... I see the same problem all the time in undergraduate assignments: someone comes up with an answer that is clearly, wildly, hopelessly wrong (e.g. the mass of some star is 0.7 kg, or an asteroid is travelling at 1010 m s-1 (faster than light), or the Earth took 1011 years to form (much longer than the age of the universe). ... This means that every valid equation should work equally well, regardless of the units you use (as long as they are self consistent). ... Do you think this could be correct? ...

April 2004 Starfields. ... 4April 2004 Newsletter of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston Including the Bond Astronomical Club Established in 1934 In the Interest of Telescope Making & Using April 2004 Newsletter President's Message.. ... Activities planned are mirror grinding lead by Dave Siegrist, solar viewing, night sky viewing, exhibits on telescopes, lectures (Paul "Galileo" Manning, Rich Nugent on the Venus transit, and Bob Naeye on Mars). ... Flowers were sent by the club. ...

... On Thursday, 11/12, Bill Boroski, Bob Nagel, Steve Bastian and John Davis continued to pursue the oscillation in the windscreen and lubricating the cone bearings. Bill was able to install the bar coder for the altitude drive. ... On Friday, 11/13, Charlie Briegel continues to work on motion controls. ... Bill has also installed the bar coder for the azimuth drive. And Steve along with Bob Nagel clean the bearings with mineral spirits in preparation for applying the new lubricant. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... Space Exploration Game . ... Post Message | ... We (Hunted Cow Studios) run a free and interesting space exploration and trading game which we setup last month. ... Solar Fleet is a massively multiplayer space trading/combat game where you work towards gaining power by building up a space empire. ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Microscope Instruction Manual . Meade Model 9200 . ... In any microscope, the objective lens magnifies the illuminated specimen on the microscope Stage, and then is further magnified by the microscope's eyepiece. ... In the case of the Meade Model 9200, use the 4X Objective Lens (6) by rotating the Objective Lens Turret (9) so that the 4X Objective Lens is aiming at the center of the Stage (when it is in the proper position it will click into place). ...

SETI with SKA1 and SKA 2 Alan Penny1, Heino Falcke2, Mike Garrett 3 1 University of St Andrews and South African Astronomical Observatory PI: LOFAR Early Access Program LEA070 ­ 'A SETI Pilot Program' 2 Raboud University 3 ASTRON and Leiden University AAVP2010 U Cambridge 8-10 December 2010 What a radio SETI search looks for A narrow (perhaps1 Hz wide) spectral line Sections 1. SETI 2. Experience of SETI with LOFAR and WSRT 3. SETI and SKA - needs Sections 1. ...

... See you all on February 8th! ... David Lechter, Outreach Chair 2 February 2011 Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Mars Rovers Celebrate 7th Anniversary on the Red Planet NASA's twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity surely rank as one of the greatest triumphs in the history of space exploration. ... 4 February 2011 Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Opportunity is driving to different vantage points around the steep walled crater and snapping a series of gorgeous Martian vistas....

... Date : 19/07/2010 . Lieu : Vila Boim, Alentejo - Portugal . MatУ?riel de prise de vue : Canon 50D -ISO1000 10mm F/4 . Commentaires : "A house full of stars" This is a long exposer taken in Alentejo, Vila Boim, 200km from Lisbon city, Portugal. ... In the sky we can enjoy the path of many stars and constellations like Ursa Major ( at right ), Ursa Minor and the Polaris star ( middle of the image ) as well Draco, and Cepheus. ... MatУ?riel de prise de vue : Canon 50D -ISO1250 10mm F/4 . ...

Shared Skies Opportunities for Student Research with Robotic Telescopes John Kielkopf, Karen Collins, Tom Tretter, Chip Davidson University of Louisville Brad Carter, Rhodes Hart, Kay Lembo University of Southern Queensland Shared Skies Partnership October 17, 2011 1 Shared Skies Contact Information University of Louisville Dr. John Kielkopf, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts ... 7 Shared Skies 4. ... Occultations of bright stars 10 Shared Skies 2. ...