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2008-10-12 Astronomy - Moon in ralationship to the earth: Hi Tom U.S. Naval observatory has a website for all the phases and their dates and times in UT (remember to substract, if you're in the Eastern time zone...subtract 4 hours during our Stupid Daylight...
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2008-10-11 Astronomy - Auroras: Hello, Elsa First, your general description is basically correct. There is just a little more detail that might be added, such as that the red aurora `is created by emission at the 630 nm (nanometer)...
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2008-10-08 Astronomy - Name of astronomer who looked at sun through telescope?: other possibilities to run past you: 1.)Gustav Fechner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Fechner 2.)our old pal Isaac Newton. Scroll down on this link, to right below the part about Greaves...
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2008-10-07 Astronomy - draco constellation: Hi again Caro, Well, the number of major stars in Draco depends on what you consider your limiting magnitude. My Olcott's Field Book of the skies plots 19 stars, 5th magnitude or brighter. But on a...
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2008-10-07 Astronomy - draco constellation: Hi Caro, That is it's full name, precisely Draco, the dragon (in old days when men pictured animals and men). Today, and since 1930 when the IAU (International Astronomical Union) determined set...
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