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The Sky at Night since Patrick's death by
James Harris[_2_]
With the demise of Patrick Moore it seems to me that the soul has gone
out of The Sky at Night. I've given it a few months to try to adjust
to the new...
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Sky At Night by
Jonathan Silverlight
I doubt if this is news, but I was interested to hear that Patrick says
that the solar system only has eight planets.
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E=mc2 by
Pete
Still trying to understand the clever stuff here;
With E=mc2 how is energy defined? or
does the type of energy depend on the type of mass?
I should really...
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M36 / NGC 1960 in Auriga by
Anthony Ayiomamitis
Dear Group,
With very good seeing last night (FWHM ~ 1.9") and equally impressive transparency, I decided to pursue the most impressive of the three open...
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Pics of planets in other star systems??? by
dh@.
A friend recently told me that people now know of many planets in
other star systems, and that they have excelent photos of them
from the Hubble 2. One in...
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Patrick Moore keeps his promise by
James Harris[_2_]
Patrick Moore signed off the December 2012 The Sky at Night promising
to give some tips in the next show on how to set up a telescope. With
his unfortunate...
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large refractors pricey!! by
simon.coombs3
why are large refractors so expensive compared to a reflector? infact
finding over 6 inch apertures isnt easy. are the optics harder to make than
a...
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The first telescope? by
Stephen Tonkin
Damian Burrin wrote:
what was the first telescope?
Galileo invented the telescope in 1609 it was a refractor, Newton intented
the...
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July 17th 04 08:47 AM
by n cook 
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whats next by
p forsdick
all my life i knew about the aug 11 1999 eclipse ruined by weather the 2003
mercury and 2004 venus transits both in superb weather but is there anything
else...
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Black-drop - is it real? by
Pete Lawrence
Interesting reports on the black-drop from yesterday's transit. Some
saw it while other's didn't. So is it real?
Well, nothing happens to create this effect...
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Stacking...? by
Robert Geake
Hi Chaps
I had a bash at taking a bunch of 10 second exposures of M13 the
other day, then tried registax to stack them....
The result was worse than the best...
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Dark Matter - A stray Thought by
AndyK
. I was wondering, are there any estimates for the overall gravity caused
by
subatomic particles, particle radiation and... showing my ignorance of
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When a beginner asks advice by
Bernie
In the past weeks I have noticed quite a few messages requesting
advice regarding which or what telescope is that best suited to the
beginner.
I notice that...
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November 10th 03 11:52 PM
by Chris.B
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UKSA astronomer of the year? by
Martin Frey
Any votes for a uksa astronomer of the year?
There's been some astonishing stuff unveiled here this year:
Remember Andrea Tasellis Mars pictures? Robin...
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LXD55 SN-10 Meade return policy? by
Sally
Hello folks,
Had an LXD55 Autostar failure a week or so back and Dark Star, UK exchanged
it without quibble. I bought the scope from them around April 2003. A...
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January 22nd 04 10:57 AM
by Dave
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Where's Sedna? by
Maurice Gavin
Can you see the new planet with 10x50 bins?
Only joking g but it would be nice to know the current RA/Dec/mag
of the new 'planet' or maybe the discovery...
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Opinions sought for SkyWatcher 250px pls by
CandT
Seems like a deceptively good buy at the 870 quid mark?
http://www.pennineonline.com/acatalog/Explorer_250PX.html
10" Newt, Dual motor driven EQ6(!) mount....
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April 1st 04 07:12 PM
by Jim
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Venus parallax demonstration project by
Pete Lawrence
Beat the transit!
Just a thought but with the Venus/Pleiades conjunction that peaks on
the 3rd April, it should be possible to display a small, but
measurable...
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Questions regarding ATM by
#MK
Hi!
I hope you don’t mind me asking two questions, regarding amateur
telescope making:
1. How... Ineffective or less “good” is a 6 incher from an 8 inch...
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