I got one of these for a present after having bought exactly the same calendar myself before Christmas. Pickup only - no delivery at this price....
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jan 5, 2006 12:12 am
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Some might find the following press release from ESO of interest. http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2006/pr-02-06.html The corresponding paper, which...
Congratulations Dave (who neglected to mention the predictor of the event, mentioned in para 3). Mike Nelmes ... From: "Dave Herald" <drherald@...> ...
Mike Nelmes
miklyn1@...
Jan 6, 2006 2:06 am
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Thought some might find this interesting. Would it be of any use at public nights??? http://www.celestron.com/skyscout/hp_land.php Dave Herald Canberra,...
I would have thought that a reasonable sized planisphere would be a more cost effective solution. To a bitter twisted old luddite like me this seems yet...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jan 9, 2006 11:11 am
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John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. Hubble reveals North Star companion ...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Jan 10, 2006 3:15 am
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Some might find the document available at the following link interesting. (Note - it is almost 15MB) http://www.poyntsource.com/tmp/365days.pdf It is a textual...
I just added some data I had acquired with my 12" LX200GPS and MX716 camera, way back in 2003, to my recent wider field but under exposed effort with the AP 6"...
John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. Milky Way is warped: scientists From...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Jan 11, 2006 5:15 am
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This is my first go at layering using photoshop but I'm pretty happy with it. Needs a bit more smoothing but I didn't want to lose too much detail in the wispy...
Hi Mike Both are great photos, but I think I prefer the original version. The revisited one is a little too lollypop looking (for my tastes), for the extra...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jan 11, 2006 10:51 pm
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Hey, that's fair enough Morlo As I said it was my first attempt at layering in PS and it is rather tricky, particularly since I only layered the Luminance...
I'm still experimenting with PS layering techniques to reveal the huge range in brightness in some objects. Here is a negative representation of the dynamic 30...
Probably just about agree with ya there Steve Almost looks "too" detailed...? Oh to have $120 000 spare...?....Angie?....darling...I've got this idea...... ......
... Follow the link, go to the home page, scroll down to bottom and you'll see a list of "the best astrophotographers on the planet". In alphabetical order, ...
John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. US probe 'Stardust' returns to Earth ...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Jan 16, 2006 2:47 am
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The New Horizons spacecraft (to Pluto) is being launched next Tomorrow. The following is from David Dunham - who has responsibility for computing the...
And what is going to be the replacement scope? A 20" RC perhaps?...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jan 20, 2006 1:20 pm
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I managed to get 65min of Ha on my favourite part of the Rosette last night before high cloud rolled in and the moon came up DOH! Don't much like these short...
I can see a leaping cheetah - but change my mental approach and the formation turns into a scorpion... Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ... From: "Mike Sidonio"...
From the Mars Society via their outreach officer (also one of the plastic kit pushers who keep me broke, hence the web address). I gather the survey is part of...
Vince Ford
vince@...
Jan 23, 2006 1:15 am
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Below left is another dark nebula that looks like a startled impala (viewed from behind) and between the two there is what looks like a shark. Great photo Mike...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jan 23, 2006 3:55 am
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... LOL! Yeh, I see'em! The impala looks more like a donkey facing into the image but looking back though. Can you see the fish with its mouth open about to...
Some of you might remember the Waterfall Nebula, a nebulous award challenge of some years ago. Here's a recent shot from Rob Gendler which shows it in the top...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jan 24, 2006 10:09 pm
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Hi guys Ok still haven't built a web site of my own yet but I think this is a good place to use until then? The display area is at: ...