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 Jan 6 2006, 11:07 PM
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Be careful out there! And I think you will need a jacket...
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Jan 6 2006, 11:59 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 6 2006, 05:52 PM) OK I'm looking for advice here. I'm going to try to get a digital movie of this, as well as some stills to share with you all since I haven't had the time to participate here much beyond occasional jokes and wisecracks. Do I stay here in Sacramento County where I'll see it at an elevation of 20 to 30 degrees depending on where I go for dark skies...or do I make the 2 hour drive in the middle of the night up I-5 to Mt. Shasta for a direct overhead view? Somewhere in between perhaps?  I suppose it's also a matter of local meteorology - if you're statistically likely to be clouded out, then you may yet catch a glow through the clouds if you're right underneath. Equally, if you tend to get lanes of cloud, then if you're more distant then you're more likely to see something as the vehicle traverses various windows through the obscuring wet and foggy. Good luck! Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Jan 7 2006, 12:40 AM
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QUOTE (lyford @ Jan 6 2006, 11:07 PM) Thanks, I'll be several thousand feet below that level where it will be quite a bit warmer. I think I'm going to take Doug's advice and find an open area where the 45 degree line crosses Interstate 5. It will allow me to better point my assorted cameras. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jan 7 2006, 01:42 AM
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Good luck Dan.
I'm looking forward to your pics  James -------------------- |
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Jan 7 2006, 05:25 PM
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Jan 7 2006, 05:48 PM
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I'm having a go at that - HELL yes - chance to be co-author for resulting science papers is highly cool. I estimate it'll be 35,000 ish pictures between particles
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Jan 7 2006, 07:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 6 2006, 04:40 PM) Thanks, I'll be several thousand feet below that level where it will be quite a bit warmer. I think I'm going to take Doug's advice and find an open area where the 45 degree line crosses Interstate 5. It will allow me to better point my assorted cameras. Well, still be careful out there. ;-) These days, someone may think you are a national security risk.... 
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Jan 9 2006, 04:20 AM
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QUOTE (general @ Jan 7 2006, 12:25 PM) Volunteers wanted:  http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/index.html http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html I am so there!!!!!!!!!! I'll get my extra sharp eyes on:  Thanks for posting the link! -------------------- --- Andy Harris
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Jan 9 2006, 08:13 AM
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QUOTE (aharris @ Jan 9 2006, 06:20 AM) I am so there!!!!!!!!!! I'll get my extra sharp eyes on: Thanks for posting the link! I am as well. Actually, I already created a thread earlier about Stardust@Home. |
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Jan 11 2006, 06:54 PM
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Space Weather News for Jan. 11, 2006
http://spaceweather.com FIREBALL ALERT: On Sunday morning, Jan. 15th, between approximately 1:56 and 1:59 a.m. PST (0956 - 0959 UT), a brilliant fireball will streak over northern California and Nevada. It's NASA's Stardust capsule, returning to Earth with samples of dust from Comet Wild 2. Observers along the flight path should have a marvelous view of this rare man-made meteor. Radio signals reflected from the capsule's ionized tail may be heard from a much wider area--hundreds to thousands of miles away. Visit http://spaceweather.com for maps and observing tips. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: The International Space Station is flying over the United States in mid-January during evening hours when it is easy to see. Would you like a phone call to alert you when the station is about to appear over your home town? Sign up for SpaceWeather PHONE: http://spaceweatherphone.com -------------------- "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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Jan 11 2006, 07:52 PM
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Jan 12 2006, 05:21 AM
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I wonder if the Stardust@home has any audio background noise as you search.....Dust. Anybody? No?, Dust. Anybody? No?, Dust. Anybody? No?, Dust. Anybody? No?, Dust. Anybody? No? ...*clicks on dust particle* Dust is actually very low in fat, you can have as much dust as you like....Dust. Anybody? No?, Dust. Anybody? No?..............
 
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Jan 12 2006, 08:23 AM
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LMFAO - I hadnt thought of Ms. Door's w.r.t Dust
My cousin-in-law ( is there such a thing?) does a SUPERB "Dust? Anybody? No? Dust?"Doug |
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Jan 12 2006, 10:11 AM
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I am sure there are a great many members here who will be totally unaware of "Little Britain".
If you are interested go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/littlebritain/.../marjorie.shtml It's far too complicated for me to explain, and wouldn't be remotely funny. Nick (I want That one!) |
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Jan 12 2006, 03:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
QUOTE (Ames @ Jan 12 2006, 05:11 AM) I am sure there are a great many members here who will be totally unaware of "Little Britain". If you are interested go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/littlebritain/.../marjorie.shtml It's far too complicated for me to explain, and wouldn't be remotely funny. Nick (I want That one!) Why is it when most British comedies get turned into American productions, they become awful? Case in point: Couplings. Enjoyed the British version, hated the American interpretation, which thankfully was quickly cancelled. And the really bizarre part? The first episode had virtually identical dialogue to its UK original. What does this have to do with Stardust? Bloody 'eck if I know, guvner! -------------------- "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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