Opticks, Query 31: Have not the small Particles of Bodies certain Powers, Virtues or Forces, by which they act at a distance, not only upon the Rays of Light...

Is it a UFO? Sun halo sparks fear and jokes in Mexico http://cdn.phys.org/newman/csz/news/800/2015/ahaloaroundt.jpg ...

.... so it was time to bring out a 5" refractor and shoot the Moon. Here are some...

The 24 hour system and the Lat/Long system was never based on the Earth's rotation no matter how often the error is repeated. The average 24 hour day sits...

This morning I awoke to find frost on my grass. The air temp was 38 degrees and it melted fast. The new ice age is now upon us. The morons who believe that...

Microsoft is moving the leap second to midnight local time: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/05/29/windows_azure_second_out_of_sync/ Amazon is lengthening...

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The original heliocentric astronomers worked off the original geocentric foundation where all celestial objects,including the Sun, moved through the celestial...

Semiliquid battery competitive with both Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors ...

They don't look though them, they take the out for "photo sessions!" La la la, la!!! Astromart: 2. TMB Supermonocentrics 10mm and 16mm Both are in pristine...

It is time for me to wander off into the sunset. I think sci.astro.amateur is probably the last un-moderated group to be deleted from my reading list and my...

Rather than address or even face the impending issues surrounding climate change, the GOP has chosen instead to stick their fingers in their ears. Not only do...

Written Feb 8, 2015 If you are reading this, it has been written by me and stored in my Drafts folder to be posted by my daughter or her husband after my...

ABSOLUTE PROOF MAN AS OLD AS COAL 1 post by 1 author me (ED CONRAD change) 7:04 AM (1 minute ago) STATE-0F-THE-ART TESTING BY LIN LIANGTAI, A...

Even before the advent of clocks and watches, humans gauged events using rotations of the Earth. The foundation of timekeeping is based on the number of times...

Read it and weep, Gerald... https://gma.yahoo.com/leap-second-why-june-1-second-longer-162054543--abc-news-topstories.html \Paul A

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On Friday, May 8, 2015 at 8:58:10 AM UTC-6, Sam Wormley quoted, in part: "Scientific advisers must resist pressures that undermine the integrity of...

It is apparent that the more accurate title of this forum should be sci.amateur.stargazers rather than astronomers by virtue of the celestial sphere pursuits...

(CNN)A glitch in a Russian space launch may have sent part of a rocket and its payload -- a satellite -- plummeting toward southeastern Siberia, according to...