"And there are one or two stars in heaven --(one especially, a star of the sixth magnitude, double and changeable, to be found near the large star in Lyra) in...
J & P Howard
jphoward@...
Jun 1, 2003 10:06 pm
1928
Here is a great image: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030509.html Not something you would see everyday. Darren ... Darren Osborne Editor, The Helix CSIRO...
The Failure of NASA: And A Way Out by Philip K. Chapman Sunnyvale - May 30, 2003 "By the year 2000 we will undoubtedly have a sizable operation on the Moon, we...
Sounds like the normal draw tube extension is missing, most refractors not only have a rack and pinion focus but a draw tube to accommodate eyepieces of...
Steve Johnston
stevekj@...
Jun 2, 2003 11:39 am
1931
If it didn't support a tin roof what chance to hold up a 70kg scope! Odd thing is if you look at the orig. diag for the design there is no way you can make the...
Steve Johnston
stevekj@...
Jun 2, 2003 11:46 am
1932
To any "space enthusiast" out there ... The fact that 36 years have passed since Apollo 11 doesn't imply that rockets should have got easier, safer, faster,...
Sounds like the normal draw tube extension is missing, most refractors not only have a rack and pinion focus but a draw tube to accommodate eyepieces of...
Steve Johnston
stevekj@...
Jun 2, 2003 12:23 pm
1934
Tried to send this a couple of times but it seemed to get lost in the Ozone. Could end up with several versions of my reply, so ignore some of them. Sounds...
Steve Johnston
stevekj@...
Jun 2, 2003 12:34 pm
1935
Thanks Steve, Peter, Craig, Ross, Bob et al for responses - it's an old 2nd/3rd/4th hand scope, don't know where it was bought, and there's no label on it, so...
Mike Nelmes
Mike.Nelmes@...
Jun 2, 2003 11:49 pm
1936
I once heard something along the lines that space travel would never be economic until it approachs the financial realities of air travel. It takes, what,...
Ross Nelson
Ross.Nelson@...
Jun 3, 2003 12:11 am
1937
I once checked out a new tasco refractor for young budding astronomer and found the rack and pinion would not rack "in" far enough for the shortest focal...
P Ogilvie
Peter.Ogilvie@...
Jun 3, 2003 12:26 am
1938
Harrison Schmidt (Apollo 17) devoted half his public talk in Canberra last year to the mining of Helium 3 - he at least thinks it's feasible. MN ... I once...
Mike Nelmes
Mike.Nelmes@...
Jun 3, 2003 2:00 am
1939
Hello everyone The clouds are it again and the organisers decided to call it off. In fact Tuggeranong is almost overcast. The kids that were going tonight will...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jun 3, 2003 5:47 am
1940
another big night coming up on the 11th Sorry John, Can't make this one. Kim...
Kim Rawlings
kim@...
Jun 3, 2003 6:08 am
1941
Not yet. I will send a message if it is cancelled and if there is an alternate date. On this point I felt a bit of a goose cancelling last night as the evening...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jun 3, 2003 11:28 pm
1942
Mike, I had a read on the Project Artemis web site and a few others on the he3 mining stuff. Seems to me the biggest feasibility problem would be how much...
Ross Nelson
Ross.Nelson@...
Jun 4, 2003 12:04 am
1943
... The focus position of the eyepiece is not directly related to the focal length of the eyepiece. Depends on the ep design. The telescope objective forms a...
J & P Howard
jphoward@...
Jun 4, 2003 12:05 am
1944
Thanks Joe for sharing this article. I have thought much the same and I agree with a lot of it, but not all. NASA performed a superhuman feat of sending not...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jun 4, 2003 1:02 am
1945
John H, Where did you pick up your copy of The New CCD Astronomy Book? Cheers David Higgins...
Hello everyone Stuff the clouds, the viewing night is on. It is at Weston Park, at our usual spot. We have 105 people waiting to see through our scopes from...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jun 4, 2003 5:03 am
1947
John, the clouds ARE stuffed. To the point where it is raining here at Stromlo and more is stacked up over the Brindies. I assume common sense prevails and...
Vince Ford
vince@...
Jun 4, 2003 5:15 am
1948
It's OK, BINTEL thinks they have a copy they can send me. Cheers David...
This sort of shoddy apparartus, if it really is "unusable" should be brought to the attention of the "Trade Practices" or "NSW Dept. of Fair Trading" as I...
Andrew & Ursula White
a_u_white@...
Jun 4, 2003 1:42 pm
1953
Enter the U.N. and the "Treaty on the use of Space" (probably not it's official title), which I believe tries to limit/control the military and industrial uses...
Andrew & Ursula White
a_u_white@...
Jun 4, 2003 1:50 pm
1954
Ok in brief I was wrooo...ron... wrrrrrr... I can't say it!!!! Reflectors are usually built with a focal plane in mind and do not often use diags. or items...
Steve Johnston
stevekj@...
Jun 4, 2003 2:32 pm
1955
Yes but what if as I suspect the draw tube got lost as possibly and item of little importance! The act does not cover acts of stupidity. I bought a very nice...
Steve Johnston
stevekj@...
Jun 4, 2003 2:39 pm
1956
We have been very busy in the rain and have managed to put together the wall structure for Mike's observatory in his garage. Now all we have to do is figure...
