Space Forum / Astronomy / March 2005

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INDEED, TRUTH IS STRANGER than fiction, what with the
notoriously left-wing liberal extremist Jesse Jackson
speaking openly in SUPPORT of Terri Schindler's right

Space is nice.
Earth matters too.
Don't forget simple needs.
Because if you ignore the earth,

SKYLINER-250PX 254mm (10") f/1200 Dobsonian
     Standard Specification:
     Diameter of Primary Mirror: 254mm
     Telescope Focal Length: 1200mm (f/5.)

In a recent paper on testing GR with the 22.8ms double pulsar
J0737-3039 the authors assert that GR is consistent with the
observations to the 0.1% level.  In fact they give the ratio
of the predicted and observed Shapiro delay parameter as:

If you read first sections of Landau & Lifshitz Ch 10 Classical Theory
of Fields one sees that in Newton's 17th Century gravity theory, that
gravity is a force seen in a Galilean inertial frame F.
There is a Newton potential energy V per unit test mass, where the

Wheeler's solution to my EEP question is also below.
One of the first theorems of Newton's 17th century Principia is that a
test particle inside a uniform density hollow spherical mass shell does
not sense this outer shell. Not so when the shell rotates according to

I have £300 to spend on a telescope any recommendations on which to buy
cheers
Si

I would like to bring to the attention of the newsgroup the book
'Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints' by Dirk
Schulze-Makuch and Louis Irwin. This book considers issues that are
seldom addressed in detail in books on extraterrestrial life, such as

I would like to bring to the attention of the newsgroup the book
'Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints' by Dirk
Schulze-Makuch and Louis Irwin. This book considers issues that are
seldom addressed in detail in books on extraterrestrial life, such as

Woke up this morning with no deep science thoughts. Was going to make a
fried egg,but always wanted to see if I could balance an egg on its
end(point) I did it(took time) and the surface I used was very smooth
and flat(a mirror) It is still balancing,and will see how long it takes

Nebular clouds did not come directly out of the BB. Many billions of
years later I think. Tricky the way the are spewed here and there. The
fact that they begin to collapse inwardly on itself.  Mostly
hydrogen(lightest atom) These atoms are pulled together by the mutual

Hi there gang,
having used my Mak-Newt (Intes 6" clone) for some time
I have encountered a difficulty, when using it with
a webcam/laptop.

Best to keep in mind the entire universe is out of round.From the
objects to their orbits the solar system is "out of round" No perfect
circles of spheres(objects) no perfect orbiting bodies.       That 93
million miles away from our sun is just an average distance. It changes

I've come across the following telescope on Ebay and it looks like a good deal.
How ever before I bid on it, I'd like experts (on this newsgroup) to look at and give
me their opinion on it.
Is this as good as deal as it sounds?

I am writing a book. On many occasions I have read that it is possible to
determine the date from the stars. How does this work? How would you set up
the stars configuration in a software program to give you this date ? Also
could you determine where you were as well?  My characters ...