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Close Call in Rosamond by
Starlord
Rosamond Report "Close call"
The Sky was clear, the wind down and the
weatherman saying it could rain this
weekend. So I took the scope up to...
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Cassini division easier by day? by
justbeats
For the past two days I've observed Saturn about two hours before
sunset. I was struck by how much wider and diffuse the Cassini division
appears under these...
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Did you see the sun today? by
Coppy Littlehouse
Did anyone see the sun today? It was unbelievable. There must have been
six huge prominences hanging off the bottom, looking like a scraggly
beard. Two of the...
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Star spacing by
Stephen Paul
What is considered a close spacing between stars? (and I don't mean in
arcseconds from our perspective).
I'm looking at an astrophoto of M7 and the background...
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CCD misunderstanding/ confusion by
John Edmund
There's something I think I have wrong concerning CCDs and I wanted to find
out the correct answers. Say I have a webcam, which has an ICX098 CCD and
another...
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Eyepiece ? by
FiremanE42000
I recently purchased an Orion XT8 Dobsonian. I have two eye pieces, 25mm
which gives me 48x mag. and 10mm which gives me 120x mag.
My question is what would...
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April 22nd 05 02:11 AM
by Doink
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2005 SCT User Grand Prize by
RMOLLISE
Good morning CAT fanciers.
Looks like this is going to be the biggest year yet, especially due to
the grand prize we'll be offering, thanks to the generosity...
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How to collimate binoviewers by
Stereoh
Hi,
I have a Denkmeier dieelectric coated binoviewer which I
haven't used for months. When I tried to use it yesterday
with 2 identical 15mm TV Plossl. I...
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climate science by
Mike
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/08/earth.science/index.html
Great article on the current situation in climate science. Climate science
and how it is...
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April 22nd 05 12:40 AM
by Shawn
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My first Lunar Mosaic by
JATO
The mosaic in the link below was created from 52 images using the Meade LPI
and my 10" LX200GPS.
Each of the 52 images is made up of 30 individual stacked...
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April 21st 05 10:47 PM
by JATO
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HEQ5 Mount by
Pfudrucker
Anyone know of a dealer in CONUS that carries the Synta HEQ5 mount?
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Conversion of Longitude to time by
joe
Is the following formula correct? Is it precise?
To find the "local time" of a place (as opposed to its time according to
Time Zone standards)add 4 minutes of...
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April 21st 05 09:17 PM
by T.T.
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airy disc linear vs angular by
Watclod
Hi, some questions.
It is said that larger focal ratio scope has bigger
airy disc. For example. An 8" SCT f/10 has bigger
airy disc than a 4" f/5 apo....
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Bose-Einsein condensate question by
jimz
I read in an issue of SA that Bose-Einstein condensate
was being achieved on a microchip due to the extremely
strong magnetic fields at close proximities to...
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April 21st 05 06:35 PM
by jimz
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and JB by
Thierry
Hi,
Like at NROA that counts about 10% of radio amateurs in their staff, at
Jodrell Bank, U.K. , as well, more than one employees are radio amateurs, to
name...
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