Space Forum / Astronomy / June 2005

Anyone know (a) when the term "Cosmic Microwave Background" was first
used in print (b) first used in print in connection with the Big Bang
(c) first used in print as a prediction?
Regards,

Our club has just managed to obtain a semi-permanent loan of an orange
C8. How much should we value it for insurance purposes? It will be
stored in an out of the way location.
Bill

Not sure if this has been answered before, but here goes.
I've got an Orion Europa 2000 (EQ5+Motor Drive). Doesn't see anywhere near
enough use but that's down to me.
Now, given that it's of open ended, metal construction, what type of shed

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I see the BBC have yet to put the May  edition of the Sky at Night programme
onto the website yet even though the June programme is being aired tomorrow
night. Is this a cunning plan to get us to subscribe to the magazine I
wonder?

Hi I am interested in setting up a small webcam telescope consisting of a
Philips Toucan webcam and a cheap £150 at most telescope i did say cheap
just to see what results i can get If it is ok i will upgrade to something
decent Has anyone got something similar working.Software ...

I'm a newbie who has been trying to get a decent picture of Jupiter
since March.
A recent thread made me wonder if I should buy the Baader Fringe killer
filter.  However, only last month, I was sure that I needed an IR filter

Anyone know of any decent second hand stores that offer good baragins?
Ta,
Big Show

Considerations of Time-Travel in General Relativity.
The first thing one has to understand (perhaps the only
one) is that general relativity, as it is being worked upon,
is a theoretical/mathematical universe with only certain

Bert wrote:
 Took me 60 years to figure out not to lift the twin blade shaver of
my
face(skin) Go up and down. Can't cut yourself going up,and it helps

I believe that there is a definite greatness in being able to
show everyday people how sometimes difficult, often
complex scientific ideas actually work.
So this guy, along with people like Isaac Asimov and

after some cloudy days, I could take some pictures of the conjunction
yesterday evening.
If you want, you can go here
http://images.ciel.free.fr/Eversion/Planets/Conjonctions.html and have a

I was on holiday with my girlfriend in Mallorca for the last week, and we flew home
during the sunset last night. While on the flight I looked out the window and could see a
bright star, which was possibly a planet (I had no way of telling because of the lack of
other bright ...

I guess the most asked question here is "what is the best beginner
telescope?", right? :)
Well, I googled the archives and found the last time this question was
asked was over 8 months ago, and the post got no replies. So... what is

I'm interested in buying a bino viewer.  Need to know what is available and
need to find reviews.