"...When NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft left for asteroid 433 Eros five years ago, scientists weren't certain what they would find ...
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f451us
Mar 3, 2001 4:03 pm
Amen. I really do believe that people who believe themselves to be victims of alien abduction are actually victims of psychological or sexual trauma suffered ...
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gtbread
Mar 3, 2001 9:20 pm
Hi I'm new at this , My daughter age 6 got a telescope from grandpa. I got it put together and was wondering if anyone had some ideas. I don't want to spoil ...
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y2kvid
Mar 3, 2001 10:18 pm
What kind, brand and how big a scope?...
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kali2030
Mar 3, 2001 11:20 pm
>Similarly, I detest the nutballs <br><br>>I'll be devoting two hours to ridiculing this stuff <br><br>So, what else are you doing?...
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dostaboy2841
Mar 4, 2001 1:28 am
Dave:<br><br>I am a new amature astronomer,too. Best bet is to look at the moon. It's big and looks spectacular in most scopes. Jupiter and Saturn are easily ...
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gtbread
Mar 4, 2001 4:27 am
Well it is a edu science 525 power reflecting it has 4 eyepeices and a 3x barrlow lense the mirror is about 4-5 inch its abou 2 1/2 feet long .I can remember ...
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gtbread
Mar 4, 2001 4:29 am
thanks for the tips dostaboy,...
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damn_longhair
Mar 4, 2001 5:48 am
Dave, <br> A wise choice, many people are underwhelmed at their first views through a telescope, a few random points of light, not very interesting. If you ...
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gtbread
Mar 4, 2001 2:22 pm
Thanks for the tips and great words she is still interested even after the somewhat lame looking we did last night all 4 kids were interested with the moon but...
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y2kvid
Mar 4, 2001 10:18 pm
You may also want to show her the planet Venus in the scope, showing her it goes through phases much like the Moon does. I don't think you need much over 100x...
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gtbread
Mar 5, 2001 2:46 am
I think we tried to home in on that in the western horizen last night but I couldn't get a crisp image but ,the moon was real clear and crisp, so I just have...
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paul8069
Mar 5, 2001 8:00 pm
Hey all, new member here. I don't really know a thing about astronomy. However, I do love staring at the stars and imagining what lay in the limitless depths...
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vruzzi
Mar 6, 2001 12:23 am
Hi Dave:<br><br>While you are at the library, check out a book called Atlas of The Moon by Antonin Rukl. On page 193 of this book, you will be able to point...
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john_kagey_2000
Mar 6, 2001 6:48 am
may i make 2 sugestions?<br>1-get a pair of binoculars,they dont cost much and you get a super view of the night sky<br>2-find out when to watch for meteor ...
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Alleycat987
Mar 6, 2001 7:36 am
Hello, guys, I'm a new member to this club. Anyway, I am doing a term paper on white dwarves, neutron starts and black holes. Can anyone point me to some sites...
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armitaus
Mar 6, 2001 7:57 am
hello \\\\guys\<br>i'm a new member.....and wanna be astronomer\\\\<br>:)...
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paul8069
Mar 6, 2001 3:40 pm
Thanks. Do you know how to remove cloud cover? :) I'ts been horribly cloudy here lately at nite, at least when I get ready for bed. Usually it's cloudless and...
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gtbread
Mar 7, 2001 5:31 am
We will have to go to the library .She also loves to go there of course they have free videos and we'll for sure get one of them.THanks for the tip ,Dave...
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dantes_cat
Mar 9, 2001 7:23 am
Try looking up your topics in the encyclopaedia britannica at:<br><br><a href=http://www.britannica.com/ target=new>http://www.britannica.com/</a><br><br>Also,...
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bob44pam
Mar 9, 2001 1:10 pm
my name is bob hart i have a new 10 in. premium discovery telescope. i have been in to astronomy going on 5 years now. my favorite is deep sky. any body else...
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starflyski
Mar 10, 2001 2:03 am
I was talking to a Doctor today in the course of my job, and this well read gentleman asked me about a telescope he had heard about that supposedly is used by...
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atiyamonique
Mar 10, 2001 6:08 am
I would like to be an astromer one day. Can you tell me what you had to do to become astronomers, and what kind of astronomers you are? Thanks<br><br>Atiya...
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john_kagey_2000
Mar 10, 2001 6:38 am
no,he was not kidding...
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skyray40
Mar 10, 2001 6:56 am
You can start by learning the constellations in your backyard with a pair of binoculars. Join a local Astonomy club and get to know the members. Attend ...
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ktschiegg
Mar 10, 2001 3:09 pm
that we will, in our lifetime, see the U.S. build a moonbase?...
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jefftibb
Mar 10, 2001 3:33 pm
I think most of us are just amateurs and hobbiests in this club.<br><br>But I was a lot like you at your age. Astronomy was my all consuming ...
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randyette
Mar 10, 2001 10:26 pm
I totally agree with you Jeff. I'm an astronomy student here in Vienna, Austria. The courses are great and interesting but we also have a lot of math and ...
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atiyamonique
Mar 11, 2001 4:51 am
Thanks for the advice guys!!! I will definitely use it!!<br><br>Atiya...
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ktschiegg
Mar 11, 2001 2:59 pm
could use to determine what is actually INSIDE a Black Hole, other than the extremely dense matter and gravitational tides that we have already established,...
