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From: roman.yarish@rose.com (roman yarish)
Subject: Telescope Wanted
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:19:10 GMT
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Date Entered: 01-08-93 10:12

Wanted telescope: prefer "schmit-cassegrain" type 
something like the ones made by "Meade" or "Celestron"
however will consider others.

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Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: uttaro@acpy01.att.com (James Uttaro (CXNIXPT1))
Subject: Binocs or Telescope
Organization: AT&T IMS - Piscataway, NJ (USA)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:49:57 GMT

I live in a suburb of NYC and am interested in using the most appropriate
equipment to view the heavens. There is a lot of light pollution but I am
able to discern objects such as Andromeda,Beehive and Pleidaes. The planets
are fine but any other deep sky are very difficult. Looking for someone
who is in same situation who can advise me. 

				Thanx James Uttaro.
From: johno@sdd.hp.com (John Ongtooguk)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: SCTs and their moveable mirrors.
Date: 12 Jan 1993 01:01:59 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, San Diego Division
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsdlg10.sdd.hp.com

In article <1993Jan11.215409.10223@linus.mitre.org>, chaloux@mandolin.mitre.org (Dave Chaloux) writes:
|> ......... 
|> Jim's Mobile now sells a focuser for SCTs that works without moving the
|> mirror (What an idea!). If positions of the mirror on one side of perfect
|> lead to undercorrected images and positions on the other lead to over
|> corrected images you could use this to tune you telescope for no
|> sperical abberation.
|> ..... 
|> Any chance this will actually work in practice?

  It couldn't hurt but there also seem to other problems that
  could also be addressed while you're at it. I don't have
  an SCT but from looking at a friend's it appears that it
  can't be fully collimated due to the movable primary mirror.
  Novak sells a mount which will allow the primary to be 
  adjusted to the corrector plate (which is the way to do it ?)
  after which the secondary could be adjusted. The Novak mount
  seems to have a spot face for mounting a variety of focusers.

  Plus I guess you would want to do the adjustments with the
  scope inclined at 45 degrees (?) as the corrector plate seems
  thin for it's diameter and would perhaps be subject to flexing.

  John Ongtooguk (johno@sdd.hp.com)  
Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: Kevin_Deane@mindlink.bc.ca (Kevin Deane)
Subject: Annual Calendar of Celestial Events
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 10:06:43 GMT

Hello everyone...I was wondering if someone could send me a copy of that
calendar...or at least repost it.  Thank You.

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|Kevin A. Deane    (Kevin_Deane@Mindlink.bc.ca)|                   |
|Simon Fraser University                       | "We will destroy  |
|Treasurer                                     |  the opposition"  |
|Fraser Valley Astronomers Society             |                   |
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From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.space,sci.physics
Subject: Re: averting doom
Date: 8 Jan 1993 20:38:11 GMT
Organization: Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona
NNTP-Posting-Host: stealth.intel.com

In article <1993Jan8.125500.17549@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wvhorn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William VanHorne) writes:
>In article <1iiddsINNmpn@chnews.intel.com> bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>>Do you seriously believe that a species capable of creating
>>and enjoying The Love Boat is capable also of learning
>>galactic engineering?
>
>Son, if there's a buck to made doing it, It Will Be Done.
>Amen.

Exactly the reason we'll all die as cinders wearing Ronco's
Amazing New All-Polyester/Mylar Anti-Sol Suits with
Magnesium Chloride Eyeholes and Plastic Fan.

				--Blair
				  "Hey, Doc, I picked up this
				   rash on my thighs from the
				   guest-host in the last episode;
				   you wanna take a look at it?"
Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: dsc@gemini.tmc.edu (Doug S. Caprette Bldg. 28 W191 x3892)
Subject: Re: Galileo coverup
Organization: NASA GSFC CDP VLBI
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:00:46 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.144750.21470@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary) writes:
>In article <105898@bu.edu> steelie@csa.bu.edu (James Howard) writes:
>>
>> Ok, so the title is a bit misleading.  But it doesnt seem far from
>>the truth, according to what you read in the press.   To my eyes,
>>there is absolutely NO WAY to get 70% of the original mission data
>>through the backup antenna.    What was the data rate 4 or 5 months
>>ago.. 40bps?    
>
>I believe that's 70 % of the mission objectives, not 70 % of the
>original mission data.  They've cut imaging science studies down
>because of the great deal of bandwidth images requires.  I'm not
>sure what the data rate is currently.  Check out the old updates
>archived at ames.arc.nasa.gov.
>
>> 
>>I dont care how much they throw around terms like "compression" , it
>>doesnt fool me.   Anyone who has ever used a computer knows that 
>>a 300bps modem is barely in the same species as a 19.2k.  (for analogy's sake)
>

I would also be greatly surprised if they did not adopt a more conservative
flyby approach to minimise the number of navigational images required.  I.e.
they will not pass as close to the moons as they would  if the antenna is
successfully deployed.
From: clements@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: COBE result (was Re: Quantisation of REDSHIFT)
Date: 12 Jan 93 10:41:24 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

In article <1iqf5lINNilr@manuel.anu.edu.au>, markus@octavia.anu.edu.au (Markus Buchhorn) writes:
> 
> richmond@spiff.Princeton.EDU (Stupendous Man) writes:
> 
>>   Speaking of astronomy, I read the article in today's (Friday's) NY Times
>> on a presentation of COBE results from the AAS meeting.  No one here at
>> Princeton could figure out what the article was saying.  It SEEMED to
>> say something like "COBE measurements of the microwave spectrum show 
>> a really, really good fit to a blackbody spectrum.  Therefore, nothing
>> exciting happened in the universe after the BB for at least one year."
>> Can someone at the AAS meeting make things more clear?
>> 
> 
> The AAS result says that they saw a triangle, and it was a very smooth
> triangle - no bumps at other temperatures, down to some very small level. Hence,
> if there were other events at a later time they were *very very* small.
> 
> Does that help to make it clearer ?  {And to those who know, did I get 
> it right ? :-) }
> 

Soudns about right, but as another who wasn't at the meeting, the important
thing is how small would those other triangles (I mean BBs) be for COBE not to
have seen them? The original result released at the 1990 AAS had a limit of
about 1% of the CBR power. This has presumeably got smaller, but how much? As
someone who's trying to detect things that would contribute to small
fluctuations in the CBR at various wavelengths this is quite important!

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From: roscoe@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Andrew Roscoe)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: MIRROR QUALITY and other questions
Date: 4 Jan 93 12:34:26 GMT
Reply-To: roscoe@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Andrew Roscoe)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

I'm in the process of building a large aperture Dobsonian.  I am
at the point where a decision must be made as to the optical
company from which I should purchase the mirror.  I am considering
four companies, Galaxy Optics, D & G Optical, Pegasus Optics, and
Handmade Telescopes, all of which sell a 20 inch mirror for about
$2000.  My question is does anyone have any experience with these
companies, especially where mirror quality is concerned?

In the same vein, this telescope is an open truss design and I have
read that one's body heat will seriously degrade image quality. 
I have been considering the use of bubble wrap as a shroud.  Is
this feasible?  Is it practical?  Will I still need a black cloth
shroud to eliminate stray light?

In their advertisements Astro-Physics published testimonial letters
describing Enke's division as being easily observed through their
6" apochromatic Starfire telescope.  Is this possible?  Will I be
able to resolve Enke's division with my 20" f/5 Dobsonian?
From: jackz@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Jack Zeiders)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:53:51 GMT
Subject: Re: polishing, when is enough?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA
Newsgroups: sci.astro

In sci.astro, jcurtis@seqp4.sequoia.com (John Curtis) writes:

> I'm dragged my 8" mirror out last night (long in the making).
> Did about one hour of polishing using cerium oxide on a 
> opthalmic polishing lap (polishing pads stuck to the original tool
> per a S&T article.)
> Things seem to be going well.  The only exception is a small 
> scratch (this long: --- ) which I am choosing to ignore.

	Good, think of spider vanes as effective scratches in the mirror 
surface to put that small imperfection in prespective.

> Total polishing time is just under 4 hours, and the mirror looks
> reasonably bright, but not as bright as a wet mirror.

> When is enough?  Any hints?   I haven't used my Foucault apparatus on
> this guy yet.  I did look at the surface at 30x using a Rat Shack
> hand microscope and was shocked to see a pebbled surface.  This 
> may be underneath the actual top surface of the glass.  The lap 
> did start polishing the whole  surface immediately.

	You can look at the surface near the edge with a magnifying lens 
and a very bright penlight. Another test is looking at the reflection of a
incandessant bulb filiment reflection at a low angle. Look in any ATM book
for more ideas. Be certain it is polished all the way to the edge. If is is 
not when it comes back from being aluminized, you will see a dull grey zone
that has to be masked off or the mirror stripped, and repolished and refigured
at minimum. Depending on how it fares in stripping, you may have to go back 
fine grinding. Better a few more hours polishing now. I would recommend a 
few hours polishing on a traditional lap with rouge to smooth out the surface
anyway. I have heard the opthalmic pads are hard on the subsurface.

	Jack Zeiders
From: roth@ph-cip.uni-koeln.de (Daniel Roth)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: astronomy software library
Date: 7 Jan 93 13:33:14
Organization: Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, F. R.
	Germany
Distribution: sci
NNTP-Posting-Host: sun.ph-cip.uni-koeln.de

Hello,

I have built up a library of astronomy software for PC-compatible and for
Atari ST-computers. There are about 50 DD-disks with PC-stuff and about 100
DD-disks for the ST. Furthermore there are a lot of catalogues with 
star-positions (e.g. SAO or the new PPM) or galaxy-data.

To keep my library up-to-date and to enlarge it, I now ask for astro-software
available. I can offer public-domain, shareware and demo-software.

Every author who has written an astronomy-program (pd or shareware) could
please inform me how to receive a copy.

As I live in Germany my catalog-text is unfortunately only available in German.
If there is enough interest I'll release an English version. 

I can send a listing of the software available via Internet to an interested
person.

Furthermore small catalogs can be ordered by snail-mail:
Daniel Roth
Bruecker Mauspfad 448
D-W 5000 Cologne 91
Germany

Please include 2 DM for each catalog (PC and/or ST). If no German current
is available then please send two International Request Coupons (IRQ).

--
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Bruecker Mauspfad 448           projects: astronomy software library for  
D-W 5000 Koeln 91 (Cologne)               Atari ST and PC-compatibles;
Germany                                   CHRONOS, a calendar and 
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From: wang@optigfx.optigfx.com (Alice Wang)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,rec.birds,rec.photo,misc.consumers
Subject: Telescope Recommendation
Date: 5 Jan 93 06:07:29 GMT
Followup-To: sci.astro
Organization: Optigraphics Corporation, San Diego


I would like some recommendations on a telescope.
This will be for view use instead of astronomy.
Our house is about 2 miles from the ocean.

There is a store in town that sells nothing but
telescopes.  The one they recommend is the Parks
Pioneer.  This is a multi-coated 60mm lens system
with a zoom range of 15X-60X.  The price is $349
which is within our range.  We looked through it
and it seems pretty sharp, much better than the
under $200 ones.  A friend has also suggested
Celestron ?? 90.  Does anyone has experience with
these scopes?

Since we know nothing about telescopes, I would
appreciate any information on selecting, pricing
and maintaining telescopes.

We also need to buy a tripot.  We have a light-weight
portable one for our camera which is probably not
sturdy enough.  The ones in the store is around $100.

Please reply by e-mail.  I am not a regular of this
news group.

Thanks in advance for your help,
Alice Wang
wang@optigfx.com


Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: davem@ee.ubc.ca (Dave Michelson)
Subject: Re: Universal Time Clock
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:42:19 GMT

In article <8JAN199301492572@zeus.tamu.edu> wdb3926@zeus.tamu.edu (Danny) writes:
>I'm looking for a Universal Time Clock that receives radio
>signals to give universal time accurately.  I have checked the
>Thomas Register for company names....no luck.
>These clocks are used at most observatories.
>
>Does anyone know who carries the clocks?
>Dan
>
>

Heathkit used to carry one which they called "the World's Most Accurate Clock".
 
Perhaps Zenith still markets them under their own brand name.
 
--
Dave Michelson
davem@ee.ubc.ca
From: M.J.Cox@bradford.ac.uk (Mark Cox)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Advice wanted:  CDROM star charts
Date: 6 Jan 93 13:41:55 GMT
Organization: University of Bradford, UK
Originator: s1394@muser

Hi,  

I'm looking for a CDROM based star catalog.  I've seen adverts for
many different ones but I've not found any that yet meet our
requirements.

What we need is a catalog of at least 400,000 objects specifing RA,DEC
and magnitude that we could read using our own software (or at least a
very easy way to retrieve the information automatically)

Does anyone know of anything suitable?

Many thanks

Mark
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------------------------ Bradford University, UK -------------- +44 274 384070
Newsgroups: sci.astro,rec.radio.shortwave
From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Subject: Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 06 January
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date:  7 Jan 93 09:08:49 GMT

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 006, 01/06/93
10.7 FLUX=131    90-AVG=139        SSN=126      BKI=3432 2222  BAI=011
BGND-XRAY=B2.7     FLU1=2.7E+06  FLU10=9.9E+03  PKI=3333 3222  PAI=011
  BOU-DEV=039,044,026,016,019,012,019,010   DEV-AVG=023 NT     SWF=00:000
 XRAY-MAX= B6.7   @ 0025UT    XRAY-MIN= B2.4   @ 0753UT   XRAY-AVG= B3.3
NEUTN-MAX= +002%  @ 1425UT   NEUTN-MIN= -002%  @ 1315UT  NEUTN-AVG= -0.0%
  PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 2335UT     PCA-MIN= -0.4DB @ 0955UT    PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55427NT @ 0213UT   BOUTF-MIN=55395NT @ 1824UT  BOUTF-AVG=55415NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+111NT@ 1831UT   GOES7-MIN=N:+003NT@ 1117UT  G7-AVG=+079,+029,+010
GOES6-MAX=P:+133NT@ 1830UT   GOES6-MIN=E:-010NT@ 2216UT  G6-AVG=+096,-001,+039
 FLUXFCST=STD:135,140,145;SESC:135,140,145 BAI/PAI-FCST=010,010,015/012,012,015
    KFCST=2233 3322 2233 3322  27DAY-AP=015,011   27DAY-KP=3233 4332 1224 2433
 WARNINGS=
   ALERTS=**245STRM:0502-1004UTC
!!END-DATA!!
From: bill.nunnelee@the-matrix.com (Bill Nunnelee)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: BRIGHT PLANET IN THE EVEN
Date: 10 Jan 93 19:21:00 GMT
Reply-To: bill.nunnelee@the-matrix.com (Bill Nunnelee)
Organization: The MATRIX BBS - Birmingham, AL - 205-323-2016

-> Each evening at about this time of year one sees a very bright planet
-> lying to the southwest from my position at around 52N. It is at, I
-> would judge  45 to 50 degreed up from the horizontal. It is very
-> bright.
-> Is it Mercury ? Is it Jupiter ? I don't suppose it's Venus - that's
-> called "The Morning Star", is that right.

The planet you are seeing IS Venus.  It can be a morning or evening
"star" depending on its position.  However, it will NOT always be
visible in the evening "this time of year," since it takes 584 days to
return to a comparable position.

-> Whichever planet it is - how far from Earth at this time of
-> respective orbits and what is the maximum and minimum respective
-> distances from it to us at different times.

It is currently 0.751 astronomical units from us, with a minimum
distance of .277 a.u. and a maximum of 1.723 a.u.

-> Last, whichever it is, what distance please from the sun at aphelion,
-> at perihelion.

I don't have the exact distances easily available.  Venus has a very
nearly circular orbit, with a mean distance from the Sun of 0.723 a.u.
From: J.JAHN@ABBS.zer.sub.org
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Distribution: world
Subject: Sunspots at 09.01.1993.
Date: 9 Jan 93 19:44:00 +0100
X-Gateway: ZCONNECT AB ABBS.hanse.de [UUCPfZ V3.8a U004]

Sunspots at 09.01.1993., 0 h UT.

No.    Pos.  Cl.  Ar.  Mag. SF  F  M  X
---------------------------------------
7386 05S 25W Cso  230   b
7387 23S 21W Eao   90   bg
7389 20S 03W Hsx   10   a
7391 12S 27E Hsx   40   a
7394 18S 20W Dso   60   b    2
7395 12N 46E Hsx   40   a
7397 10N 78W Axx    0   a
7398 07N 43E Cro   20   b


No optical or x-ray flares yesterday observed.



Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: hbstrock@world.std.com (harold b strock)
Subject: question sundial shadow position
Summary: Question on sundial shadow tracking
Keywords: sun shadow tracking
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:11:30 GMT

This is a question for a physical sciences or astronomy buff.

An elementary school teacher recently posed an embarrassing question regarding observations of the sun's seasonal movement in the sky made by her her fifth grade class.  I could not explain the observations, nor confirm if they were accurate, but suspecte
d they were real and related to minor deviations in the Earth's rotational precession.  After consulting my authoritative source, the Farmers' Almanac..who knows where my college astronomy text is, I'm not so sure any more.  I also realize now that the ti
me frame for the change must be too short relative to possible wobbles in the Earth's motion.

The experiment:  Basically a sundial..the location of the shadow cast by a pointer was measured at the same time each day (+/- minutes error) and plotted over the time span of several months.

The observation:  Around the Winter solstice, the shadow position did not change in a regular manner but in fact on several occasions moved back and forth.  

The known and obvious (to me):  As the Earth precesses about its axis of revolution, the normal presented to the sun varies causing the seasonal movement of the Sun in the sky.

The less obvious (to me):  The sun reaches its maximum Northerly position on Dec 21 but does not cross the meridian at noon (civil time) until Dec 25.  This leading and lagging of the sun's position relative to the "civil clock" ..by up to 16 minutes..is 
due to the Earth's elliptical orbit.

The Questions: 
	#1  Is the Earth's elliptical orbit the explaination for the "back and forth" motion of the sundial pointer shadow?  What influence does the inclination of the Earth's orbital plane to its rotational plane have on the motion of the sundial shadow? Does t
he Earth precess about its axis of rotation as well as its axis revolution and does this "planetary" motion have an affect on the shadow position?  What is the period of rotational precession?

	#2 What causes the asymmetry of time change for sunrise and sunset about the Summer and Winter solstices?  i.e. the time of sunrise changes more rapidly than that of sunset before Dec21 but more slowly afterwards.

The answer:  I would appreciate receiving your comments to the above or a reference to a clear lay description of the fine structure in the motion of a sundial shadow.



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Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: hanzak@jazz.concert.net (Jayme Hanzak)
Subject: New Orleans bound.
Organization: MCNC Center for Communications -- CONCERT Network
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 14:50:07 GMT

I'll be in New Orleans next week and I   was wondering if there is any
happenings there as far as Star Parties. I realize that there is alot to 
see and do there, but if a star party is happening, I wouldn't mind visiting
it for a while. Let me know! 

Thanks
From: J.JAHN@ABBS.zer.sub.org
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Distribution: world
Subject: Sunspots at 08.01.1993.
Date: 8 Jan 93 19:47:00 +0100
X-Gateway: ZCONNECT AB ABBS.hanse.de [UUCPfZ V3.8a U004]

Sunspots at 08.01.1993., 0 h UT.

No.    Pos.  Cl.  Ar.  Mag. SF  F  M  X
---------------------------------------
7386 05S 12W Cko  280   b    1
7387 23S 09W Dao  130   b    1
7391 10S 37E Cao   60   b    1
7393 20S 26W Axx    0   a
7394 17S 08W Bxo   10   b
7395 11N 57E Cso   50   b
7396 11S 29E Axx    0   a
7397 10N 63W Cro   30   b

Explanations of spot columns:
No.  Running number of sunspot group.
Pos. Position in Latitude and Longitude.
     N - North, S- South, E - East, W- West.
Cl.  MacIntosh classification.
Ar.  Area in 10-6 of visible hemisphere.
Mag. Magnetic Classification.
     a - alpha, b - beta, bg - beta/gamma,
     g - gamma, bd - beta/delta, bg - gamma/delta
     bgd - beta/gamma/delta.
SF   Number of subflares.
F    Number of optical flares. (importance > 1).
M    Number of medium x-ray eruptions.
X    Number of strong x-ray eruptions.


Optical and x-ray flares in 07.01.93.

Date     Beg. Max. End   Posit. Xray Opt
----------------------------------------
07.01.93 0828 0855 0937 08S 01W C2.6 1N

Explanations of flare columns:
Date  Date (UTC) of the flare.
Beg.  Begin (UTC) of the flare.
Max.  Maximum (UTC) of the flare.
End   End (UTC) of the flare.
Posit Position on the sun.
Xray  Max. strength of the x-ray flare C,M and X
      (C - minor, M - medium, X - strong) each
      from 1.0-9.9.
Opt   Optical flare: strength from 0...4
      (0 - very little, 1 - little, 2 - medium,
      3 - great, 4 - very great) with a suffix
      for the magnitude (f - faint, n - normal,
      b - bright).



Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: palmer@sfu.ca (Leigh Palmer)
Subject: Re: Perseid storms 1993/1862?
Organization: Simon Fraser University
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:53:08 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.024753.1@vax1.tcd.ie> apryan@vax1.tcd.ie asks:
>Was there a Full Moon on Aug. 9 1862 i.e. was moonlight the problem?

Yes, the moon was nearly full, according to "Voyager" on the Mac.

Leigh