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Description: Amateur astronomy equipment, techniques, info, etc.
 

SkyandTelescope.com Weekly Bulletin for May 25, 2012 
 
By Sam Wormley  - 2:09pm - 1 new of 1 message    

Life's Building Blocks and Fossils Are All Over Mars 
  1. Ten out of eleven Martian meteorites are found to contain “life’s building blocks” (see [link] ) So, Mars must be littered with life’s building blocks. Those building blocks of life did not result from volcanoes, as volcanoes on Earth do not produce... more »
By Wretch Fossil  - 11:15am - 1 new of 1 message    

Space Station's Robotic Arm Successfully Captures SpaceX Capsule 
 
By Sam Wormley  - 10:36am - 1 new of 1 message    

High power green laser pointers 
  High power green laser pointers, by 20 mw up to 150 mw, in stock ready to ship. On order available models up to 1300 mw !! Send mail for more details. The best product for astronomical use. I ship worldwide by priority mail or with express delivery.( TNT DHL UPS FEDEX ) For more details and prices please see the pages below:... more »
By Ottica Turi  - 10:03am - 1 new of 1 message    

SUICIDE RATE WAY UP AT THE SMITHSONIAN 
  < < A NOVEL WAY TO GO [link] < ======================= < BREAKING NEWS ======================= < HOLLYWOOD, Ca. (Rueters) -- Ed Conrad, who was in -- then kicked out -- of the Hall of Famous is back where he fits like a glove.. <... more »
By loose_cannon...@hotmail.com  - 9:01am - 1 new of 1 message    

Carbon in rocks from Mars comes from volcanoes, not life | Ars Technica 
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By Sam Wormley  - 2:08am - 1 new of 1 message    

optical illusion or atmospheric effect? 
  Tonight, I was looking up at the sky around midnight. I noticed that almost all of the stars looked doubled. The brighter the star, the more noticeable the effect. Just looking at them naked eye, not through telescopes or binoculars or anything. The funny thing was that when I looked at them true naked eye (i.e. without my glasses), the doubling... more »
By Yousuf Khan  - 12:34am - 15 new of 15 messages    

"Rays" emanating from the sun on the LASCO-camera? 
  On clips from the LASCO-camera on YouTube one can se white "rays" emanating from the sun. What are they made of? Hydrogen plasma? What is their speed? If anybody knows of an article or book that that has info on this, please share it here! DK
By Dean Keaton  - May 24 - 2 new of 2 messages    

More photos of the eclipse from Albuquerque 
  I drove down from Colorado to be on the centerline. Perfect conditions for viewing (with my Coronado H-alpha scope) and imaging (in white light). I might have also caught a green flash right at sunset, along the eclipsed limb. Pretty cool [link]... more »
By Chris L Peterson  - May 24 - 7 new of 7 messages    

Lunar imaging device 
  Looking at this understatement - "The VLBI catalogs do have the disadvantage that their origin of right ascension is somewhat arbitrary; there is no real equinox in VLBI catalogs, since VLBI has little sensitivity to the ecliptic plane. However, this problem has turned out to be more conceptual than... more »
By oriel36  - May 24 - 1 new of 1 message    

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