Space Forum / Astronomy / February 2005

Anyone have this refractor?  How does it compare to other fine 4" apo's?
Does it have a collimatable lens cell?
Simon

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WITH LIBERAL FANATIC Howard Dean manning the rickety helm
of the terminally-leprous and disenfranchised DNC, it has
become clear to the incorrigibly-betrayed moderate Democrats

Hi, I recently took delivery of a new Meade ETX 125 with the #497
controller. Going through the process of training the telescope
setting for the alt (DEC)  motor, it seems to skip as compared to the
RA motor which is smooth at all speeds.

About bloomin' time too!!
Nice Earthshine...
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/lunar/2005FebEarthshine.html

Meridiani "Vugs"
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/m/125/1M139280640EFF2829P2976M2M1.HTML
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/m/028/1M130670922EFF0454P2933M2M1.HTML
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/m/033/1M131117332EFF0454P2953M2M1.HTML

http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/sedna/
Double-A

Any of the buffs here wish to guess the temp of the Hot Spot?  Just
curious.
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Keith

Paul
Of course I understand the data Cahill is alleging. But neither you nor
Cahill understand the real meaning of that data!
When there is a n =/= 1 (index of gas) "v =/= 0" absolute velocity

Some of the What If threads are now so long,
I have trouble reading the new ones,
As my reader gets lost...
Perhaps there's a way to start fresh ones?

Hey, Narcissistic Sociopath, Hater of all Humanity,
Nightmarish Day Dreamer of All That Dooms Mankind,
Wicked_Cyber_Avenging_Bag_Lady of the NG's -
Come <plonk> this!

These I think are very interesting to watch, the movies are on the large
size though for downloading.
http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~dubinski/nbody/
If anyone knows of elsewhere for such simulations please post link.

I know we always draw diagrams looking down from the north pole, e.g.
so the earth spins anti clockwise. But is there a standard such that
for example, the perhelion point on the eclipse (where earth is
nearest) is on the right? or left?  are there names for these

Decoding The Cipher of Genesis
"quasi-local approach" ... "super-potential, which is a Hamiltonian
boundary term" "screen" of World Hologram i.e. local horizon on (anti)
De Sitter space-time with Hawking radiation? That is the gravity energy

Has anyone got one/seen one yet? They look tempting, no more rotton
wood bases, they look like 'keepers'
Gaz