Reminder from the Calendar of northern_sky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northern_sky/cal Club Meeting Tuesday February 10, 2004 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (This event...
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tkuntz
Feb 12, 2004 2:58 am
I've been looking at the application for the Astronomical League and it looks like we have to send in a list of members along with the application. The costs...
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mgerszew_2000
Feb 12, 2004 5:10 pm
My personal opinion is to take care of it before the dues go up. Even if we don't, $3.50 isn't too bad on a per member basis. No-matter the cost (within...
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Terry Kuntz
tkuntz
Feb 12, 2004 5:23 pm
I think the dues are pro-rated so it's not really an increase. I think we are just paying for part of the year. Terry ... __________________________________ Do...
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dakotaskies2002
Feb 14, 2004 12:11 am
We need to go through their insurance company before anything can be stated as to the cost of coverage. We would need to get together and figure out our...
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mgerszew_2000
Feb 14, 2004 6:58 am
Following is a repost from MAPUG. Neat stuff... Mike Hi all-- A member of my Austin, TX club, Russell Croman, posted this note about an amateur astronomer...
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mgerszew_2000
Feb 18, 2004 11:56 pm
Chandra recently (info released today) saw the resulting X-Ray outburst from a star being swallowed by a super-massive black hole. A quote from the story "The...
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mgerszew_2000
Feb 19, 2004 12:04 am
... Here's a quote from the BBC article: "The entire discovery was quite serendipitous in nature," he told BBC News Online. While looking at star formation...
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northern_sky@yahoogro...
Feb 22, 2004 10:55 pm
Reminder from the Calendar of northern_sky
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northern_sky/cal
Space Studies Colloquium
Monday February 23, 2004
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm...
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dean_nsas
Feb 25, 2004 10:42 pm
The new McNeil nebula near m78 has been found in a photo taken in 1966. The photo is on the web as part of the SEDS Messier gallery at ...
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nasa_girl2003
Mar 2, 2004 7:10 pm
There is a Presss confereance with Opportuniites, MER B, lead sciencetist... they are totally sure that the rock out croping at that was found at Meridian were...
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Milly
dakotaskies2002
Mar 2, 2004 7:52 pm
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109...
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dean_nsas
Mar 2, 2004 9:34 pm
During the press conference, they said the small spheres found in the soil are likely concretions. Anyone who has gone to our Badlands Star Party has likely...
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Vishnu Vardhan Reddy
moonyguy
Mar 3, 2004 7:27 am
Hi all Are there any plans for doing anything during the Astronomy week or day? Just curious clear skies Vishnu...
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Nasa Girl
nasa_girl2003
Mar 3, 2004 2:17 pm
Vishnu, I think we are going to talk about that at the meeting on tuesday, see what everyone does, or does not want to do for the event. Kayla Reaching For...
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dean_nsas
Mar 4, 2004 5:06 pm
Astronomy Day this year is the weekend of April 24th. Jupiter, Saturn, a crescent Venus and a crescent Moon will be visible so lots of good stuff to look at....
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Vishnu Reddy
moonyguy
Mar 4, 2004 5:25 pm
Good idea. Any plans for daytime observing of the sun (of there are any sunspots). I read that some astronomy day activities are in the day time too. clear...
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mgerszew_2000
Mar 4, 2004 6:09 pm
Dean, and all. Paul Hardersen just told me that he would like to roll out a donation campaign for the new observatory on Astronomy Day. He hasn't given me a...
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northern_sky@yahoogro...
Mar 9, 2004 12:55 am
Reminder from the Calendar of northern_sky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northern_sky/cal Club Meeting Tuesday March 9, 2004 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (This event...
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proskater20052000
proskater200...
Mar 15, 2004 3:01 pm
FYI : NASA is supposed to make an announcement today about Sedna. Beth :)...
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Milly
dakotaskies2002
Mar 15, 2004 9:24 pm
Hello everyone who reads these, I am writing from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference where today we were shown images from the Stardust mission. I...
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Trygve Magelssen
asymrider1
Mar 21, 2004 6:40 pm
Thanks Milly, sounds cool! Hopefully they'll be able to return and retrieve the particles. Hope you're having fun. see ya laters, Spike Milly...
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Milly
dakotaskies2002
Mar 25, 2004 7:28 pm
We all came back alive, some were brused, but we still are alive at aleast. The conference was the best one that I have attended in my 5 years of going....
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proskater20052000
proskater200...
Mar 25, 2004 11:28 pm
Did they say what the Aerogel was made of ?...
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mgerszew_2000
Mar 25, 2004 11:44 pm
The aerogel is a Silica compound. The method they will most likely use is gaseous HF etching in a low pressure environment (as mentioned by Milly). Here's...
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Nasa Girl
nasa_girl2003
Mar 26, 2004 4:34 am
a lot of air is aobut what i know.... lol :) i had a sample of it back home in spokane.. ... _________________________________________________________________ ...
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northern_sky@yahoogro...
Mar 28, 2004 10:56 pm
Reminder from the Calendar of northern_sky
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northern_sky/cal
Space Studies Colloquium
Monday March 29, 2004
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm...
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dean_nsas
Mar 31, 2004 7:55 pm
First, a reminder that the astronomy class is going to the observatory Thursday night. I'm guessing show up around 7 for setup. The lab is done at 9 but we...
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mgerszew_2000
Mar 31, 2004 8:08 pm
Dean and all, the Astronomy Lab is planning on being out there at 6:15 so they can do the tour/look at the grounds in the light, so if people start setting up...
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northern_sky@yahoogro...
Apr 1, 2004 1:07 am
Reminder from the Calendar of northern_sky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northern_sky/cal Astronomy Class at Observatory Thursday April 1, 2004 7:00 pm - 9:00...
