Space Forum / Amateur Astronomy / March 2008

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The Pagan, The Druid, and The Wiccan say, "Unearth the Secrets!"
http://sarsen56.wordpress.com/solve-this/
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http://thamesandhudson.texterity.com/catalogue/2008spring/?pg=79

Yes you were right when you said regarding advicegiven (=John Greaves)
"but I hate to see you recognize his pathetic existence with a reply.
It's easy enough for SAA readers to see which of you is the
_astronomer_ !"

When the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope comes on board, I don't see
how amateurs will be able to discover anything new in the sky.  The
LSST will always be there first.  You can forget comet hunting,
asteroid hunting, or finding galaxy supernovae.

Naked Eye Visible Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow from z=1!
  http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm#News
19 Mar 2008 - The NASA satellite Swift has detected the most luminous
explosion yet seen. Gamma Ray Burst GRB080219B got slightly brighter

I have elaborated two old photos (2005) for an mosaic widefield
Monoceros-Orion
on Ektachrome E200. Lens 110mm f/5,6, exposed 60 minutes
This is link:

When I access Astromart, I'm not seeing any new ads (all counts show zero),
and when I try to check my account, it says there is a problem with the
website security certificate.  Anyone have any idea what's going on?  This
occurred with IE 7 and Safari has similar issues, so I ...

My hard disk drive developed a fault, I heard some sounds from its
side, please tell me what to do,
Should I open the Hard disk and repair the header myself or what
should I do???

On Cloudy Nights Televue announced that they will no longer hold a 'blems'
sale at NEAF.
They would have to do this just when I wanted to buy a pair of 24mm Pan's
for my new bino-viewer!

I wonder if anyone could give me some help with this pic of the Orion
nebula I took Saturday night.
What causes the elongated stars? I assume it's an optical problem as
the stars appear longer the farther away from the center of the

The contemporary view of orbital motion is that the Earth orbits the
Sun like a car going around a traffic circle insofar as the car will
keep the same side to a central object  (axial rotation is a seperate
motion and does not factor here) -

What can I image in the far Southern Sky in under 5 minutes? (3)
The Globular Cluster - Omega Centauri
Discovered by Edmond Halley in 1677 NGC 5139 is better known as Omega
Centauri. It is the most luminous Milky Way globular and the brightest

The NGC Ten Minute Challenge
NGC 253 (Caldwell 65) in Sculptor
NGC 253 is the brightest member of the Sculptor group of galaxies
grouped around the South galactic pole. NGC 253 was discovered by

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