Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project

Approximately one month on from the total eclipse of the Moon at the
beginning of November, the results of the Lunar Parallax Demonstration
Project (LPDP) have now been processed and are available for review.

You can access the LPDP via my home page (http://www.pbl33.co.uk) -
click on the LPDP graphic.

Come and see what difference a few hundred miles to a few thousand
miles makes to the Moon's position...
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Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project - Release date 08/12/2003

Pete:

That's a terrific piece of work you and your contributors did.

Do you (or anyone else) know of other amatuer projects similar to yours?
It would be interesting to compile a list.

Pete Lawrence wrote:

You can access the LPDP via my home page (http://www.pbl33.co.uk) -
click on the LPDP graphic.


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"Pete Ritter" wrote in message...
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Pete:

That's a terrific piece of work you and your contributors did.

Do you (or anyone else) know of other amatuer projects similar to yours?
It would be interesting to compile a list.

Pete Lawrence wrote:

You can access the LPDP via my home page (http://www.pbl33.co.uk) -
click on the LPDP graphic.

--
# I prefer GNU/Linux to Windows because
# I prefer self-empowerment to slavery.
# Switch to free (as in "freedom") software
# and free yourself from the Microsoft monopoly.

Thank you Pete and Pete! Impressive work... Totally
enjoyed it!

happy days and...
starry starry nights!

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you really have something,
if you give love,
you'll never have nothing.

Paine Ellsworth

Hi Pete,

That is very impressive. My favorites were # 5 & 6.

Great work!

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try the Lunar Observing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/

"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
...
Approximately one month on from the total eclipse of the Moon at the
beginning of November, the results of the Lunar Parallax Demonstration
Project (LPDP) have now been processed and are available for review.

You can access the LPDP via my home page (http://www.pbl33.co.uk) -
click on the LPDP graphic.

Come and see what difference a few hundred miles to a few thousand
miles makes to the Moon's position...
--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project - Release date 08/12/2003

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 03:10:47 GMT, Pete Ritter
wrote:

That's a terrific piece of work you and your contributors did.

Thanks Pete - it's nice to know it's appreciated. I was a bit
disappointed that I couldn't contribute myself but the clouds had
other ideas! The quality of the contributor's images was fantastic,
the project wouldn't have worked without them (obviously I suppose!).

Do you (or anyone else) know of other amatuer projects similar to yours?
It would be interesting to compile a list.

I have another such project
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/p.lawrence1/planetanim/animintro.html?
from last year. I know that there are groups trying to co-ordinate
observations from around the globe but it takes quite a lot of time
and effort (and tenacity ;-) ) to pull off. I got a lot of positives
from the Planet's animation and many offers to contribute after the
event.

The LPDP project attracted a number of interesting results after it
was declared public on Monday. These include distance calculation
values and additional 3D stereo effects.

What's needed is a directory or group to provide some sort of central
communication to interested parties. I was thinking about setting up
a Yahoo or similar group to do just that. The group would be
dedicated to sending the message out about such projects (i.e. rather
than as an active forum).

What do you think?
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Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project - Release date 08/12/2003

Pete Lawrence wrote:

The Yahoo group idea is good.

Some ideas for events:
1. Transit of moons across Jupiter and Saturn.
2. Occultaion of stars/moons
3. Stars passing behind Saturn's rings
4. Meteor showers.

What's needed is a directory or group to provide some sort of central
communication to interested parties. I was thinking about setting up
a Yahoo or similar group to do just that. The group would be
dedicated to sending the message out about such projects (i.e. rather
than as an active forum).

What do you think?

--
# I prefer GNU/Linux to Windows because
# I prefer self-empowerment to slavery.
# Switch to free (as in "freedom") software
# and free yourself from the Microsoft monopoly.

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 03:06:07 GMT, Pete Ritter
wrote:

The Yahoo group idea is good.

Some ideas for events:
1. Transit of moons across Jupiter and Saturn.
2. Occultaion of stars/moons
3. Stars passing behind Saturn's rings
4. Meteor showers.

Yes - these are excellent targets. Some would benefit from wide
separation and some from small separation. The purpose of the group
would be to co-ordinate such observations to match the phenomena being
observed.

Ok - I've created the group (globalobservers)

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/GlobalObservers

I've not announced it anywhere yet - except here (so I'm sitting in
there all alone at the moment!). I'll announce it probably next week,
after I've had time to consider the consequences ;-)

--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project - Release date 08/12/2003