spalding on Friday evening (16th). Current...

My "family" of eyepieces has outgrown its case. Looking for a large aluminium case - anyone ideas about preferred makes, good features, and potential places...

http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/index.html Wow - I didn't expect colour images! Are the raw images available for download? The released...

Hello folks, Had an LXD55 Autostar failure a week or so back and Dark Star, UK exchanged it without quibble. I bought the scope from them around April 2003. A...

Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status January 21, 2004 Ground controllers were able to send commands to the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit early Wednesday and...

Hello again Gang, last night I was at my Society's Observatory and setting up two Telescopes (both of which use the 'GPS' system for knowing where they are on...

I sure hope spirit survives long to reach those hills in the distance, plenty to see judging from this...

Up to date info can also be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/auroralobserving Clear...