Space Forum / Astronomy / January 2005

Does anyone know of a software for Windows XP that is able to draw
starcharts? TKS

"Perturbation theory (PT)
is a mathematical technique commonly encountered
in many areas of physics,
not just quantum mechanics.

I require a Conte crayon, to
Mark the X,
Where the observer
Stands...understand?

I just finish the version 2 of winstars...
http://www.winstars.net/english
Best regards,
Franck

I know...I know....  All he has is one of those old Dinosaur Dobbies that
you have to manhandle all the time.... simply crude, barbaric, and
un-civilized, don't you think? That's why I am looking to find an equatorial
rig for the scope.  However, I've got to clean the thing up ...

If Sedna form on its own rather than captured, then this mean more
bodies further out. So solar system will reach Alpha Centauri, as Ahad
theorised:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0501/24sedna/

February 2005 | 107 » Cover story » Escape from the universe
http://prospectmagazine.co.uk/article_details.php.6701.html
The universe is destined to end. Before it does, could an advanced
civilisation escape via a "wormhole" into a parallel universe? The idea

The European-built Smart-1 spacecraft has sent back its first close-up  
images of the Moon, showing the cratered landscape in glorious detail.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/sci/tech/4209995.stm
Gareth

Well it does seem that way, doesn't it?!
Here are a couple of pics of tonight's  "Wolf" Moon...
http://www.globalobservers.net/images/wolf_moon+halo.jpg
http://www.globalobservers.net/images/wolf_moon+corona.jpg

There has been a massive passenger train crash in Los Feliz, Clifornia.
Triage in progress.
Double-A

"No, AAA!"
huh?
_______
Blog, or dog? Who knows.

Eating Pasta
has never been so much fun
with the amazing automated
Twirling

I've been reading Richard Feynman's Six Not-So-Easy Pieces.
In his first chapter he makes the point that, because the laws of the
universe will be perceived the same from wherever the person observes
it, there is no way to find the center of the universe.

A question I believe worthy of debate is what are the long term effects
of dark energy on the structure of the universe? Will we find ourselves
in an ever shrinking sphere of viability and will the speed up of the
expansion start to disassociate structures on an ever decreasing ...

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