ASTRO - Wide angle imaging of the far Southern Sky (2)
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:29:09 -0800 (PST)
Wide angle imaging of the far Southern Sky (2)
North of the Eta Carinae Emission Nebula - wide angle shot
The Gem Cluster - NGC 3293 is a very young cluster with an estimated
age of 10 million years and was one of Abbe Lacaille's discoveries.
Most of the stars are hot, blue bright stars although the brightest ...
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ASTRO De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri VI
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:27:18 +0000 (UTC)
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HINT: Before continuing, in order to understand this
very short and simple article, you do need to be able
to count from 1 to 10. I know, any kindergartner with
an I.Q. above room temperature can count from 1 to 10,
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ASTRO De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri VI...
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:11:02 +0000 (UTC)
From: Count From 1 To 10 <count.from.one@to.ten>
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HINT: Before continuing, in order to understand this
very short and simple article, you do need to be able
to count from 1 to 10. I know, any kindergartner with
an I.Q. above room temperature can count from 1 to 10,
right? I ...
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Dates of periapsis of Jupiter and Saturn
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:09:02 -0800 (PST)
According to my calculations, Saturn passes Jupiter in its orbit once
every twenty Earth years. Can anyone give me a list of years when this
periapsis will happen? I'm particularly interested in the late 24th
century.
I would be interested in knowing of a resource that would let me
predict the positions of the ...
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ASTRO - NGC 559 (Caldwell 8) - an open cluster in Cassiopeia
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:32:29 -0800 (PST)
Exploring the Digitized Sky Survey
NGC 559 (Caldwell 8) - an open cluster in Cassiopeia
This animation of the region around the open cluster shows that a
number of the stars are somewhat brighter in blue rather than infra-
red light but also that there is one star that is much brighter in
infra-red. This woul ...
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Took the plunge...
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:20:51 +0000
After a bit of rooting about I've finally taken the plunge and purchased
a second hand TAL-1 110mm Newtonian. Not got it yet, I'm picking it up
on Tuesday probably. I just hope all is well with it :)
I'm not sure if it has the manual with it; I should have asked I guess!
Does anyone here know an online resour ...
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ASTRO - Supernova 2007ux - January 1st 2008
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:17:47 -0800 (PST)
Supernova 2007ux - January 1st 2008
Discovered 2007/12/23.49 by Lick Observatory Supernova Search in an
anonymous galaxy at R.A. = 10h09m19s.98, Decl. = ¡ã59'32".8 (near
UGC 5477
This would have been a very hard supernova to discover with the system
I normally use!
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/supernova ...
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ASTRO - What can I image in the far Southern Sky in under 10 minutes?
(2)
Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:22:55 -0800 (PST)
What can I image in the far Southern Sky in under 10 minutes? (2)
The Galaxy called Centaurus A
NGC 5128, better known as Centaurus A, was discovered by Jamas Dunlop
and was included in his 1827 catalog. Sir John Herschel described the
galaxy in his 1849 "Outlines of Astronomy" as "two semi-ovals of
elliptica ...
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ASTRO - Favourite Exhibits from the Galactic Zoo (2)
Wed, 9 Jan 2008 08:54:17 -0800 (PST)
Favourite Exhibits from the Galactic Zoo (2)
NGC 3239 in Leo. This is an irregular galaxy showing signs of
interaction with another galaxy indicated by the faint tidal tails.
My - less impressive version - made up by median combining 15 x 120
second unfiltered images.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/galact ...
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ASTRO - Supernova 2008c - Imaged January 9th 2008
Wed, 9 Jan 2008 04:21:38 -0800 (PST)
Discovered 2008/01/03.27 by Tim Puckett, R. Gagliano and Jack Newton.
Found in UGC 3611 at R.A. = 06h57m11s.53, Decl. = ¡ã26'13".7
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/supernova2007/supernova2008c.htm
Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm
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