Have you seen the newe stuff out about the Sedna discovery? It would be like our 10th planet except it's really small and has a huge elliptic orbit. In...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Dec 3, 2004 3:02 pm
Yes but how many times can you fight it and win :-) ... with the express intent of buying myself an ETX-70 for Christmas....
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hb88@...
tilt8
Dec 3, 2004 2:56 pm
Just saw the Orion Nebula for the first time with my cheap binoculars tonight after work. Undoubtedly due to the remarkably clear and cold night tonight. Not...
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tilt8
Dec 3, 2004 2:56 pm
Does anyone know of they've proved or disproved the Nemesis theory? That's the one about Sol being one of a binary system, the other being an undetected brown...
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hb88@...
tilt8
Dec 3, 2004 2:54 pm
Just saw the Orion Nebula for the first time with my cheap binoculars tonight after work. Undoubtedly due to the remarkably clear and cold night tonight. Not...
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hb88@...
tilt8
Dec 3, 2004 2:54 pm
This past weekend I had to be talked out of getting a credit card with the express intent of buying myself an ETX-70 for Christmas. Tilt...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Dec 3, 2004 5:17 am
Looks like we have picked up a few new folks so we almost look like a real group :-) Sorry if I have been slow in getting any of the new member approvals but...
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starryguy59
Dec 3, 2004 5:09 am
Hi ya'll, It's about time we got an astronomy group in this corner of the state. My thanks to the person who started this list. Allow me to introduce myself....
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 28, 2004 1:31 am
The 5th issue of Photon Ezine is now available for free at http://www.nightskyobserver.com/Photon/rgfqr25778fha5df.htm Contents of this issue include: What Can...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 27, 2004 9:06 pm
Yea grew up on a farm raising animals, corn and soybeans so I know all about that. My point being that they always miss the human element. That's OK for a...
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tilt8
Nov 27, 2004 8:40 pm
Animals are actually a pretty expensive protein source in terms of resources needed to maintain them. You can get far more usable protein from an acre of soy...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 27, 2004 4:24 pm
Not sure if you Guys and Gals have been looking but we have a beautiful almost full moon showing up early in the crisp clear nights. I think we might have...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 27, 2004 4:11 pm
Never read that but I have seen most of the stuff on DSC about a dozen times :-) I always wonder about that stuff too. Being an engineer I know that there's...
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hb88@...
tilt8
Nov 27, 2004 3:52 pm
Read it? I'm always most fascinated by the "mundane" aspects of living on Mars, i.e. how do you build, how do you get the water from the permafrost, making...
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hb88@...
tilt8
Nov 25, 2004 10:59 pm
Oddly enough, I spent it eating homemade Chinese whilst reading an astronomy magazine. Have to go to work later today. Tilt...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 25, 2004 1:48 pm
Just wanted to say have a happy Thanksgiving to all you stargazers out there :-)...
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hb88@...
tilt8
Nov 22, 2004 10:56 pm
Howdy do! Heh. Currently I have two short stories out on submission, one to Far Sector and one to Interzone. And working on another, around part-time school...
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lauragar2000
Nov 22, 2004 1:18 am
Hi everyone- I'm am a *very* amatuer astonomer. I did my first Messier Marathon this year (March, I think) with my husband and had a great time. We stayed up...
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geofferyat
Nov 21, 2004 11:49 pm
Hi everyone. I just joined the group. When I was in highschool I use to get my telecsope out all the time with several friends. As time passed on, I lost...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 21, 2004 4:21 pm
Looks like our listing must have finally bubbled up into the yahoo groups search engine cause we are getting found by new members on a fairly regular basis all...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 21, 2004 3:47 pm
Sounds like a fun story :-) Seems like we have a couple of writers in our midst. In another life I flew all over the world in the Air Force. I always carried...
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hb88@...
tilt8
Nov 19, 2004 5:32 pm
I didn't even realize one could tell the difference in star colors until a few months ago. I hadn't perceived that Betelgeuse is in fact a bit redder than the...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 19, 2004 3:48 am
Wow Mike, Now I feel better about my scope collection since I see I'm not the only one :-) Welcome to the group! I grew up in North Georgia and have been...
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michael sanders
sandman8142002
Nov 19, 2004 3:34 am
just saying hello to group new here also. i was introduced to stargazing by my dad in the early seventies with a criterion rv6. i have been out of it for the...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 18, 2004 6:24 pm
Anyone with an interest is all we ask and if are at all close geographically then that's a bonus. You definitely qualify on both accounts :-) Yea light...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 18, 2004 5:33 pm
Hi Jeff and welcome again. We're glad you are here. I've never owned either of those but I have viewed through an 8" Celestron once and the view was about as...
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hb88@...
tilt8
Nov 18, 2004 5:23 pm
Hello, all and sundry. I hope I qualify for this group, I'm right on the Georgia side of the GA/TN line up in the Chattanooga area. I don't yet own a...
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mablenay
Nov 18, 2004 5:40 am
Hi my name is jeff from woodstock. am getting a scope for x-mas and would like to immerse myself in some astro culture - viewing parties mainly. currently...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 17, 2004 11:47 pm
I see we have 2 new members. Welcome! Please take a minute and send us a quick post about you, your interest in astronomy and anything else that seems...
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Jeff Garland
nwgaa_jeff
Nov 16, 2004 6:22 pm
I received this message asking us to post this so members of this group could view the Lecture on live webcast on Nov. 19. I think it's an interesting idea...
