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MOON - Apr 15, 07 by
Ben
Moon, Apr 15
04h UTC
coords: 23 30 s 02 37
cent long trmntr: w 62.85d
sin long: -0.8898
ecc ell: 0.541
dist: 224 457 mi / 361 230 km
diam: 33.08'
illum: 8%
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April 14th 07 05:05 PM
by Ben
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NGC 2419: The Intergalactic Wanderer by
Anthony Ayiomamitis
Dear Friends,
One of the most distant globular clusters in our galaxy is NGC 2419 (aka
Intergalactic Wonderer and Intergalactic Tramp). There was some...
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Mrk 205 in Draco .... who is right? by
Anthony Ayiomamitis
Dear Friends,
One of the most celebrated quasars is Markarian 205, a fairly bright
quasar in Draco (mag 15.24), which has led to an interesting controversy...
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MOON - Apr 14, 07 by
Ben
Moon, Apr 14
04h UTC
coords: 22 37 s 09 30
cent long trmntr: w 49.6 d
sin long: -0.7615
ecc ell: 0.725
dist: 227 201 mi / 365 645 km
diam: 32.68'
illum: 15.6%
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April 13th 07 04:10 PM
by Ben
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MOON - Apr 13, 07 by
Ben
Moon, Apr 13
04h UTC
coords: 21 45 s 15 42
cent long trmntr: w 37.885d
sin long: -0.614
ecc ell: 0.864
dist: 230 568 mi / 371 064 km
diam: 32.2'
illum: 24.8%
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April 13th 07 07:23 AM
by Ben
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M40 / Winnecke 4 by
Anthony Ayiomamitis
Dear Friends,
Perhaps the strangest entry in Messier's catalog is M40 which is the
double star Winnecke 4. Although some interesting and attractive
galaxies...
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remote focuser feedback position question by
Hayley[_2_]
has anyone seen any way of feeding back the
position of the focuser on a meade telescope?
my scope is remotely controlled and the motorised
focuser via the...
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MOON - Apr 12, 07 by
Ben
Moon, Apr 12
04h UT
coords: 20 50 s 20 54
cent long trmntr: w 25.33 d
sin long: -0.4687
ecc ell: 0.954
dist: 235 245 mi / 375 371 km
diam: 31.69'
illum: 35%
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April 11th 07 04:44 PM
by Ben
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Toucam with Windows Vista by
Pat Clough
Help folks!
I have a brand new laptop running Vista Home Premium. I was told that my 6
month old Toucam (runs fine with XP on my desktop) would work with...
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Newbie Question by
SJP
Anybody got any experience of the Meade ETX-80AT Good or bad?
Is it an Ideal starter...
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MOON- Apr 11, 07 by
Ben
Moon, Apr 11
0h UTC
coords: 19 45 s 25 23
cent long trmntr: w 10.73 d
sin long: -0.186
ecc ell: 0.9987
dist: 238 543 mi / 383 898 km
diam: 31.12'
illum: 47.4%
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April 10th 07 05:41 PM
by Ben
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April 9th 07 08:12 PM
by SJP
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MOON - Apr 10, 07 by
Ben
Moon, Apr 10
0h UTC
coords: 18 49 s 27 42
cent long trmntr: e 1.704 d
sin long: 0.0297
ecc ell: 0.9876
dist: 241 971 mi / 398 415 km
diam: 30.69'
illum: 57.8%
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April 9th 07 05:21 PM
by Ben
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