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Saturn and speed of light by
Iordani
Ole Christiansen Roemer proposed in 1676 that light travels at an finite
speed. He reached this conclusion by observing the moons of Jupiter when
Jupiter was...
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Meade by
Redman
Looking at a lot of websites I see the 10" LX 90 LNT it's only about £50
dearer than the 8", why? Is there something wrong with the 10" scopes?
Redman
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meade prices by
p forsdick
I notice that Meade Prices have gone down!!
I see the 12 Inch LE90 was £2799 last weekend and is now £2099
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Eyepiece quality by
AB
I borrowed a 60mm refractor at the weekend as the start point for my quest
to buy a scope -done 8 months 'training' with bins! The scope is a
Skywatcher 609...
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Thickness of Saturn's rings by
Nightshift
Has the Cassini probe led to an accurate figure for thickness of Saturn's
rings yet? The estimates vary widely even in relatively modern textbooks.
I've heard...
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Astronomical observatories by
telescopio
I invite you to visit my new web site dedicate to Astronomical observatories
for research in astrophysics in...
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observing session by
AB
If its not a strange question to ask - If you have been observing for quite
a while and seen most of the easy objects then where typically do you start
looking...
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Possible closure of AuroraWatch by
Philippe Gautier
Hi everyone, I thought that perhaps you would want to reply to this:
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Dear AuroraWatch subscribers
Recently, the Particle...
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podcasts by
aj
does anyone listen to podcasts?
i have subscribed to a few through itunes,interesting & free!
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preliminary shot of large prom 2006-04-22 by
Pete Lawrence
Quite a lot of activity on the Sun today. Here's a preliminary
composite of the surface and a large prominience. The prom detail has
been supplied by a shot...
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Data for comets - how to read? by
Iordani
Following link contains data for the 73P comet.
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K06/K06G24.html
Below is a line from data sheet.
How do I interpret this. ...
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Solar proms on Sunday by
Bill-in-Forres
Managed to get some images of the massive prominence display on Sunday.
Coronado PST + Nikon Coolpix 950, afocal projection through a...
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Escape timelines for my interstellar ark by
Peter Munn
Leafing through uk.sci.astronomy, I read George Dishman's message of
Wed, 19 Apr 2006:
Alpha Centauri is currently drifting across our night skies with...
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RS Ophiuchi outburst 71 days on by
robin_astro
I have updated my RS Oph page with the latest spectrum from 22nd
April taken using the Star Analyser diffraction grating and ...
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Prom alert by
Dave Smith
There is an enormous prom on the Sun at the moment which seems to be
developing nicely. Worth a look.
--
Dave Smith
http://www.graviton.demon.co.uk
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Reaction Times by
Martin Brown
The BBC website contains a cute Java application called Sheep Dash that
measures reaction time in a fairly simple sudden event situation. It
may be of interest...
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by Shawn
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alt-az mount by
Jezzer
Hi,
I use my ST80 on an EQ1 mount. This has several disadvantages - it
takes too long to set up, it's fiddly, there are several bits that are
easy to lose on...
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ISS and the eclipse by
[email protected]
Whilst running a simulation of the sky as seen from Side, Turkey at
the time of the eclipse on the 29th, using Starry Night, I noticed
that ISS was in the sky...
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