John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. Moon still a mystery to scientists AFP ...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Dec 2, 2004 12:31 am
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... a Mars-shaped body Well, duh, like sort of spherical or something? Bring back sub-editors! The evidence for this theory is, I believe, Mars-shaped in two...
Thanks John. But aren't most large bodies Mars-shaped? "Russia and Japan have already carried out missions to the moon and China..." Hopefully their lunar...
Mike Nelmes
miklyn1@...
Dec 2, 2004 9:59 pm
3098
Actually I think its more likely to be sun-shaped myself, or perhaps even basketball-shaped. Peter O ... At 08:59 AM 3/12/2004 +1100, you wrote: Thanks John. ...
P Ogilvie
Peter.Ogilvie@...
Dec 2, 2004 10:32 pm
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A reminder that at 4.31 am on Tuesday morning 7 Dec (Dec 6 at 17h 31m UT), the asteroid 261 Prymno will occult an 11.4 mag star, and the whole of Canberra lies...
Albert Brakel
abrakel@...
Dec 5, 2004 2:20 pm
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Don't forget this Saturday's opening of the Meade 14" at Stromlo followed by our Christmas party and then hopefully viewing through the mighty Meade! 3.00pm...
Woops! given that many non CAS members read this list, perhaps I should add that this Saturday's CAS Stromlo Gala Event is only open to current CAS members and...
Hello everyone This drought has been hard to break. We have had numerous astronomical purchases to entice those clouds and rain. We have had purchases of huge...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Dec 6, 2004 3:21 am
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... I suggest you run a steam turbine off the solarhart, which could be connected to a DC generator, then an inverter which could power the drive for your PST....
Had a 'phone call today from Ken Back, 6286 5014. He has an early 80s 5-inch f/4 Tasco reflector, model 8V, for sale. It's been well looked after and has...
It is my sincere hope that the comet returns fire and knocks out a certain recently re-elected government (take your pick which one) Only partly in jest, Jim...
Hi I have an Optec widefield telecompressor for sale. This one gives F5 on a F10 SCT. It has SBIG mounting hardware which may not be suitable for other CCD...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Dec 12, 2004 5:25 am
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People, Found...after everything else had been claimed and packed up at the CAS Christmas party; 1 x green & black / canvas & metal foldup chair. Contact the...
Andrew & Ursula White
a_u_white@...
Dec 12, 2004 1:01 pm
3110
We look like getting better weather than last week, so here's notice of another occultation opportunity on Thursday night at 11:11:48 pm, by asteroid 791 Ani....
Albert Brakel
abrakel@...
Dec 15, 2004 1:39 pm
3111
Dear all, Stromlo home page has hot news :-) http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/news/thismonth.php enjoy ! Kim...
Rawlings
rawlings@...
Dec 17, 2004 9:47 am
3112
Hi, I am creating a birthday calendar of all my friends and family. Can you please click on the link below to enter your birthday for me. ...
Hello everyone Here is a sky map of the comet Machholz for the next few days. JM ********************************************************************** Please...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Dec 20, 2004 10:57 pm
3114
Hi All, Thanks for the chart, John, it is spot on! I checked out the comet last night with 10x 50 binos. I had to screen off the moon behind trees and it...
John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. Spacecraft sees infant galaxies From...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Dec 22, 2004 12:07 am
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Yep ! Exactly as we saw it too Joe (actually THE professional one in this dynamic duo found it before I even left the house ! Talk about keen :-) ). And...
Rawlings
rawlings@...
Dec 22, 2004 11:37 am
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Next Monday evening there will be an occultation of a mag 10.5 star by the asteroid 1403 Idelsonia which is at mag 14.6. Occultation is at 10.52 pm, with a...
Hi to all Here's the first image for quite a while - a Horsehead done on Sunday night. I haven't done this one since the ST-6 days. Given the relatively ...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jan 2, 2005 7:33 pm
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... Steve, You've understated as usual. It's a very nice image! For comparison, you can see it in this image too, taken with a 50mm lens + DSLR by Terry...
Thanks Vello. What I meant by the quick and dirty label is that you obviously don't have to go really deep to get a good horsehead picture. I think the...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jan 3, 2005 4:03 am
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A question for the astrophotography gurus... Images of the Orion nebula always show it as being a very red object. However to my eyes it is visually a green...
Dave The conventional explanation as I understand it is that you have two sets of receptors on your retina - rods and cones. One is good for determining ...
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