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4704
thx rpellessier <rlpelles@...> wrote: Eclipses occur in pairs or triples about 5.5 months apart. You can get a lunar followed by a solar 14 days later;...
steven sommerfeld
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Sep 1, 2007
7:14 am
4705
For those of you who have not already discovered Al Degutis's on-line AstroPhoto Insight Magazine, I think you should take a moment to check it out. ...
Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
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Sep 9, 2007
1:39 am
4706
Is there a schedule for this Fall/Winter yet?...
monty_land
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Sep 9, 2007
4:07 am
4707
What's going to happen in December 2012??? I'm hearing the planets will all be lined up! - KeMz PS - what affect does this have on the sun? ... ...
kimberly merriweather
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Sep 9, 2007
6:44 am
4708
No effects on the Sun, but expect great effect on email hoaxes and such. The planets will not "line up" in any of our lifetimes. They may be in the same region...
Mike C
tmb_mike
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Sep 9, 2007
7:47 pm
4709
Was just reading the posting on the Eclipse and the Mars thing caught my attention. It would be amazing to see Mars transit Jupiter never thought about it ...
Edwin
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Sep 10, 2007
9:54 pm
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Hello Edwin www.skyhound.com/mars_transit.html mike _____ From: AlaskanAstronomy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlaskanAstronomy@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Edwin ...
Mike C
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Sep 10, 2007
10:24 pm
4711
Howdy...I plan on giving 2 presentaions in Girdwood this winter. One on Mars(I stole Scott's title) and Meteors. If anyone has a PowerPoint that will start me...
dynascopeak
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Sep 10, 2007
10:31 pm
4712
There should be a number of examples/presentations to start with in the Files section of the group's home page. ...
Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
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Sep 10, 2007
11:25 pm
4713
There were 2 presentations about optics and equipment in the files area...but I know that some of you have given presentations on these subjects in the...
dynascopeak
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Sep 11, 2007
5:32 am
4714
(forwarded from Edmund Scientific) The Orionid Meteor Shower The annual Orionid Meteor Shower will provide another fine display of celestial fireworks for...
Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
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Sep 11, 2007
7:23 am
4715
Observed Mars this morning. It cleared the observatory trees about 6 AM.. and the Sun came pretty quickly afterwards. Seeing was rough. (Last night ...
Mike C
tmb_mike
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Sep 11, 2007
2:43 pm
4716
Mike, This is Stan Grove in Anchorage, mostly a "lurker" in the group so far. I was just curious, what equipment are you using for the Mars observations? Mike...
Stan Grove
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Sep 11, 2007
6:00 pm
4717
I forgot that I was using a 1.7x corrector as well, so... ( 1280 / 8 ) * 1.7 = 272x magnification I also tried the 2.6x corrector for 416x magnification but...
Mike C
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Sep 11, 2007
6:30 pm
4718
I was using a pair of 8mm TMB supermonocentric in a binoviewer on a TEC160 f/8 ED refractor. Image scale is pretty generous! I am excited that Mars is going...
Mike C
tmb_mike
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Sep 11, 2007
6:31 pm
4719
OK, sounded like you were using something pretty nice, and indeed it is! I don't expect the best seeing in the world will allow me to see Martian haze with our...
Stan Grove
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Sep 11, 2007
11:47 pm
4720
... I am not sure. As I recall though, during the 2005 apparition the effect was quite pronounced and I think Scott might have mentioned seeing it in his ...
Mike C
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Sep 12, 2007
12:06 am
4721
http://24.237.160.4/files/Astronomy/MyObservatory/8-27-07/slides/Observatory%20026.html Been taking sunny days off from work to bang this thing out. Pending...
Christopher Erickson
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Sep 12, 2007
5:26 am
4722
Sounds exhaustive! As for my more conventional observatory : ) I managed to get my electrical trench in, got the service cable buried between the observatory...
Mike C
tmb_mike
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Sep 12, 2007
3:58 pm
4723
Hopefully the two runs are not ini the same trench! -Chris ... From: Mike C <mike@...> Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 7:59 am Subject: RE:...
Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
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Sep 12, 2007
4:47 pm
4724
They do share the majority of the same trench. I'm not going to fret too much about noise from the observatory feeder since it will carry so little power and...
Mike C
tmb_mike
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Sep 12, 2007
5:07 pm
4725
It will be inevitable that unless the power line is twisted that one of the current carrying conductors will be closer to the data lines than the other. But...
Christopher Erickson
data_plumber1
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Sep 12, 2007
5:25 pm
4726
If its problematic in the end, I'll go wireless (which is better for the lightning problem here anyway), the conduit was only $35 and I did have in mind that...
Mike C
tmb_mike
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Sep 12, 2007
5:30 pm
4727
Cassini took some imaging of very interesting surface feature of Saturn's moon Iapetus; what contrast; black spots on a very white surface. ...
Michael
mochool
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Sep 12, 2007
8:17 pm
4728
Looks like Moon Fungus to me. Link to full res: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/189219main_N00092001-browse.jpg _____ From: AlaskanAstronomy@yahoogroups.com...
Mike C
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Sep 12, 2007
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4729
I think they may end up calling it Menthane geyser flows purculating on frosted ice surface. Kinda like what they found on Triton. Michael Mike C...
Michael Paoletti
mochool
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Sep 12, 2007
11:15 pm
4730
http://www.wired.com/science/space/magazine/15-10/ff_moon michael...
Michael
mochool
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Sep 14, 2007
1:27 am
4731
I'm going to sell my bino chair setup so I thought I'd offer it up to you guys in AK on the list here before I part it out on Astromart. It's pictured in the...
twoody737
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Sep 17, 2007
4:24 pm
4732
Got 240V to the observatory this weekend and the data conduit glued and routed into the structure now. Now working on my white (and red) lights and probably...
Mike C
tmb_mike
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Sep 17, 2007
6:51 pm
4733
Some pics of the weekend work http://www.pbase.com/mclemens1969/september_2007 _____ From: AlaskanAstronomy@yahoogroups.com ...
Mike C
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Sep 17, 2007
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