Whoaa! Gauss was well placed (as well as many other lunar delights which are usually hidden or impossibly foreshortened). Libration was +7 lat. and +3 lon. I...
This sci.space.news article: http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=sci.space.news&selm=410D2267.2060903%40nova.astro.utoronto.ca has...
... http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=sci.space.news&selm=410D2267.2060903%40nova.astro.utoronto.ca Apologies for the monster URL,...
... I'm the winner... That's incredible, I thank all the persons who looked at my drawings That's a very strong enouragement for me, because i am very shy...
Hello Rogue, Thought you may be interested… Python Practical ILU with Python: A Tutorial Text Processing in Python: Tips for Beginners Instant Python The...
If you ever saw my drawings you and everyone here would run for the Lunar hills...maybe someday when i draw better and have the tools to upload them i would. ...
i thought i had found all links about python...but the first 4 are brand new to me...Living in NY, 'at the time of this writing', the Moon is running low...
Hi, I managed to get a bit of imaging last night, my first post-full moon. I didn't stay up late enought to get it at its highest, but the attached image is a...
Wow! look at that photo! such incredible detail! why is SMART-1 ahead on schedule? is the ion engine that efficient or is it something else? once SMART-1...
... Oops, sorrry, I forgot this group can't have attachments. Here it is: http://davesastro.port5.com/moon/mosaic01aug04_crop_800_caption.jpg Regards Dave -- ...
Dave - Nice image! Number 4 is a great view of the outer and inner ring of Mare Humboltianum. Identifying the rest is left as an exercise for the student, as...
... Thanks Chuck, and thanks for the pointer. I just couldn't match it against what I was seeing in VMA. When I've reprocessed the mosaic I will put it on my...
Dear observers of Earth's natural satellite, a.k.a.: the moon, Here in my country (Belgium) I always hear: "Dear telescope-operator, is it possible to show us...
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... LOL! :-) I've never heard of that! Dave -- http://davesastro.port5.com...
Dave, it is a typical phenomenon: when people watch the moon in rather "temporary fashion" they look at it as if it's a small person, the so-called "Little...
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hello danny im comming from belgium to and w e said also janneke maan the sun we named suska or dikke bertha.(fat bertha). greetings from limburg belgium. ...
Guido, we call our telescope "Dikke Bertha"! This telescope (A Steinheil-Cooke 23cm diameter refractor) looks a bit like the well-known "Dulle Griet" in Gent...
Danny Caes
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... And how early will SMART-1 reach the Moon? It was originally scheduled to get there around Christmas, if I recall correctly. Paolo -- Why Lisp?...
... Around here (Hampshire, UK) some of the old boys refer to the Moon as the "parish lantern". A parish was (originally) associated with a church, but it...
Here are some full moon terms I've heard in my astro groups here in the SF Bay Area: The "Great Obliviator" The Headlight in the Sky Who turned the sun on?...
Note: I think that the case of "Janneke-maan" is rather unique (I don't know). Perhaps it COULD BE that there are equivalents of it, such as (for example) ...
Danny Caes
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Daniele, there's an interesting book called "Luna: Myth and Mystery" by Kathleen Cain (all sorts of pre-telescopic observations and thoughts about our moon)....
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Dear observers of the moon and connoisseurs of Sci-Fi space/moon-movies, Sunday the 8th of august, on Dutch television NEDERLAND 1 (18.25: AVRO close-up),...
Danny Caes
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... Nice picture, Dave. Images and sketches on the net are as close as I've been coming to observing lately due to the weather. Chuck, I'm a student of the...
... Looks about right from memory -- I checked them all last night. My original problem was that my camera orientation led me to believe I was looking at the...
On monday 2 August around 2240 UT I observed a fault scarp (?) near the terminator north of Mare Crisium. I can't find the name of it in the VMA or Rukl. Does...
Correction to the time: it was 10:40UT (22:40 local). ... From: Maurice Collins To: lunar-observing@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 10:07 AM ...