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June Solstice 2016 by
oriel36[_2_]
For those who like to learn and teach.
It is coming close to midsummer and midwinter for the respective hemipsheres as the North and South poles turn to and...
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Coal isn't dying because there's a war on it by
R.S Birnbaum
By Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg News
I never cease to be amazed how people with an agenda massage facts, or omit them, in order to support their cause.
It comes...
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Saturns rings by
oriel36[_2_]
http://ep.yimg.com/ay/skyimage/cassini-saturn-ring-shadows-9.jpg
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA14623.jpg
The nature of the shadow will be...
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Midsummer Night by
Mike Collins[_4_]
I came out of the village pub and when I arrived home In saw the glow of
the northern horizon so I walked on towards the open fields. At 10:45 pm it
was still...
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The size of space by Adam Frank by
SlurpieMcDoublegulp
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/06/01/480335728/bad-day-an-astrophysicist-explains-why-it-just-doesnt-matter
by Adam Frank
"Does the size of space —...
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The Ice Age of the 1970s by
Quadibloc
Saw this article:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/06/that-70s-myth-did-climate-science-really-call-for-a-coming-ice-age/
which provides some more facts...
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Flat Earthers are still around by
SlurpieMcDoublegulp
What happens if you ask an astrophysicist whether the Earth is flat? If that astrophysicist is Neil deGrasse Tyson, he first gives you a brutal side-eye that...
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Night Encounters by
Sketcher
I've had cloudy nights lately, but on the last few nights that I made it outside I heard some odd noises on rare occassions. My first thought was: "That...
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Excalibur Does It Again! by
Sketcher
Ok, so I'm a little excited. I just finished a great night under Montana's starry canopy.
The night started with sketches of Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn. The...
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130mm Apochromat vs 152mm Achromat by
Sketcher
After 19 more days I will have had my 6-inch f/6.5 achromat for one full year. Last night - for the first time - I set up Excalibur (130mm f/6 apochromat) and...
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SS2K by
StarDust
I'm trying to use my GP-DX mount in Alt/Az mode, but when I set the SS2K in Alt-Az mode and press any axis button, both motors running, one may be slower than...
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A Dark-Adapted Sky? by
Sketcher
Last night's session commenced two hours before the onset of astronomical twilight. After nearly one hour I commenced my Pluto run with The (6-inch f/6.5)...
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