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Old April 29th 04, 07:10 AM
gp.skinner
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This is a wonderful image....
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-re...hot-12-04.html

Wonder how long it would take to grind up a those mirrors - but then my
garden isn't quite big enough :-(

Graeme



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Old April 29th 04, 08:29 AM
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This is a wonderful image....
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-re...hot-12-04.html

Wonder how long it would take to grind up a those mirrors - but then my
garden isn't quite big enough :-(


http://www.eso.org/projects/vlt/unit-tel/m1unit.html

It is a wonderful image. It's a pity the seeing wasn't so wonderful;
I'd love to see a sharper image of the triplet.



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Old April 29th 04, 10:07 AM
Martin Brown
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This is a wonderful image....
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-re...hot-12-04.html

Wonder how long it would take to grind up a those mirrors - but then my
garden isn't quite big enough :-(


There is a cute galactic collision simulator program for Windows on the
web somewhere. It manages a few thousand of stars per galaxy
comfortably.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown
 




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