Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - Nov 7
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Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - November 7, 2008
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News
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Amazing Close-ups of Enceladus
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November 4, 2008 | Ever wonder what it'd be like to view the icy
terrain of Saturn's enigmatically active moon as if you were just 12
miles above it? Now you can, thanks to Cassini's close brush with
Enceladus on Halloween.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/33840874.html
Telescope Mirrors from Antifreeze?
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November 7, 2008 | Buy a jug of ethylene glycol at the auto-supply
store. Add iron-oxide powder and shake vigorously. Pour into a shallow
pan, spray on a pinch of powdered silver, and turn on a magnetic
field. Voila! -- instant mirror! Can it really be that easy? Not yet,
but a promising new technology suggests that, someday, the answer
might be "yes."
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/34085109.html
George Ellery Hale's Journey to Palomar
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October 16, 2008 | Todd and Robin Mason's new documentary, which airs
on public television starting Monday, November 10, recounts the
remarkable story of the telescopes that unlocked the secrets of the
cosmos.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/skytel/beyondthepage/31120984.html
Observing
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Not Quite the Eve of Destruction
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November 4, 2008 | On the evening of Wednesday November 5, 2008, for
most of North America, a giant rocky body will pass through Earth's
position in space less than 4 hours after Earth was there. Why is
nobody panicking? Read this article to find out.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/33836569.html
View Vesta at Its Brightest
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October 29, 2008 | Vesta, the brightest asteroid, is easy to observe
during the last three months of 2009.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/33501429.html
This Week's Sky at a Glance
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This Week's Sky at a Glance
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November 7, 2008 | Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets,
shine in the southwestern twilight, drawing closer together every day.
Saturn shines high at dawn, with its rings nearly edge-on.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/letsgo/whatsuptonight/34105364.html
Monthly Podcast
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Tour November's Sky by Eye and Ear!
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November 6, 2008 | With the return of standard time in the Northern
Hemisphere, evenings arrive much sooner than they did just a few weeks
ago. That makes it a snap to get in some quick stargazing before
dinnertime.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/34028924.html
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Astronomical Calendar 2009
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Guy Ottewell's legendary calendar for the upcoming year.
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> Amazing Close-ups of Enceladus
> ----------------------------------------
> November 4, 2008 | Ever wonder what it'd be like to view the icy
> terrain of Saturn's enigmatically active moon as if you were just 12
> miles above it? Now you can, thanks to Cassini's close brush with
> Enceladus on Halloween.
> Read More at:http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/33840874.html
Why do I not see any of these alleged photographs at the indicated
link?
I would like to see the icy terrain of Saturn's enigmatically active
moon as if I was just 12 miles above it.
Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr.
Last Weekly Bulletin I see posted to sci.astro.amateur and sci.astro was on Sept. 19 -
have they been discontinued?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Doug
Old-Techie
yesterday (Giga archives text groups back to the beginning of time)
and still no Weekly Bulletins since 9/19/08
Golden California Girls
> Same here, and I did a full header download back to that date
> yesterday (Giga archives text groups back to the beginning of time)
> and still no Weekly Bulletins since 9/19/08
>
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:24:17 -0600, "Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr."
> <dhor...@pdq.net> wrote:
>
>> Did the comment you reference appear in a Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin?
>>
>> Last Weekly Bulletin I see posted to sci.astro.amateur and sci.astro was on Sept. 19 -
>> have they been discontinued?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Doug
They are showing up at my NSP. Are you sure you didn't filter them out by mistake?
alli...@ignmail.com
wrote:
> Did the comment you reference appear in a Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin?
Yes,
> Last Weekly Bulletin I see posted to sci.astro.amateur and sci.astro was on Sept. 19 -
> have they been discontinued?
One was indeed posted by "SJG" with the following header:
"Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - November 7, 2008"
Contents were "Amazing Close-ups of Enceladus", "Telescope Mirrors
from Antifreeze?", "George Ellery Hale's Journey to Palomar", "Not
Quite the Eve of Destruction", and "View Vesta at Its Brightest".
(I don't know about previous weeks)
Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr.
garbage.
The Weekly Bulletins were posting regularly until after Sep. 19.
Also downloaded all headers for the sci.astro group - no postings after Sep. 19.
Could this be news service related?
Regards,
Doug
Golden California Girls
> Have not changed filters for many months - filtering on three authors that routinely post
> garbage.
>
> The Weekly Bulletins were posting regularly until after Sep. 19.
>
> Also downloaded all headers for the sci.astro group - no postings after Sep. 19.
>
> Could this be news service related?
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug
I'm sure it is. Your provider might be tagging them as spam and deleting. This
could be because they are being posted from Google, the largest source of spam
on the planet. Have 9/27, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/21 and 11/7 on my feed.
Old-Techie
<gldnc...@aol.com.mil> wrote:
>
>I'm sure it is. Your provider might be tagging them as spam and deleting. This
>could be because they are being posted from Google, the largest source of spam
>on the planet. Have 9/27, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/21 and 11/7 on my feed.
>
>
Could you re-post them then for those of us not recieving the
originals?
Golden California Girls
Douglas R. Hortvet, Jr.
reply:
It appears that the Messages do exist on our servers, they are just not visible
through a Newsreader as there is a article reference missing.
I have updated our engineering team to this issue and hope that we will be able to
resolve this issue prior to the next posting next week. We won't be able to modify the
existing articles on our servers, but I believe that we should be able to resolve this
issue prior to the next posting by this user.
If you so not see next week's posting, please let me know.
Hopefully this week's post will show up.
Regards,
Doug