In Rat's post of 9/7/04, he remarked on his observation of the Ring Nebula: snip M57 (of course) - Ring Nebula - PN - LYR - Wow, This is too fun! I...

I've seen this type of stuff before. Can someone tell me what the purpose for gobbledy gook at the end is, and how it is generated? TIA (and sorry for...

RAT NOTES - TEC 200 APO - 09/06/04 Well, I've had the scope out a couple more times, now. The most notable observations occurred last night. I spent...

TO: Guy Macon Thank you very much for your comments. I've tried your suggestion to prove the point. Instead of flipping a coin I did the following...

I made a run at my globular list, generated from SkyTools. I really like that software. I put the 12" just outside the sliding glass door off my den and was...

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 09:50:48 GMT, Drew wrote: Can someone tell me how I can reverse engineer the following to figure out...

Science and Religion If you're interested in science and in religion, and wish the two were more in agreement, you're invited to a free download of the book...

How long after sunset can you pick out Polaris with the unaided eye for polar aligning? The best I seem to do is almost an hour or 50 minutes after sunset.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.p19r0/si.kamx.shtml I shoulda been a forecaster. It stalled and weakened to a cat 1/2 DUD as I suspected. (bows to...

Recently, someone posted about this group's opposition to the fight against light pollution. I have tried to obtain a copy of their free pocket book but drew...

Have been collecting images of the Moon for the last week and didn't really know what else to do with them...

recently i had one of my finest views of our own galaxy, looking into that 'milky way'. this was just lying down with binoculars and getting a wide view,...

The moon is a bright mistress, well ok, that's a bad reworking of Heinlein's book title! What i've found is that studying the moon with my short tube...

We will have a naked-eye comet in the evening sky for December and January - the recently-discovered Comet Machholz, C/2004 Q2. It moves slowly northward...

FOR RELEASE: 9:00 am (EDT) September 2, 2004 PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC04-23 A BRIGHT SUPERNOVA IN THE NEARBY GALAXY NGC 2403 The explosion of a massive star...

Hi all... What is the correct way to say TRIFED as in M8? TRY-FED or TRIFF ED?

Hi All: NASA's Genesis spacecraft is set to return to Earth next Wednesday. For those who are interested, I've posted the NASA TV and JPL webcast schedule for...

In another thread, (Bill Ferris) wrote in message ... that: This is the physical...

I applaud Rat for pursuing his dream scope. Here's something to dream about.. http://www.starchair.com/gallery.php Thats one sweet setup! Mario

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