Asteroid hitting Mars ?
Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:24:58 -0000
If it does, is there a functional seismometer on Mars?
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news151.html
"Designated 2007 WD5, the asteroid was discovered on Nov. 20, 2007 by the
NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey using a 1.5m telescope on Mt. Lemmon, near
Tucson. The object had already passed within 7.5 million km (5 mi ...
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ASTRO - Lesser Known Galaxy Clusters - NGC 4270 in Virgo
Wed, 2 Jan 2008 04:04:30 -0800 (PST)
Lesser Known Galaxy Clusters - NGC 4270 in Virgo
There are so many galaxies in Virgo that it is difficult to know where
to start even for astronomers with only modest sized scopes. Avoiding
the rather boring and featureless elliptical galaxies one of my very
favourite groups is the rich cluster around NGC 4270.
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A new orbital component
Tue, 1 Jan 2008 04:40:31 -0800 (PST)
The motion of the Equatorial rings of Uranus in the sequence of
images below represents a motion that is overlooked in resolving
planetary effects on Earth such as the inequality of the noon cycles
and variations in daylight/darkness North and South of the Equator -
http://space.newscientist.com/data/images/ns ...
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ASTRO - Inductees into the Astronomical Hall of Shame - Class of 2007
Tue, 1 Jan 2008 04:20:50 -0800 (PST)
Visit the Astronomical Hall of Shame at
http://www.geocities.com/queen5658/ ...
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Inductees into the Astronomical Hall of Shame - Class of 2007
Tue, 1 Jan 2008 04:16:55 -0800 (PST)
Inductees into the Astronomical Hall of Shame - Class of 2007
Details of this "elite" group can be found at :-
http://geocities.yahoo.com/filemanager/advancededitor ...
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ASTRO - Astronomical Review of the Year 2007
Tue, 1 Jan 2008 02:25:50 -0800 (PST)
Astronomical Review of the Year 2007
In terms of hours spent per week I must almost qualify as a full-time
astronomer. Twelve months ago I promised myself that I would attempt
to cut my workload down to a more sensible level - well I have
failed!
On the plus side I have managed to re-launch my website and m ...
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ASTRO - Exploring the Digitized Sky Survey
Tue, 1 Jan 2008 02:24:05 -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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Maeshowe sunset 2007 winter solstice
Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:03:28 -0000
The neolithic Maeshowe tomb on the Mainland island of Orkney is a wonder of
the ancient world, and all the neolithic sites in the islands are well worth
visiting (e.g., Skara Brae, Ring of Brodgar). They had clear sky at sunset
14:59 on 20 December 2007 and there is a 7-minute video on their web site.
Well w ...
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Re the MI5 postings !
Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:58:37 -0800 (PST)
His name is Mike Corley and he has been around for quite a few years
now. He does seem to have recently expanded his horizons and is
posting to a more varied selection of newsgroups so, perhaps, he has
just become more visible.
He has got mentions on WikiPedia and there are a number of web pages
that explain ( ...
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ASTRO - Our nearest neighbours - 61 CYG
Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:48:03 -0800 (PST)
Our nearest neighbours - 61 CYG
61 CYG, sometimes called Bessel's Star - Currently in 14th place
This is a binary system made up of a K5 and a K7 star at a distance of
11.36 light years. The long period variable v471 Cyg is noteworthy
becuase it is so much redder in IR than in G light. This is almost
always t ...
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