I had (but left behind when I moved) a friction fit focuser. It worked by my twisting the eyepiece while symultaneously pushing in or pulling out. Does anyone...
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David Bullock
nightwater58
May 5, 2008 2:02 pm
Check it out free at http://www.spacelifestylemagazine.com...
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MGC
r1max
May 10, 2008 1:40 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354598,00.html <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354598,00.html> Earth may once have had more than one moon, most...
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Sabrina
ancient_fyre
May 16, 2008 9:26 pm
i believe the radius is 78 Billion light years! ... From: ABHISHEK WADHWA <doody_since1990@...> To: wannabeastronomers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
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ABHISHEK WADHWA
doody_since1990
May 17, 2008 12:10 pm
hi sabrina, thanks for ur answer but on what basis u give this answer............... pls let me know...... bye Abhishek Wadhwa Meet people who discuss and...
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mulgannond
May 18, 2008 12:25 am
When I first saw the origional question, I was thinking how far we have actually sent something. But I thought I would answer the question this way anyways...
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MGC
r1max
May 19, 2008 1:19 pm
Pioneer 10 although launched earlier, has not traveled as far. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html ...
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electrickoolade99@...
electrickool...
May 20, 2008 1:47 pm
michael france (electrickoolade99@...) has sent you a link to the following page on ScienceDaily: Strange Spinning Star Stumps Astronomers ...
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MGC
r1max
May 20, 2008 9:30 pm
Missing dark matter has been an issue in cosmology for decades. It seems more recently that breakthroughs are coming fast and furious. M ____________________ ...
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Gregg
starryskyn
May 23, 2008 7:16 pm
Since the universe, since the Big Bang, has existed only for 13 billion years, it is not possible that we have explored out to a radius of 78 billion light...
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keppler_123
May 23, 2008 7:59 pm
Extract from June Edition of BBC Sky At Night magazine. The galaxies we see exist in a bubble of space bounded by an "horizon" beyond which we can't see - a...
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MGC
r1max
May 24, 2008 1:56 am
Good information, and all very interesting, however, Lets think this through. Something dosn't quite add up, with the current age of the universe is...
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Dawn Wilson
dawnie196
May 26, 2008 11:49 am
Correct me if I am wrong but the current estimated age of the Universe is not in LY but in standard years. Whilst I am not fully 'to grips' with it, the scale...
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Dawn Wilson
dawnie196
May 26, 2008 5:11 pm
Found a simpler explanation. The observable universe, also known as the Hubble volume, is the region of space that it is theoretically possible for us to...
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Jeff Tibb
jefftibb
May 26, 2008 5:19 pm
Thanks for posting this Dawn. This is something I had never heard of before, the thought that the most distant galaxies may just be older versions of the ...
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Dawn Wilson
dawnie196
May 26, 2008 5:26 pm
I find the whole thing mind-boggling. Only just found out today that the centre of our own Milky Way is the full 13.7 Billion Years old and the outer disc and...
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Dave Adalian
lord_chiggy
May 26, 2008 6:03 pm
I see a problem here, pun intended. If the galaxies we see are repetitions of the same galaxies over and over as space curves back on itself and the universe...
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Dawn Wilson
dawnie196
May 26, 2008 6:29 pm
Dave - no comment on the Olbers' Paradox - I have enough trouble with that one without galactic repetition! Your second comment - the explanation of why we see...
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Dave Adalian
lord_chiggy
May 26, 2008 7:46 pm
Imagine you are an ant. You're running as fast as you can along a rubber band from A to B. A===<ant>========B Suddenly, someone holding the band stretches it...
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Dawn Wilson
dawnie196
May 26, 2008 7:55 pm
The penny drops (or do you say the dollar??). That was a great analogy Dave. Thanks for putting me out of my misery. Dawn _____ From:...
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Dave Adalian
lord_chiggy
May 26, 2008 8:09 pm
I should caution this a GREATLY simplified explanation, but it covers the basics. -- Dave Read my latest astronomy column! http://parkingorbit.blogspot.com/ ...
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electrickoolade99@...
electrickool...
May 28, 2008 2:05 pm
michael france (electrickoolade99@...) has sent you a link to the following page on ScienceDaily: Massive Star In Nearby Galaxy Has Mammoth Belt ...
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MGC
r1max
May 28, 2008 3:13 pm
Is it matter everywhere (laws of universality) that's expanding, and the closest being imeasurably and hardly noticable ? Or as popularly advertised, the...
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electrickoolade99@...
electrickool...
May 29, 2008 1:40 pm
michael france (electrickoolade99@...) has sent you a link to the following page on ScienceDaily: Strange Ring Found Circling Dead Star ...
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electrickoolade99@...
electrickool...
Jun 3, 2008 1:26 pm
michael france (electrickoolade99@...) has sent you a link to the following page on ScienceDaily: Probing The Dynamics Of The Crab Pulsar And...
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electrickoolade99@...
electrickool...
Jun 3, 2008 1:50 pm
electrickoolade99@... (electrickoolade99@...) has sent you a news article. (Email address has not been verified.) Personal message: Boy! another...
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electrickoolade99@...
electrickool...
Jun 4, 2008 2:01 pm
This following from ScientificAmerican.com has been sent to you by electrickoolade99@.... ... Stay connected to the latest trends in science and...
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electrickoolade99@...
electrickool...
Jun 6, 2008 6:57 pm
michael france (electrickoolade99@...) has sent you a link to the following page on ScienceDaily: Venus Express Reveals New Details On Venusian Clouds ...
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electrickoolade99@...
electrickool...
Jun 7, 2008 2:48 pm
michael france (electrickoolade99@...) has sent you a link to the following page on ScienceDaily: Cassini Sees Collisions Of Moonlets On Saturn's Ring ...
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electrickoolade99@...
electrickool...
Jun 9, 2008 1:23 pm
Hi wannabeastronomers I read an article entitled Strange world: Big Bang and broken eggs at ...
