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  Sep 3 2005, 06:02 PM
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*Am establishing a thread for events as listed in the Topic Description (and more). Currently have nothing to "report." That'll change, of course.
 Please post upcoming events and times, geographical locations (including major cities) favored for said event, etc. --Cindy |
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Dec 21 2005, 06:05 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
Mike Salway posted these images of the planets that he made for Universe Today:
http://www.universetoday.com/am/uploads/mike_planets.jpg -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Dec 21 2005, 06:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
And as for upcoming astronomical events:
THE CHRISTMAS OCCULTATION OF SPICA On Christmas morning, the waning crescent Moon will pass across and cover up the 1st-magnitude star Spica as seen from most of North America. This event offers a special and memorable way to start Christmas Day. Both the disappearance of the star behind the Moon's bright edge, and its reappearance later from behind the Moon's dark edge, happen in broad daylight for much of the continent, so you'll need a telescope. Make this holiday one that will stand out in memory! Our article and maps tell all you need to watch this unusual event from your location: http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objec...icle_1620_1.asp Saturn occults an 8th magnitude star on January 25, 2006: http://www.iota-es.de/satocc_2006.html -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Dec 21 2005, 06:29 PM
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Yes this will not be visible in Europe. Again the political prejudice of Americans against our continent.
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