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Basic optics for amateur telescopes. by ER September 26, 2013 9:12 am

Your first paragraph might give people the idea that the toy telescopes made of cardboard and plastic... by alcaray 2013-09-26 10:59:55
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- You're absolutely right. by ER 2013-09-26 12:01:35
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  - One of my backbacking buddies... by alcaray 2013-09-26 13:44:03
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    - Backbacking? by ER 2013-09-27 11:50:08
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      - My typing/composing was good and has become terrible, for some reason. by alcaray 2013-09-27 14:39:21
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        There can only be one reason: by ER 2013-09-27 15:00:09
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        Upon rereading the above post--- by ER 2013-09-27 15:11:09
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    - I spent a no-Moon night on top of Mt. Whitney to observe stars and satelites. by bowser 2013-09-26 21:00:46
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    - The Astroscan was not junk, and it was not a toy. It was an excellent value. by ER 2013-09-26 14:27:48
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Thanks ER! by Jody 2013-09-26 09:14:52
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Quantum jewel by TB September 21, 2013 2:33 pm

"challenges the notion that space and time are fundamental qualities of reality" by bowser 2013-09-22 22:30:49
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Raw data by ER September 8, 2013 10:58 am

NSIDC status: by TB 2013-09-13 22:46:31
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Earth's energy balancing act simplified. by johannes 2013-09-09 18:14:55
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- You lost me right off the bat. by ER 2013-09-09 19:20:33
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  - Communication failure and an error. by johannes 2013-09-10 16:36:34
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    - Watts are a unit of power, not of energy. by ER 2013-09-10 22:02:23
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      - A collateral calculation. by ER 2013-09-11 06:34:11
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        Interesting by johannes 2013-09-11 16:05:04
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        Conclusion: not enough to matter. by ER 2013-09-11 19:11:36
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        I like the detail of your explanation, but by johannes 2013-09-12 19:52:58
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        Here's an experiment that shows what the universe thinks of what you think is true. by alcaray 2013-09-16 18:12:01
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        Interesting experiment, I'd like to see by johannes 2013-09-19 16:12:14
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        Then there is cooling: (by evaporation naturally) by johannes 2013-09-19 16:28:11
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        Evaporation is just convection. by ER 2013-09-20 06:02:49
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        That is just the point. by johannes 2013-09-20 13:15:43
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        What's the point by ER 2013-09-20 14:33:17
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        The point is simple but the explanation is not. by johannes 2013-09-20 19:35:18
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        Then there is cooling: (by evaporation naturally) by johannes 2013-09-19 16:25:49
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        Heh. by TB 2013-09-12 20:37:47
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If one had a ton of material - - - by bowser 2013-09-09 00:33:34
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- Remember Carl Sagan's nuclear winter? by ER 2013-09-09 07:51:06
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Bohemian Gravity by Jody September 18, 2013 5:46 pm

Galileo, Galileo! by ER 2013-09-18 18:55:24
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- Bwahahahaha >:) by Jody 2013-09-18 20:13:30
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Solar eclipse on Mars by TB September 8, 2013 7:23 pm

The Suns of August by ER September 6, 2013 6:44 am

Looks like there is enough ice to create some problems by SteveS 2013-09-07 11:45:55
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- Ten Years After by ER 2013-09-07 13:32:10
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- The spring storms crammed a lot of ice into the Canadian archipelago this year. The overall amount of ice is ... by ER 2013-09-07 12:55:32
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  - A cold Arctic summer by SteveS 2013-09-08 05:36:14
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    - Note that they've changed the base period. by TB 2013-09-08 09:21:50
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      - Thanks for pointing that out. by ER 2013-09-08 10:14:32
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    - A cold day in Hell. by ER 2013-09-08 07:11:44
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Researcher says detection of alien life possible within 10 years. by bowser September 5, 2013 4:46 pm

For astrobiology freaks... by ER 2013-09-05 18:43:07
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Trojan found close to Uranus by Ainz August 30, 2013 9:57 am

Best zone post about Uranus by Ainz 2013-09-01 12:56:59
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- I;ve known about Uranus since I was a kid, but never picked up on the off-color pun until Carl Sagan started pronouncing it by ER 2013-09-01 14:21:05
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I guess you could call it "space junk". by ER 2013-08-31 06:05:58
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No surprise, spinning the way it does. by podrock 2013-08-30 19:32:27
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Under ideal conditions, Uranus is a naked eye object using perverted vision. by ER 2013-08-30 19:09:20
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Well, Uranus is in retrograde. by podrock 2013-08-30 18:26:05
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Along with toilet paper tail. by Jody 2013-08-30 15:56:50
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That sounds like a headline from "The Onion". by ER 2013-08-30 10:32:53
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- My reaction was "a-ha! the smoking gun!" by Robert 2013-08-30 10:38:58
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How to detect satellites, space junk and UFO's by johannes September 1, 2013 12:13 pm

Naked eye nova in Delphinus by ER August 19, 2013 5:07 pm

I THINK I saw it. But I can't be absolutely sure. by ER 2013-08-19 20:56:39
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- I went out with the binoculars and this this star chart at 10pm to see if I could locate Nova ... by SteveS 2013-08-28 07:25:09
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  - Good eye! by ER 2013-08-28 10:12:50
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    - Thanks by SteveS 2013-08-28 22:05:42
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      - I missed it. by ER 2013-08-29 19:50:19
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        I could have also by SteveS 2013-08-31 09:12:29
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        Copy that. by ER 2013-08-31 14:23:49
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- Nice catch by SteveS 2013-08-25 08:37:39
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Thanks! by RobVG 2013-08-19 18:54:45
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No peeking! What is this? by Jody August 25, 2013 7:04 pm

I peeked. by bowser 2013-08-26 00:54:35
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Bubbles in ice. by TB 2013-08-25 20:50:14
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- I looked. Had one thing wrong. by TB 2013-08-26 06:44:26
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  - :P by Jody 2013-08-26 13:11:07
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I was mistaken. by ER 2013-08-25 19:46:46
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"Wasn't me!" by TB August 1, 2013 9:25 pm

It's an old Navy tradition. by ER 2013-08-21 04:20:49
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- Might be a little trickier now that DNA analysis is so cheap. by TB 2013-08-21 09:56:24
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  - There are limits to what technology can do... by ER 2013-08-21 18:46:37
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    - They routinely collect DNA samples from military members today. by TB 2013-08-21 19:44:19
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At least it wasn't in the punch bowl. by Jody 2013-08-02 10:10:46
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Kinda hard to blame the dog, isn't it? by bowser 2013-08-02 10:01:59
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...wait until it hits one of those loops of fans. by Jody 2013-08-02 09:33:59
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Ew, that's defecating by SteveS 2013-08-02 08:51:39
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Surely that is a Court Martial offense... by FrankC 2013-08-02 01:47:11
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