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Juno's image of Jupiter looks like it was taken with a 3"telescope...from EARTH!! by RichA[_6_]
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/13/health/nasa-juno-jupiter-image/index.html I assume better are coming.
July 16th 16 08:46 AM
by Gerald Kelleher Go to last post
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Astro-Physics GTOCP4 Control Box by Davoud[_1_]
I have just installed the new Astro-Physics GTOCP4 control box on my A-P 1200GTO. Installation was a snap on the 1200 even though the CP4 is considerably wider...
July 15th 16 01:00 AM
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Jupiter probe is SOLAR powered! PRAY it doesn't screw-up by RichA[_6_]
As a result, it's much, much larger than a nuclear powered probe would had to have been. http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/30/health/juno-jupiter/index.html
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July 15th 16 12:02 AM
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Empirical eccentricity by Gerald Kelleher
http://www.space.com/33411-astronaut-scott-kelly-relativity-twin-brother-ages.html I have already explained that Newton's absolute/relative is nothing more...
July 14th 16 07:41 AM
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The final image sent by doomed Japanese Hitomi satellite by StarDust
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36732336 Expensive stuff!
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July 13th 16 08:19 PM
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No aliens to contact Earth for 1500 years. Or so says Cornell U. by RichA[_6_]
http://phys.org/news/2016-06-itll-years-aliens-contact.html
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July 13th 16 08:05 PM
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Refurbished Meade model 226 (60mm achromat) by Sketcher
Clouds were rolling in this evening. I didn't feel like taking anything largish outside. One thing led to another and I ended up taking out my 60mm...
July 13th 16 01:28 PM
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Timekeeping and retrogrades by Gerald Kelleher
The observed stationary points between observed motions of the inner and outer planets have two distinct causes...
July 13th 16 09:39 AM
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A view from Juno by Gerald Kelleher
There is something wonderful in the view of Jupiter that is denied observers on Earth as its circle of illumination adds another facet to its orbital motion...
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July 9th 16 03:53 PM
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Radio Meteor Obs. Bull. June 2016 daylight streams by Chris Steyaert
Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 275 of June 2016 (58 K) is available now as http://www.rmob.org/rmobtext/rmob1606.txt More information and the visual...
July 6th 16 09:36 PM
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South pole rescue by oriel36[_2_]
http://www.nature.com/news/daring-antarctic-rescue-mission-sets-off-for-south-pole-1.20135 When the rescue was made there was almost daylight conditions at...
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July 6th 16 08:49 AM
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Remember the myth of being down a well an looking at the night skyenhanced the view? by RichA[_6_]
http://phys.org/news/2016-06-prehistoric-tombs-astronomical-viewing.html
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July 5th 16 04:14 PM
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Lunatic (astronomically-derived) threatens to kill Stephen Hawking by RichA[_1_]
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36687631 In the old days, people like this would be institutionalized. Trendy psychiatrists like them on the streets,...
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July 5th 16 01:15 PM
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Outreach at 6,000 feet by Sketcher
I spent the past week in a mountain meadow adjacent to southwestern Montana's Gallatin National Forest. The 6,000 foot site was surrounded by mountains that...
July 4th 16 04:04 AM
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New Jupiter probe almost there by RichA[_6_]
Pity they haven't got one that can drill down on the surface of a moon, but with current 10th century Chinese rocket technology being what's used at NASA, it's...
July 1st 16 07:34 AM
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Radium 224 and the Arrow of Time by Quadibloc
I had seen a Google News item that led me to an article similar to this...
June 30th 16 12:19 PM
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Ten Summer Doubles for Small Telescopes by Sketcher
Soon I'll be showing a small group of people a few celestial sights. The location (which I've not been to before) is likely to have some bright outdoor...
June 28th 16 10:48 AM
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Isn't ice supposed to be white? by StarDust
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/why-greenland-dark-snow-should-worry-you Dark ice' effect caused by soot from forest fires, which then means...
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June 28th 16 03:40 AM
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Rolf Meier by David H. Levy
It is my unhappy task to advise readers that Rolf Meier, a famous amateur astronomer from Ottawa Canada, died today after a battle with cancer. Former...
June 27th 16 06:41 AM
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NASA Scientists Discover Unexpected Mineral on Mars by [email protected]
On Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 9:02:25 PM UTC-4, palsing wrote: This is so cool... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6540 "Scientists...
June 25th 16 01:52 PM
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