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December Solstice repost by
oriel36[_2_]
Within a few days the polar coordinates will turn to a position which is most distant from the circle of illumination by virtue that our magnificent planet has...
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December Solstice 2013 by
oriel36[_2_]
For astronomers,the idea of summer/winter solstice is a distraction from the more accurate June/December Solstices as the surface rotation of the Earth to the...
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Geminids from Colorado by
Chris L Peterson
Not just Geminids, but lots of activity. Over the last four nights my
camera has caught:
Andromedid 10
Puppid-Velid 18
Monocerotid 31
chi Orionid 5
sigma...
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Viscosity of the Earth's fluid interior by
oriel36[_2_]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DceHEBGVfj4
Previously it was customary to assign the notion of thermal convection cells as a means to account for plate...
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Oriel36 - part 2 by
[email protected]
Gerald may or may not be on the autistic spectrum. What I do know is that some of his behaviour is quite unlike that of the autistic students I worked with...
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Apologies for the repost by
oriel36[_2_]
The usual unfortunate people can post to the original thread however the issue still stands that the apparent annual motion of the stars behind the Sun due to...
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Oriel36 by
[email protected]
Oriel36 has the maddening habit of always choosing the course of action which will do the maximum damage to his own interests and to the cause he claims to be...
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SWPC -- Partial Data Outage Update by
Sam Wormley[_2_]
Partial Data Outage Update:
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013, SWPC conducted a test of its newly
installed backup site. Further testing is scheduled...
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Dark Sky Park by
Lord Androcles[_3_]
http://www.visitkielder.com/play/discover/dark-skies/news
And its official
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-25260186
-- Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl...
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Comet Ison... by
[email protected]
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/1202/Did-Comet-ISON-just-ruin-Christmas-video
(scroll to the end of the article for the last part of the poem)
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Comet Lovejoy 06 Dec. Obs. by
Sketcher
Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1)
Date: 06 Dec. 2013
Time: 12:00-12:20 UT (5:10am MST)
Location: Southeastern Montana
Temperatu -28°F (-33°C)
Zenith NELM:...
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12-inch Dob and a 6-yr-old by
Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names[_1_]
Helping a 6-yr-old use a 12-inch Dob to check out the Orion Nebula,
Pleiades, M31, and Jupiter is very exciting.
Of course, he preferred the green laser...
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The politics of predictions by
oriel36[_2_]
Interpretation was always the primary function of astronomy although it became popular for a number of centuries to stress 'predictions/speculation' as the...
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ISON tail? by
W. eWatson[_2_]
Is it likely that the battered comet might produce a naked eye visible
tail when it is the nearest to the earth on Dec. 26?
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