Space Forum / Astronomy / September 2005

Beware spontaneous downloads!
I had some software download itself yesterday and present itself as a
virus control program to protect and monitor my computer.  Well it was
monitoring all right, but for what real purpose I don't know.  I think

Easy scenario to picture in the early stages of Earth's development. The
time is 4 billion years ago. The size of the Earth was just about
approaching 4,000 miles in diameter.  Important to note its surface
gravity is only 38% of Earth's gravity as now. Earth being pounded by

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EVER SINCE THE LIBERALS got their fat bloated derrieres              
kicked in on Tuesday November 7, 2000, and then again on      
Tuesday November 2, 2004, they've been spiraling down in      

Photon engines have already been suggested. Probably, this kind of the
engine too, but I don't know.
We shall receive the engine, if we attach a reflector to a body and
direct beam of powerful laser to it. Moreover, the light absorbed by

I made my first attempt at imaging the moon tonight using my 8" Meade
LX90 and the Meade LPI that shipped with it.
The results are far from perfect but here they are anyway:
http://www.andygrove.ws/2005/09/first-moon-photos.html

http://adbusters.org/the_magazine/62/Creeping_Fascism.html
TBR
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day

I'm not sure that I know enough to ask this question but I'd like to try.
When viewing stars through an optical telescope is it possible to see
any of the star's structure or do I just see the effect of a
zero-dimension spot that is in effect "testing" the telescope?  Am I

Here's a rework of my Clavius capture from the end of August. A little
less aggressive and a better tonal range (I think anyway ;-) ).
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/lunar/clavius.html

When thinking about possible future probes to some of the
Kuiper belt objects, the question of how likely it
might be to realistically send an object to Alpha
Centauri or some other near star came to mind.

Hi folks, I've not posted in this group before and I'd just like to know if
the partial solar eclipse on 3rd Oct will be visible from Cyprus. That's
where my daughter will be at the time, and she wants to know whether she'll
be able to see it, and if so, at what local time?

$         Observing is WORK FOUNDATiON
Observing is HARD WORK for gedanken LiTTLE iMPs.!!
But, they're ON CALL.!! 24/7.!! To LOOK for you.!!
Max BORN is of NO assistance.!! So, PLEASE CALL.!!

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I recall attending a fascinating lecture on the subject of black holes given
by Prof. Bondi in the late sixties.

Now here's a place to find some great astronomers...
  The Moon!
(or as i call it, "Selene")
Many great ones have craters named for them on our most

" A new volcano might be forming in Oregon, according to reports. The
US Geological Survey (USGS) says that a bulge in the Earth's crust,
covering an area of around 100 square miles, seems to be getting
bigger, suggesting that a large quantity of magma is on the move.