Astronomers Make Five-Gigapixel Image of Milky Way
Wed, 4 Jun 2008 22:22:52 -0700 (PDT)
It's called the Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey
Extraordinaire, and extraordinary it is: a 180-foot-long mosaic of
800,000 high-resolution snapshots taken by the Spitzer Space
Telescope, all on glorious 400,000-pixel by 13,000-pixel display at
the American Astronomical Society's annual meeting in St. Lou ...
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Sony stops work on Eight Days and The Getaway
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:37:37 GMT
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-cancels-eight-days-and-the-getaway
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that it has stopped
production on two PlayStation 3 titles that were in development at the Sony
London Studio - Eight Days and The Getaway.
A statement from the Corporation read as f ...
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DSLR's for Astro Use
Tue, 3 Jun 2008 17:13:43 +0100
I am thinking of buying some Cameras for general and astro use, with the
possibility I can offer them to astronomers too..
Which ones do people think are the best for the job, both astronomy & as a
general camera? 10DA springs to mind?
Are any of these any good to offer to astro-photographers??
The prices ...
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I found God on the nebula M78 :O)
Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:07:25 +0200
http://cjoint.com/data/gcmKLdnZiM.htm
from:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080318.html
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amatuer radio astronomy
Mon, 2 Jun 2008 19:24:39 +0200
I have a 1.2 meter offset sat dish and a 0.2dB LNB head.
So far all i get is the sun (at +9dB) and the moon (at +0.7dB). These
mesuarments are refered to quite sky.
Ground noise is 5dB.
Can I expect to get anything else? Or must I get a larger antenna?
The moon noise can be seen here: http://home.no.net/jhhl/e ...
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M81 + the Integrated Flux Nebula from Mt. Amiata
Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:59:04 +0200
Hi all
I'm pleased to present the galaxy M81 with near the FluxNebula in Ursa
MAjor.
The image accompanied by a graphic map:
http://www.danilopivato.com/tabulae_coeli/1200_n60/m81_&_fluxneb_map.htm
done with the Flat Field Camera 760/4 & ccd ST-10XME unfiltered for
12 x 600 seconds:
http://www.danilopi ...
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New Images from Mars!
Sat, 31 May 2008 00:17:39 -0700 (PDT)
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?008f985d31.jpg
Wow I knew it!
Scary. ...
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Photo of Mars Phoenix Lander descending to surface
Fri, 30 May 2008 22:37:46 +0100
Amazing image.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter takes a photo of the Phoenix Lander
descending under parachute.
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/phoenix/images/080527crater.jpg
Looks as if it's heading straight for that huge crater but apparently
it's about 150 miles in front of it.
Jeff ...
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Golden old un.
Thu, 29 May 2008 13:33:41 -0700 (PDT)
Quite a good graphic about the earth, sun and moon. Can't find the
homepage though.
>http://physics.unl.edu/~klee/applets/sme398/sme.html
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Re: WereEveryWhere.net
Thu, 29 May 2008 19:18:02 +0100
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news:83396852508@news.cnntp.org...
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