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To A Voyage To Arcturus. Note: Spam Arrest is on, so a one-time-only confirmation will be requested). Having once relegated Pat Robertson to the status of a supermarket-tabloid psychic. And his time's about up, by the way - perhaps I should issue a few predictions of my own. Unlike Pat. I will not fob my prognostications off on someone else (in Robertson's case, the prophet Isaiah. I will be specific in my timeframe: 2003. Of course, some of these are negatives - things that won't. People nationwide, nea...
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To A Voyage To Arcturus. Note: Spam Arrest is on, so a one-time-only confirmation will be requested). Thanks to the ASKC. S Dave Fox for the heads-up; for the quadricentennial of Galileo's first telescopic observations, the IAU "will be coordinating the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. See also this UNESCO proclamation. Jay Manifold [ 11:20 AM. Improving Amateur Astronomy, One Facility At A Time. Click on picture for full-size version, 800 598):. UPDATE: Advice for tourists from Randy . See Top T...
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To A Voyage To Arcturus. Note: Spam Arrest is on, so a one-time-only confirmation will be requested). Readers just now grazing in should read this earlier post. First) The ever-helpful Bill Walker. Raises a major objection to a Martian origin:. BUT, some of the same systems are used to handle UV damage as ionizing damage. Some paramecium can withstand 200,000 roentgens. So there are probably some organisms with high resistance to ionizing radiation even when there isn't any. Jay Manifold [ 4:59 PM. Which...
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To A Voyage To Arcturus. Note: Spam Arrest is on, so a one-time-only confirmation will be requested). I mean. Everybody knows we've been on the Moon since the Fifties. Jay Manifold [ 6:26 AM. Stained Glass from the Sky. That's one way of looking at the huge pallasite meteorite. Just found in Brenham Township, Kiowa County. Kansas; as Beccy Tanner's story in the Wichita Eagle. In Kansas, meteorite hunter finds a gem. Judging by the photos accompanying the Sky and Tel. In Greensburg, KS. And scroll down fo...
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To A Voyage To Arcturus. Note: Spam Arrest is on, so a one-time-only confirmation will be requested). Of Gliese 581 C, Politics, and Life. The latest exoplanet being touted as "Earthlike". Is yet another hot Jupiter - though "hot Neptune" might be a better phrase - that has spiraled close enough to its star to have a "surface" temperature in the range that could support liquid water. But Gliese 581 C is dramatically un-Earthlike. There's nothing wrong with building something like the TPF, though to my mi...
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To A Voyage To Arcturus. Note: Spam Arrest is on, so a one-time-only confirmation will be requested). I Warned You About This. Says occasional correspondent (and two-time fellow Texas Star Party. Attendee) Michael Lee, of 'Stargazer' Says He Fell Down Chimney. Amateur astronomers are encouraged to manage this risk by only climbing on their own roofs and falling down their own chimneys . Jay Manifold [ 7:15 AM. Amateur Astronomy/Moody Blues Video. Is a must-see. Hat tip to John Cravens of the ASKC. U, the...
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To A Voyage To Arcturus. Note: Spam Arrest is on, so a one-time-only confirmation will be requested). The following incident took place as described less than two miles from where the house I now live in was built, some decades later; the (now relocated) rail line is just over the hill from where I live, close enough that I easily hear trains passing on it in the night. Out of sight around the curve a train whistled. Perhaps there would have been time to run and flag it down, perhaps not. In any ...The w...
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To A Voyage To Arcturus. Note: Spam Arrest is on, so a one-time-only confirmation will be requested). Why Rosie O'Donnell is Like Henry Morris III. Is explained by me over at. Jay Manifold [ 9:14 AM. Bag a Near-Earth Asteroid, and Speculate About Catastrophe. Graze on over to Close Approach of Asteroid 2006 VV2. For an overview, then read the aptly titled A Big Chunk of Rock Passes Near Earth. For details and charts. Go get it! Its mass would be 11 billion tonnes. Meanwhile, the. Yields 1.6 10. Where I W...
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To A Voyage To Arcturus. Note: Spam Arrest is on, so a one-time-only confirmation will be requested). Follow-up may be found over on Chicago Boyz. Meanwhile, previously unknown reader (the best kind) Chris Luebcke. Directs my attention to this news release. Which clearly indicates that Cassini-Huygens. Will be able to signal the success of SOI before returning images of closest approach, and notes: "I only point this out because based on your post I almost- almost! Jay Manifold [ 7:45 PM. And will theref...
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To A Voyage To Arcturus. Note: Spam Arrest is on, so a one-time-only confirmation will be requested). Any Old Blogger Can Donate Blood. OK, the usual instructions are - poke around a little while you're here; I particularly encourage reading the posts listed under "Important Stuff" in the left sidebar. Feedback is welcomed via the link above; first-time e-mailers will have to batter their way through Spam Arrest. Like, you know, this guy. But I'm not just any old blogger; on. Just a little pinprick.