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NYTimes story on astro communities by
Dennis Woos
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/travel/escapes/08dark.html
I noticed one outrageous mistake - that a 30" dob costs $150k!
Dennis
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MOON - VESTA, June 9, 07 by
Ben
Moon, June 9
08h UTC
coords: 23 54 n 01 06
cent long trmntr: w 14.628d
sine long: -0.253
ecc ell: 0.982
dist: 229 929 mi / 320 035 km
diam: 32.3'
illum: 40.55
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June 8th 07 08:16 AM
by Ben
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A95 by
Starlord
I tryed out the A95 scope, only had it on a tripod but it was enough to look
down at lancaster with it. An area that's 13 miles away looked to be a lot...
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June 8th 07 05:32 AM
by KLM
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Finally the Clouds Parted by
William R. Mattil
All,
It has been a really cloudy Spring here in North Texas and the clouds
finally parted, mostly, last night so I grabbed the following...
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MOON - VESTA, June 8, 07 by
Ben
Moon, June 8,
0h UTC
coords: 22 48 s 07 38
cent long trmntr: e 1.135d
sin long: 0.0198
ecc ell: 0.994
dist: 232 793 mi / 374 644 km
diam: 31.9'
illum: 55.5%
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June 7th 07 07:14 AM
by Ben
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Radio Meteor Obs. Bull. May 2007 by
Chris Steyaert
Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 166 of May 2007 (77 K) is available now as
http://visualrmob.free.fr/rmobtext/rmob0705.txt
More information and the...
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At last by
Starlord
I found the 2inch S.D. that is for the two major EP's I have, it had
gottened covered up and the last almost a week I'd been sick in bed and
really had not...
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June 6th 07 11:40 PM
by Ponty
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C8 by
Starlord
There should be a 2" SCT diagonal in the paper bag that contained the
eyepieces. It has white dew caps on both sides. This diagonal will thread
directly into...
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modern light pollution by
lal_truckee
In a nostalgic mood, I'm listening to tapes of audio transcriptions of X
Minus 1 science fiction radio plays, 1956's "$1,000 a Plate" (written by
Bob...
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I like spam by
[email protected]
So send me your spam! I want cheap telescopes with my fake Viagra!
Professionally yours,
George Spamungus )
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June 6th 07 11:45 AM
by Hoots
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June 6th 07 08:31 AM
by klm
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MOON - VESTA, June 7, 07 by
Ben
Moon, June 7,
0h UTC
coords: 21 58 s 13 41
cent long trmntr: e 13.64d
sin long: 0.236
ecc ell: 0.946
dist: 235 906 mi / 378 351 km
diam: 31.58'
illum: 66.3%
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June 6th 07 06:44 AM
by Ben
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Thanks for info by
Starlord
I posted about the c-8 I got and he said something then that it wasn't ment
for a fork, now the othere one I did find that it would fit on my photo
tripod...
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June 6th 07 04:42 AM
by Ben
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MOON - VESTA, June 6, 07 by
Ben
Moon, June 6,
0h UTC
coords: 21 07 s 18 58
cent long trmntr: e 21.6d
sin long: 0.44
ecc ell: 0.725
dist: 237 424 mi / 382 097 km
diam: 31.27'
illum: 76%
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June 5th 07 08:05 AM
by Ben
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Space Station surprise by
Florian[_3_]
I was about to go to bed around 9:50pm and was checking the north-facing sliding glass door into the backyard to make sure it was locked. Looking up to the sky...
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