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Comet-like object seen moving across the evening sky (but cometsdon't move a few degrees in a few minutes!) by Uncle Bob[_2_]
Last evening I was in Vallejo, CA (38n,122W) at 1830 pst and observed, to my astonishment, a naked-eye comet-like object moving across the sky about 20deg S of...
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February 15th 18 04:10 AM
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Direct/retrograde loops by Gerald Kelleher
The geocentric astronomers up to the time of Copernicus saw that all planets would occasionally process a loop against the background stars...
February 12th 18 09:08 AM
by Gerald Kelleher Go to last post
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Viewing Sun with Baader Solar film by [email protected]
Hi All, With Baader Solar Film, Will I be able to see Granular view of Sun and Dark Spots?? I have Celestron 127 Power Seeker telescope. Have any one used...
February 12th 18 06:33 AM
by RichA[_6_] Go to last post
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Space Shuttle still MILES better than egomaniac Musk's "Space-X" by RichA[_6_]
More flexible, more powerful. http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/06/technology/future/biggest-rockets-falcon-heavy-comparison/index.html
February 11th 18 08:54 AM
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Another source of light pollution by RichA[_6_]
Paris has rules against shop lights from 1-5am to deal with light pollution and energy waste. So of course, someone had to try to go around the...
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February 9th 18 03:32 PM
by Chris L Peterson Go to last post
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Twin Takahashi set-up. Nice photos by RichA[_6_]
https://www.diyphotography.net/gear-methods-shooting-deep-space-photographer-spotlight-qa-astrophotographer-sara-wager/
February 6th 18 11:31 PM
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Most observers dormant in cold weather by RichA[_6_]
And why not? Cold weather kills about 3 million people a year world-wide, about 150,000 people alone in the U.S. and 50,000 in Britain, despite them being a...
February 5th 18 08:29 AM
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Radio Meteor Obs. Bull. January 2018 Bootids by Chris Steyaert
Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 294 of January 2018 (63 K) is available now as http://www.rmob.org/rmobtext/rmob1801.txt More information and the...
February 3rd 18 04:57 PM
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ANOTHER source of "astronomical" pollution. by RichA[_6_]
A--hole New Zealander. https://mashable.com/2018/01/25/rocket-lab-humanity-star-bad-for-astronomy/
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February 1st 18 03:34 PM
by Chris L Peterson Go to last post
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Not an ideal eclipse of the moon in N. America tomorrow by RichA[_6_]
Well, it's only partial in the N.E.part of North America. It begins around 5:00am, the max is around 7:30 and the moon sets 4 minutes later! Plus. -12C here...
January 31st 18 04:11 AM
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cave astrola scopes by [email protected]
My astronomy club has a 16 inch cave astrola. I would like to fix or improve the drive but need schematics and or manual. Does anyone have their manual? Ted
January 31st 18 02:04 AM
by RichA[_6_] Go to last post
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The so-called inverse square law by Gerald Kelleher
Despite comments on the demise of sci.astro.amateur, the people involved in magnification and identification have moved to moderated forums so don't have to...
January 28th 18 01:57 PM
by Gerald Kelleher Go to last post
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No Significant Relief from Global Warming by Quadibloc
due to this particular cause... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/19/sun_earth_drift/ John Savard
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January 28th 18 08:39 AM
by Chris.B[_3_] Go to last post
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Time to get serious.. and back on topic! by Chris.B[_3_]
Now, even better than light pollution!??! https://preview.tinyurl.com/ydae2tul Aren't disco mirror balls so yesterday? ;-)
January 26th 18 09:22 AM
by Chris.B[_3_] Go to last post
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Galileo and the emergence of telescopes by Gerald Kelleher
Skipping through the channels once more I came across a NOVA documentary on telescopes but also found the same doc on YouTube...
January 24th 18 10:03 PM
by Gerald Kelleher Go to last post
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Remark on a comment made by Gerald Kelleher
A while ago one of the contributors, with the appropriate pseudo-authority of an echo chamber, announced that mathematical voodoo is more relevant than normal...
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January 24th 18 09:16 AM
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Hapax legomenon by Gerald Kelleher
It is perhaps one of the loveliest passages found in one of the books in the Bible - "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of...
January 23rd 18 08:23 PM
by Quadibloc Go to last post
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Want to know the REAL future of climate? Ask an astronomer by RichA[_6_]
(Phys.org)—Is Earth slowly heading for a new ice age? Looking at the decreasing number of sunspots, it may seem that we are entering a nearly spotless solar...
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January 20th 18 08:08 AM
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Might be useful for observers by RichA[_6_]
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-specks-vision-zap.html#nRlv
January 19th 18 05:23 AM
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PBS 2 hour "Black Hole Apocalypse" NOVA special was pretty good by RichA[_6_]
Perhaps a bit derivative of parts of Cosmos and The Elegant Universe and the lady astrophysicist wasn't the most compelling narrator, but the info on the LIGO...
January 18th 18 04:25 PM
by Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha Go to last post
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