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[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Fellow Chicago Astronomers,

Spring is always good for astronomy, although the temperature swings can play havoc on observational time. But the bite of winter is leaving and Vega is rising...always a good sign. We endured the winter to share another season of astronomcal enjoyment.

Here are the current topics in discussion on the Chicago Astronomer:

* - Computer Generated Moon Man

Here is a great CG effort that recreates Buzz Aldrin's famous Lunar pose, but it's all digital and not real. It's a remarkable piece of work.

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Apollo&thread=1143204181&page=1

* - Taki's Star Atlas

Always on the prowl for free astronomy programs, I came across this neat little compilation star chart down to the 8.5 magnitude.

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Software&thread=1087462304&page=1

* - Bulgarians in buying spree of space territory

Here is a mad rush to purchase parcels of land on the Moon, Mars, and the Moons of Jupiter. Only $24.00 a parcel, sounds like a deal

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=News&thread=1143181473&page=1

* - Earth and Juoiter viewed from Martian Orbit

Here is a cool image of the only conjuctions of Earth and another planet taken from Mars.

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=solarsystem&thread=1143179389&page=1

And the Voyager spacecraft looks back home.
astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=voyager&thread=1143177763&page=1

* - Mars metorite might show bacterial activity

I still don't know how scientists can say that this rock originated from Mars, but if it did, it shows tunneling by some organism.

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=MarsLife&thread=1138841091&page=1

* - Chicago Astronomer Joe's Lunar Eclipse photo in Spaceweather.com

This is a nice treat that made me smile.

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?board=Observations&action=display&thread=1142419933&page=1

* - New Browser

I have been using Internet Explorer for some time now, with all it's buggy behaviour, but I recently came across the great and slick Opera browser that now is free and works great!

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=ponderings&thread=1143136202&page=1

* - Eqinoxes & Soltices - 2006 to 2020

For those who wish to mark the passing of the seasons, here is a nice listing of the events.

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=NightSky&thread=1143030072&page=1

* - Light Pollution group activity

Here is a nice world wide group effort of monitoring how light polluted our skies are. There are two separate projects, but I encourange everybodies participation in this effort!

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Observations&thread=1143028851&page=1

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=News&thread=1142880606&page=1

* - The United States Airforce had a Gemini Program

While NASA was working on Gemini, the USAF was working on a similar project.

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Manned&thread=1142879498&page=1

* - Our Moon to be very High and Low in 2006

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Lunar&thread=1142877422&page=1

* - Pickering's Harem

This is a great story of an formally uneducated woman who became a pioneer in astronomy.

astronomer.proboards23.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Ancient&thread=1142684561&page=1

These and more on the Chicago Astronomer.

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Chicago Astronomer Joe
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