Space Forum / Astronomy / September 2005

Hello Morons!
A lot of folks on this NG have been talking about the newly discovered
Xth Planet. They laughed when 5 or 6 years ago I said that it 'might' be
out there. Now, you can all kiss my a.s, and keep reading...

Have noticed this for sale on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Astronomy-Star-Celestial-Globe_W0QQitemZ7348208478QQcatego
ryZ93128QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

nightbat wrote
             Stop the presses Officer Bert is back on line despite the
killer hurricane Katrina rolling over his Florida duty station.
Surviving he profoundly predicts that New Orleans being below sea level

I've taken lo-res amateur spectra of WR stars and have been advised the
apparent emission lines at ~656.3nm, for example, may not be due to
H-alpha but HeI.  Can someone explain the physics?   TIA.
Nytecam

...but not one I've found answered in a FAQ.
On a whim I bought my son one of those Lidl Meade Skylux telescopes last
year. As it turned out it's not at all bad so long as I stick to the
20mm eyepiece and we've had some fun finding things like the ring nebula

nightbat wrote
             Scientist's have detected changes in Saturn rings and are
reportedly perplexed. They can't explain why they are changing in
particle composition since Voyager spacecraft flyby.

Pot, Kettle, Black: State Department Tells Us How to Identify Misinformation
Steve Watson | August 31 2005
http://usinfo.state.gov/media/Archive/2005/Jul/27-595713.html
How can a journalist or a news consumer tell if a story is true or false?

I've had a thought.  (It occasionally happens.)  If Mach's Principle is
true, and the origin of inertia is (cosmological) gravity, then --
The expansion of the Universe due to a strong negative factor in
Einstein's gravitational equation -- couldn't happen.  It would mean a

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Subject: New Orleans A Large Landscape of Corpses As Far As The Eye Can
See
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 17:42:47 -0500

It certainly is quiet tonight.
Is everyone watching "Dune" on the SciFi Channel?
It is definitely a classic!
Double-A

Disaster Guide
==
http://the-twenty.us/preparedness/DisasterPreparationGuide.htm
The guidelines prepared by the criminals who committed 9/11 for Israel.

Observing a bit tonite and I was surprised to see Capella blinkning and
changing colors rapidly.  Clearly these are some atmospheric effects, but
I've never seen this effect so distinctly.  Are there some known conditions
in the atmosphere this week, like volcanic ash?

ESA News
http://www.esa.int
21 July 2005
The supernova that just won't fade away

does anybody know of any kind of nova or flare up ocurring on 9/5/05 5:45am
PT on alpha perseus.

The other day I saw a posting here that mentioned an ISS transit of the
sun on this coming Friday afternoon (around 16.55 for that particular
location).
I have used the Calsky website, and for my location (Leeds) it predicts