Space Forum / Amateur Astronomy / May 2005

I have a Meade 10" Starfinder w/ Equitorial mount that I bought new about 11
years ago which I resently decided to sell.
When I took the scope out of storage and was cleaning it I noticed the
mirror seemed to have a lot of dust and haze on it. I removed the mirror

I like that name..Comet Temple. Sounds like a cosmic religion.
What does the comet look like at Mag 10 at say 80X's?

Hey UB---
Where are you?  You have defended my paltry primitive posts in the past and
I appreciated that....you're in Northern CA?????  Me to!  WAY north off I-5
out of Yreka----

Space Weather News for Monday, May 30, 2005
http://spaceweather.com
AURORA WATCH: An ongoing geomagnetic storm could spark auroras tonight
bright enough to see with the unaided eye from, e.g., Canada and

It is official; S.A.A confirms:  SCTs are dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered compound
telescope community when S.A.A confirmed that SCT market share has
dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all

Guys,
I was wondering if someone has an online reference as to how to parse an
AVI file? I would like to attempt to write some code for reading an AVI
file and doing some processing on it.

ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT IN MY DEEPSKY ASTRONOMY SOFTWARE SALE - SAVE UP TO 56%
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Why spend over $200 on some astronomy software when you can buy the best at
a fraction of the price? I strive to provide the best support of any

As a fellow planetary imager who has been using standard Toucams for years,
my mind is opening up to the possibility of upgrading my system to either
one of the new firewire type cameras, basically offering uncompressed
captures at higher frame rates, or the Meade DSI pro (please ...

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This is a great meditation for children to learn and practice,        
in order to maximize the benefit of our time on Earth, and to
ward off corrupting influences of the profane and the worldly...

Solving three mysteries at once (May 25)
  http://physicsweb.org/article/news/9/5/17
   Planetary scientists have developed a theory that can explain three
   outstanding puzzles about our solar system: Why do the giant planets

Has anyone in this news group tried one of those Johnsonian pop-up
telescopes? They look great for travel but I was not sure if there would be
another downside.
I.e.

It's Taz on Mars!
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://looneytunes.warnerbros.com/stars_of_the_show/tasmanian_devil/taz_story.html

Never did get to go last night, while the clouds moved on by and left the
sky clear until later on. But the winds never eased off at all, and they are
still blowing now in the morning, so unless there's a big change in the
weather today, it'll be another stay at home night.

Since i now have access to a Mac iBook what would be a good free or inexpensive
shareware OSX native newsreader to try? Thanks again!
-Florian