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September 2nd 05, 03:23 PM
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On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:41:16 GMT, "Gillian Martins"
wrote: Yes, that too. Processed images just seem pointless. Which would you prefer -- to look through a telescope at Mars as it is that very minute, or to look at a postcard of Mars? A minor point but, Mars is a long way away and the light that you see from Mars is currently 5:25 minutes old when it reaches your eye. - Mike who's loking forwrad to Mars rising above the neighbours' leylandii. 
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September 12th 05, 10:25 AM
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That's handy as the light from Slooh.com takes 15 seconds to travel from
their telescope to your computer, which isn't so frustrating when you realise you're never going to be able to see a totally 'live' image of any planet or star. Out of interest how long, in nanoseconds presumably, does light from the moon take to arrive? "Mike Murphy" wrote in message ... On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:41:16 GMT, "Gillian Martins" wrote: Yes, that too. Processed images just seem pointless. Which would you prefer -- to look through a telescope at Mars as it is that very minute, or to look at a postcard of Mars? A minor point but, Mars is a long way away and the light that you see from Mars is currently 5:25 minutes old when it reaches your eye. - Mike who's loking forwrad to Mars rising above the neighbours' leylandii.
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#23
September 12th 05, 01:59 PM
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"Gillian Martins" wrote in message
.uk... That's handy as the light from Slooh.com takes 15 seconds to travel from their telescope to your computer, which isn't so frustrating when you realise you're never going to be able to see a totally 'live' image of any planet or star. Out of interest how long, in nanoseconds presumably, does light from the moon take to arrive? About 1.282 seconds, I think, given the average distance to the Moon of 384,400km. Cheers, Jim "Mike Murphy" wrote in message ... On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:41:16 GMT, "Gillian Martins" wrote: Yes, that too. Processed images just seem pointless. Which would you prefer -- to look through a telescope at Mars as it is that very minute, or to look at a postcard of Mars? A minor point but, Mars is a long way away and the light that you see from Mars is currently 5:25 minutes old when it reaches your eye. - Mike who's loking forwrad to Mars rising above the neighbours' leylandii.
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