01-24-2008
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| Tittle  Sponsor  |  Re: Skywatchers' Journal Alert! Alert! The sky is (may be) falling!!!  No one contends that asteroid 2007 TU24 is not coming, or that early orbital projections put it at ~ 1.4 lunar distances from Earth at closest approach, but, some are contending the orbit is now actively destabilizing in a manner favorable for 2007 TU24 to come a lot closer...as in hitting either Earth or the Moon!!!Whatever the case, we don't have long to wait: arrival date, Tuesday January 29.  :Here's the official NASA 'most current' orbital applet: >> JPL Small-Body Database Browser Looking for the rumored course change data....searching....  ... PS Wow! There's a web page dedicated to it!! I love spiders.  2007 TU24 asteroid
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02-19-2008
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| Hypo Contributer  Sponsor  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Dark Side of the Moon
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__________________ There are many things to be shared with the Four Colors of humanity in our common destiny as one with our Mother the Earth. It is this sharing that must be considered with great care by the Elders and the medicine people who carry the Sacred Trusts, so that no harm may come to people through ignorance and misuse of these powerful forces. Resolution of the Fifth Annual Meetings of the Traditional Elders Circle, 1980 | |
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02-19-2008
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| Wedding Planner    Sponsor  | Re: Skywatchers' Journal For us Eastern Americans, that will be at 10:30 PM EST Wednesday night. I'll be watching. 
__________________ Hypography Science Forums Moderator --- "There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan "We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie |
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02-19-2008
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| Re: Skywatchers' Journal Yes I'll be watching too, just thought I would give the heads up if you wanted to watch,
__________________ There are many things to be shared with the Four Colors of humanity in our common destiny as one with our Mother the Earth. It is this sharing that must be considered with great care by the Elders and the medicine people who carry the Sacred Trusts, so that no harm may come to people through ignorance and misuse of these powerful forces. Resolution of the Fifth Annual Meetings of the Traditional Elders Circle, 1980 |
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02-19-2008
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| Wedding Planner Sponsor | Re: Skywatchers' Journal Quote:
__________________ Hypography Science Forums Moderator --- "There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan "We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie | |
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02-20-2008
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| Wedding Planner Sponsor | Re: Skywatchers' Journal The moon's almost fully eclipsed now, but it's so cloudy where I'm at that I can't see a thing. 
__________________ Hypography Science Forums Moderator --- "There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan "We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie |
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02-20-2008
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| Hypo Contributer Sponsor Join Date: May 2007 Location: Dark Side of the Moon
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| Re: Skywatchers' Journal Quote:
__________________ There are many things to be shared with the Four Colors of humanity in our common destiny as one with our Mother the Earth. It is this sharing that must be considered with great care by the Elders and the medicine people who carry the Sacred Trusts, so that no harm may come to people through ignorance and misuse of these powerful forces. Resolution of the Fifth Annual Meetings of the Traditional Elders Circle, 1980 | |
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02-21-2008
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| Thinking  | Re: Skywatchers' Journal Looking up at The Northern Hemisphere, what amazes me about the night sky is the amount of pairs of stars that seem to be the same distance apart and the same magnitude nearly. I know it's just an illusion, caused by the way the mind likes to search out patterns but does this seeming alignment of equal distance/ equal magnitude, ever get beyond three stars in a row? (Orions Belt and one other instance in my night sky - I can't vouch for The Southern Hemisphere). |
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02-21-2008
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| Wedding Planner Sponsor | Re: Skywatchers' Journal Quote:
I would say that Scorpius qualifies as a "4-stars-in-an-"illusionary"-equidistant-equally-luminescent-row" such as you suggest.
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02-22-2008
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