April 2008 April showers may bring May flowers, but they also bring clear nights for skywatching. Rain showers clear the air of pollution, pollen, and other ...
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Julian Parks
baadesstar
Apr 5, 2008 12:32 pm
Greetings, Anyone know if a 4" Clark Refractor, brass tube, is still at Shepard Hall of City College, New York, then, now CUNY or what happened to it? Any...
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Bruce
brucek10032
Apr 5, 2008 10:14 pm
That's very interesting. I went to City College in the 1970s & 1980s, and I certainly don't ever remember hearing of any such. The Physics Department was...
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Bruce
brucek10032
Apr 5, 2008 10:50 pm
I tried a Web search, but didn't come up with anything on this. Have you tried just contacting the CCNY Physics Department? they should know. Bruce ... Hall...
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Julian Parks
baadesstar
Apr 6, 2008 2:37 am
Bruce, Thanks. The telescope was in a slide-off roof in a tower of Shepard Hall of City College. I have a feeling this was sometime in the late fifties. I...
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Bruce Kamiat
brucek10032
Apr 6, 2008 9:50 pm
The second annual International Astronomy Night will be held on Saturday, April 12th. This is a worldwide event organized by John Dobson's Sidewalk...
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Rich Rosenberg
rr444rr
Apr 7, 2008 2:54 pm
Hello Observers, This Saturday, April 12th, is International Astronomy Night. On that evening amateur astronomers around the world will be bringing their ...
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DSHarry2@...
Apr 7, 2008 5:02 pm
Rich-- Do you know who will participate from the club? Dan ... From: Rich Rosenberg <richard.rosenberg@...> To: Rich Rosenberg...
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DSHarry2@...
Apr 7, 2008 5:24 pm
Bruce-- I just know I can rely on you to tap something out on this evening for Eyepiece, right?? Dan ... From: Bruce Kamiat <sn1951bk@...> To:...
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Rich Rosenberg
rr444rr
Apr 7, 2008 5:28 pm
A (hopefully increasing) list of participants will be on the Sidewalk Astronomy Night link on the home page. So far we have Rik Davis and Bruce Kamiat...
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DSHarry2@...
Apr 7, 2008 9:08 pm
I have asked Bruce to do something for Eyepiece on International Astronomy Night but haven't heard back. You are also invited to tap something out. Dan ... ...
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Julian Parks
baadesstar
Apr 8, 2008 1:00 am
From NASA: NASA Science News for April 4, 2008 A crescent moon of perilous beauty is about to appear in the evening sky. The best night to look is Tuesday,...
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Julian Parks
baadesstar
Apr 8, 2008 8:06 pm
IDA-NY Section - Home ... From: newsletter@... To: parksje@... Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:48 PM Subject: Announcing the NYS Section of the...
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Bruce Kamiat
brucek10032
Apr 10, 2008 3:45 am
... From: Holly Klug To: Holly Klug Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 4:35 PM Subject: REMINDER: Messenger Lecture Monday 4/14 Hi all, Just a reminder of an...
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Bruce Kamiat
brucek10032
Apr 13, 2008 4:29 am
... From: Elizabeth Stachow To: department Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: [star-struck] Reminder: April 14th - Sean Solomon — MESSENGER ...
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Julian Parks
baadesstar
Apr 17, 2008 12:55 pm
... From: NASA Science News To: NASA Science News Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:17 AM Subject: Earth's Magnetic Field Does Strange Things to the Moon NASA...
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Bruce
brucek10032
Apr 19, 2008 5:25 pm
Pretty interesting stuff, Julian. I particularly love the thing about the Hal Clement story that so very well predicted this. So do you think this may account...
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Julian Parks
baadesstar
Apr 19, 2008 5:54 pm
Bruce, Greetings. I am not aware of the Hal Clement story concerning this phenomenon or Hal Clement. I looked him up though. Very interesting life. See...
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Bruce
brucek10032
Apr 20, 2008 3:08 pm
Julian, The Hal Clement story is mentioned in an article accessible via a link (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/30mar_moonfountains.htm) from the NASA...
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Julian Parks
baadesstar
Apr 21, 2008 9:51 pm
Bruce, Thanks. Got busy here for awhile. I did find out from ALPO that there were two articles done on the Moon passing through the Earth's magnetosphere and...
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Bruce
brucek10032
Apr 23, 2008 3:12 am
Julian, Thanks. I'm printing the first of those articles and I'll give it a read. Bruce ... Magnetic ... thing about ... (so far ... (or does ... correlated ...
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Bruce Kamiat
brucek10032
Apr 24, 2008 12:06 am
This display will occupy the same gallery, between the Rose Center and the Imax Theater, that housed the previously displayed "Beyond: the Visions of the...
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Julian Parks
baadesstar
Apr 28, 2008 2:24 am
This is April's, The Sky At Night, "The Sun Revealed." There is a great shot from the Stereo spacecraft showing a Coronal Mass Ejection(CME) ripping off the...
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Bruce Kamiat
brucek10032
May 1, 2008 2:26 am
... From: "cpcomments" <cpcomments@...> To: <undisclosed-recipients:> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:17 PM Subject: CASSINI SCIENTISTS, WORKING WITH...
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Rich Rosenberg
rr444rr
May 2, 2008 1:29 am
May 2008 As the nights grow warmer, they also grow shorter, leaving less opportunity to view the night sky before bedtime. Fortunately, there are quite a few ...
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Julian Parks
baadesstar
May 4, 2008 7:20 pm
... From: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist@...> To: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist@...> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 1:32 PM Subject: eta Aquarid...
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Bruce Kamiat
brucek10032
May 6, 2008 3:49 am
... From: "Elizabeth Stachow" <stachow@...> To: "department" <star-struck@...> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 3:44 PM Subject: [star-struck]...
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Bruce Kamiat
brucek10032
May 9, 2008 2:50 am
... From: "cpcomments" <cpcomments@...> To: <undisclosed-recipients:> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 5:24 PM Subject: NASA'S COSMIC PERSPECTIVE KICKS OFF...
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Rich Rosenberg
rr444rr
May 9, 2008 6:32 pm
Hello Observers, A reminder that tomorrow (Saturday, May 10) the Amateur Astronomers Association will have an observing session at Riverside Park at 96th...
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Julian Parks
baadesstar
May 15, 2008 1:02 pm
Galactic Hunt Bags Missing Supernova http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/14may_galactichunt.htm?list1075395 Julian Parks [Non-text portions of this message...
