Space Forum / Amateur Astronomy / August 2006

Pluto - The Tenth Planet From A Star Called The Sun
http://cosmic.lifeform.org/?p=170
I will never surrender.
http://cosmic.lifeform.org

Please excuse the interruption to normal discussion but we need your
help.
As you will be well aware, the International Astronomers Union, last
week stripped Pluto of its status as a planet - meaning that we now

I was in Montana Fly fishing last week, WOW what a star filled sky.(eyes
only)
The second night I saw 5 satellites in about 15 minuets. 10 shooting stars
in about 1/2 hour.

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All hail to the Scoundrels of Science
Denying truth with incredible defiance

Ever notice them? It doesn’t take much effort to spot these stars — given
dark enough skies with the resulting large number of other blue and white
stars to make the red ones stand out. I spotted two new ones for me
tonight; Mirach in the constellation Andromeda and Shedir in the

The Astro Poll is a new feature which will occasionally appear at the
bottom of the homepage of The Astro Post.  There are three amateur
astronomy related questions there now should you wish to respond and/or
see the current results.  

This is just plain funny !.
http://www.nineplanets.org/
I enjoy seeing the astrophotographers trying to play with 8 planets and
supporting the theorists who put a stop to the pathetic attempt to

What is the proper term for a celestial body that is nearly spherical
body?  Is there any term, a word or noun phrase, that describes and
takes altogether our moon, Pluto, the spherical moons of Jupiter, and
Saturn, Ceres, and other dwarf planents?

Well, things are not looking too good here at Cherry Springs, folks.
Last night a sucker hole opened up for a bit early in the night and we
were able to observe a few of the showcase objects such as M11, M13,
M27, V Aquilae, and T Lyrae. All the while there were brilliant flashes

Well? Are you?

A Matter of Fact: NASA Finds Direct Proof of Dark Matter
  http://www.physorg.com/news75387135.html

Has anyone here done business with these folks?  If so, were you
satisfied with the transaction?  (Note that this is NOT Orion.)
Thank you.
Paul G.

Dear Friends,
I am delighted to present you with the occultation of Mars by the two-day old crescent moon which transpired 90 minutes ago. Stable skies but quite heavy winds added to the challenge of locating the very thin crescent moon and Mars an hour before the occultation and ...

Dear "One Nation Under God"
   Hey! we don't give a crap what your under. But  pleased be under the
fact that this is an Astronmy group, like stars, planets and such, and take
your religion and

I was under the impression that Pluto has a tenuous atmosphere.  At
least, I remember back in the 90s when it was inside the orbit of
Neptune, there were Hubble photos of apparent cloud patterns.  I
believe the explanation was it was an atmosphere primarily of