Space Forum / Astronomy / January 2005

In this paper:
http://uk.geocities.com/aa_spaceagent/restricted/interstellar.html
The net, _one number_ solution for the universe's total integrated
starlight in visual wavelengths (provisionally dubbed "Ahad's

From: willner@cfa.harvard.edu (Steve Willner)
Subject: Re: Any complete standardized SN11 data out there?
Path: cfa183!willner
Newsgroups: sci.astro.research

Starlight wrote on the screen---
[In defining Ahad's constant]
There are two things that one has to get right :: (i) brightness of
Milky Way glow and (ii) adgregate of individual stars in solar neighbor

Wealth of knowledge plus some sci-fi and new science, his "official"
biography wont make NASA headlines (yet), but I thought people might
want to see his works in summary---
http://www.geocities.com/javid_hssn/science/astronomy/ahad.html

This is a longshot, but is there anyone here using a Philips TouCam type
webcam for astronomical purposes using linux who could give me some
pointers?

Anyone use this site?
Anyone think its worth paying for??
Cheeky Devils they are!!!

A picture of this beautiful comet.
http://www.astronomike.net/fr_image_12384.html
Other picture and an animation when I can connect to my site :-(
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/passion.azur/

Anyone going to the Astrofest in London this February?
www.astronomynow.com/astrofest

Might be worth a listen.
This from DigiGuide
SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTARY:  Running Rings around Saturn
Channel: BBC Radio Four 854

"An inventor is a person who makes an ingenious arrangement
of wheels, levers and springs,
and believes it civilization."
~ Ambrose Bierce,

Why does the Tholen bot wish to digest so many fellow usenetters?
And why can't he wish it appropriately in one of the cannibalism
groups instead of spamming us with his stomach contents?
His obsessions are giving me indigestion.

Hello serious astronomers!
I'm an amateur observer in tennessee USA. Last night, Jan2, around 9:00,
my family and I witnessed a star undergoing tremendous changes in
brightness,  from the brightest star in the sky,  to disappearing

Lately, I have noticed some newer, faster, and uncompressed cameras similar
to a Toucam coming on the market and, although expensive, they appear to
offer like 30 fps rates without loss and either a USB2 or Firewire
connection.  My main question is their CCD sensitivity and noise ...

Heh heh heh - only kidding!  Can't remove daylight and see over the
horizon from Selsey just yet!
This one was taken on the 6th and the comet is a tad closer to the
cluster than my previous posting.  It shows how tired I've become

Hello All
I would be very grateful if you could let me know the best telescope to
purchase for £1000 (new or used) from the UK..
If possible, it should be controllable by a computer (preferably Apple OSX).