Space Forum / Astronomy / January 2006

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Need an expert here.
Venus and Earth realign in approximately the same location every eight
years.
I remember in the late 1980's on the "morning" of the summer solstice Venus

Is any body else having problems logging into the Heavens-Above web site?
I can only log on as an anonymous user but this will not allow me to record
my observations or choose my location.
They say that it might be a cookie problem but I have not changed my

Fainter stars are more abundant.     Some stars are millions of times
brighter than our Sun,and others that much dimmer.                  Lets
go to stars that are only 50 LY away and most can not be seen without a
telescope.  So of the the billions,and billion(I sound like Sagan) ...

January's turning out to be a bit of an experimental month for me.
As Maurice has been prodding me for not posting much on the PST and
the Sun was out yesterday in Selsey, I had an extended session with
the little scope, playing with a number of different imaging options.

My question started with astrology but the answer concerns astronomy. I
wanted to know the exact hour when the sun transits the degree and
minute of my birth. I didn't expect it to be the same time. I
understand the concept of precession, of the earth's axis and orbit.

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Honestly, I know very little about this filed of astronomy, and that's
why I need your help.  My research involves an new instrument
that is supposed to point the center of the sun disk to measure solar
beam at a certain spectrum.  Since our instrument has a 1-degree field

this aint no ordinary poem.
75:Al-Qiyama_
_The rising of the dead_
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Michael Jackson has added a new twist to his pervy act:  Taking kids
shopping while cross dressed!
He might have remained unnoticed wearing the traditional arab women's
black robe and veil at the Bahrain mall, except for one thing:  He

I originally posted this on comp.graphics.apps.gimp and someone
suggested I post it here as well...
I've recently tried taking pictures of the moon in raw mode with my
Nikon Coolpix 8800 and tripod. Here are three successive edits of the

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Here's the latest picture:

"December 23, 2005: NASA scientists have observed an explosion on the moon. The
blast, equal in energy to about 70 kg of TNT, occurred near the edge of Mare Imbrium
(the Sea of Rains) on Nov. 7, 2005, when a 12-centimeter-wide meteoroid slammed into
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