In the latest IAU circular: SATELLITES OF JUPITER AND SATURN Further to IAUC 8502 and 8730, the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) has...
Hi Dave, a very interesting selection of names the IAU has come up with. Do you know which area of mythology they come from, I would like to look them up. They...
No idea. A quick look on the internet gave me the following for Jupiter: http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/scitech/display.cfm?ST_ID=525 Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ...
I had a quick search through the Wikipedia and they are a combination of lesser gods and giants from Norse and Irish mythology. A very interesting read. Cheers...
Hi guys into NEO, asteroid, minor planet detection and backup data research etc. Being merely an imager, I'm not into chasing down small object light curves,...
The site to check whether it is a known object is: http://scully.harvard.edu/~cgi/CheckMP Let us know what it reports Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ... From:...
Noting how bright the asteroid is in your images, I looked in the planetarium program I use - AutoStar Suite - where I have loaded a heap of asteroids. The...
Hey David, thanks heaps for checking it out. You are spot on !! I just uploaded the asteroid data into my The sky software and its motion concurs with my set...
If nothing else, this image breaks the record for the longest exposure that I've ever done. I wanted to see how much difference a super long exposure makes...
Where: Canberra Observatory, Hawdon place, Dickson When: New time, 7:30 p.m. It would be great to have a new face or two tonight, as Shirley is out of town so...
Thought some would be interested in this latest report about the Hayabusa space craft that is intended to return a sample of an asteroid to earth Dave Herald ...
Steve The extra detail revealed in the centre warranted your aggression. JM ... From: cas-bounces@... [mailto:cas-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Steve...
Morland, John
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Apr 13, 2007 1:14 am
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I tried a bit more aggressive processing on IC 4406 and managed to bring out a lot more detail in the centre of the nebula. It's now more obvious why it's...
They're not listed in my Penquin Dictionary of Classical Mythology (ie, Greek / Roman). Here's a quote from the IAU website: The greatly increased discovery...
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Apr 13, 2007 3:02 am
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From this month’s Southern Cross: NGC 3166 (10h 14m, +3.5 deg) is a 10.6 mag. spiral galaxy with a diameter of 5.2 arc minutes; it is some 60 million l.y....
Here's an image of the Musca planetary NGC 5189 done last night. The blue channel wasn't perfect so I may have to go back and redo that. Cheers Steve ...
Its time to remind everyone of the asteroidal occultation that will occur this Friday in the early evening. The circumstances are excellent - with a 100%...
Hi all, recieved my 1/20th wave secondary from Antares the other day and this was my first night out with it. My 5th spike on my previous images was caused by...
Hi folks, had a chance to get out tonight after a false start due to clouds. Miraculously they parted. Messed around with getting my primary cell to hold...
As discussed tonite, the Dimension4 software can be obtained at: http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/download.htm Unfortunately this does seem to be limited to...
... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kim and Vince Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
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Apr 20, 2007 1:36 am
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... Similarly, I've found ntp.adelaide.edu.au to be reliable for the last 6 years when used in conjunction with D4. Also, be aware that you shouldn't...
A very very preliminary report: I was located at Cooma, about half way between the [predicted centre line and southern limit. I recorded a 13 sec occultation. ...
For time syncing - I just use the system tray clock in XP which has 'Internet' time built in - and tell it and my router and everything else to use the...
What a beauty! If only they were all like this. The disappearance of the star made a big difference to the appearance of the field. Also nice to get a...
EXCELLENT. That is the 4th chord reported so far. I understand Michael Nelmes also recorded it - which would make 5. I look forward to your times. By the way,...
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