For those of you who may not be on Dan Heim's club mailing list, I am reposting his original message. Subject: February Quid Novi now online Fellow Stargazers,...
I'd like to follow-up on some of the points Dan made in the QN letter this month regarding our club public observing sessions. You might be surprised to learn...
If you were thinking about starting an asteroid observing program then take a look at this. Notice the aperture size that will be used. Not many amateurs have...
Put this on your calendars: PBS Channel - Program: Nova Tuesday, Feb 10th at 8pm, "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/...
Symposium on Telescope Science The 28th annual Symposium on Telescope Science will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday May 19th, 20th & 21st, 2009 at...
And while your in Big Bear, be sure and stop by the Planetarium Projector Museum. http://www.planetariummuseum.org/ Probably the largest collection (public or...
Dan Heim here, and I thank Scott for his recruitment efforts. Truth be told, the members who frequent this forum are the more active members already, so Scott...
... I did view the Nova program on Intelligent Design and I was very impressed. The program provided an excellent analysis of the Kitzmiller vs Dover...
Scott, In his lecture, Father Coyne mentioned that the Universe is 13.7 Billion years old and the Earth is 4.5 Bilion years old. Our Sun is a third generation...
Reminder from: DFAC-QN Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DFAC-QN/cal DFAC Club Meeting Thursday February 26, 2009 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm (This event...
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I agree. ID is just Creationism renamed. Back in the 80s, I got to hear Dr. Duane Gish speak at Kent State in Ohio. Gish was one of the heads of the IDC in San...
"I do not mean to diminish anyone who has faith or religious views. But there came a point for me when I realized no one has anymore information than anyone...
Well, even though this meeting was aimed at beginners, I knew there was going to be something for everyone. For me, I learned that the term "right ascension"...
That IS interesting. But then, when things happen like that, and I mean this in all seriousness...why would a Supreme Being have to toy with us like that? If...
What would your question be? Would you want to know what really happens with a black hole? How many galaxies there are? Where, if any, are the limits to the...
The one question I'd really like an answer to is ... how many other species are out there asking these same types of questions? Dan Heim President Desert...
Great question. My fear is that if there is intelligent life elsewhere, we should fear it. On our own earth, advanced civilizations almost always conquered or...
For those who may have followed this thread, Roger and I successfully presented our first remote imaging session yesterday evening at the boy scouts DAFC...
For photos of this event, see our photo gallery (which is no longer empty). It was easy to upload these images. If anyone else has photos to post, just click...
That's a good point, using past Earth civilizations as an example. I like to think that, in the not too distant future, our species will lose that agressive...
The first question I would ask an alien would be about their Cosmogony. I wonder if they have developed a "Big Bang" theory to explain the birth of the...
Yeah, I can see you sitting in your warm, warm room, sipping on an adult beverage, while those easily forgotton must put up with both the weather and a bunch...
Holy crap, was that a comet? I thought it was one of the cub scouts running around with his flash light on. I kept yelling: "turn off that %^&*$ light" but of...
I think the shots went over very well. I'm getting the feeling that some viewers will say something looks great even if they see nothing at all! Being able...
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