Space Forum / Amateur Astronomy / June 2008

Nearly slept through this one...
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Twin Stars Not So Identical
  http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/619/2
By Phil Berardelli
ScienceNOW Daily News

I know there must be a free FOV (field of view) calculator somewhere that
will show what I am seeking.  I want to compare and see (on a sample image)
the FOV of my ETX-90 with a Nikon D40 at prime focus and also the ETX-90
with a 40 mm eyepiece with a camera (not necessarily a ...

Is it possible tidal forces from the moon give us Magma?  Magma is
considered to be a mystery right now......
Jon Riley
Toronto

Jupiter being %95 of all the mass of all the planets, is it possible
that Jupiter gives tidal stress on  our sun which gives it the energy
it has?
Jon Riley

Check out all the hits on Google News!
http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=ca&q=%22light+pollution%22

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=25780
This bunch are skating on thin ice.

Hi, I know that the Orion XT10s were redesigned into the
"intelliscope" model.  The Intelliscope comes with or without the
computerized object finder.  I'm interested in model without the
object finder, but I know someone who is selling a used classic

Sorry for not sending anything related to this group but it might be
something new to you.
Women in Islam -::: by Abdul Malik
http://www.muslimvideo.com/tv/view_video.php?viewkey=798a05dfd0f51d14cde5

Dear group,
One of the latest exoplanet announcements involves WASP-3b in Lyra and
which requires 160 minutes to transit its parent star and at a depth
of 11.4 mmag. Given its proximity to its parent star and relatively

Becasue of inversion layers and bracketing to both the North & South
the greater Bay Area is socked in, not with Fog like usual but with
Smoke particles.
Its making the morning Sun rise in the East w/ a red that looks like a

I know that my article is not related to this group ,but it might be
useful. PLEASE read it.
Noterrorism In Islam
http://www.noterrorisminislam.com/

anyone ever had a blurry sight after bino viewing with a telescope? I
have for 1/2 hour after binoviewing, any reason for that? Otherwise
its great.

For a week or two, the coverage of Phoenix on the NASA channel was at 2 pm
EDT, then it switched to 3 pm. Now it doesn't seem to exist, or does it?

   I have a pair of 7X50 Pentax binoculars which have a gold coloured
coating on the eyepieces. Does anyone know what this might be for? I
suspect it's a special purpose coating. There doesn't appear to be any
model number.