Chaotic Astronomy

Until now, the stargazer’s two biggest challenges to enjoying the night sky have been aligning their telescope and finding objects. Meade’s new ETX Premier Edition eliminates these two challenges and makes Astronomy as easy as pushing a button – right out of the box. Want to see a hard-to-find deep space galaxy? Simply push a button. The same goes for planets, stars, nebulae and more. Just pick an object you want to observe, press a button, and then AutoStar will automatically point your telescope and put it right in your eyepiece.

Don’t know what you want to see this evening? Go to the “Tonight’s Best” tour in your AutoStar. It automatically selects the best objects in the sky for that particular time and location (from its database of over 30, 000 celestial objects). All you need is a clear night, a dark sky and a little curiosity. Whether you already know the sky by heart, or are just beginning your journey of discovery, your Meade ETX-Premier Edition will take you where you want to go. Astronomy has never been so fun and rewarding.

Meade’s new ETX-Premier Edition automatically levels your telescope, points it to North and sets the time. You just enter your location or zip code. After your ETX completes its patented Level North automatic alignment procedure, it will point to the first alignment star. Use the new wide-field SmartFinder to center the red dot over the alignment stars for ultra-precise pointing accuracy. It’s that easy.

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Children often delight in exploring underneath things and slipping through narrow gaps and passages. This adventure kit will allow children to get away from prying eyes. Children can also climb up high to view the world from a different perspective. Features: – Consists of Stairs, Slide, Male Corner Tunnel, Female Corner Tunnel, Staight Tunnel and T-Shaped Crossroads Tunnel – Made from roto molded plastic – Use items on a mat (see ‘Related Items’) – For children ages 1 year and up -Floor Space: 112″” x 79″”

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A lot of discussion has been made over the years about the possible "faking" of the moon landings. I think I remember hearing about the use of high power telescopes, on earth and in space, to verify that the lunar lander platforms and flags are at the sites of the landings. If that is the case, are there pictures available? If this is not true, why hasn’t such a project been initiated?

nope.not at all Telescopes can not prove the moon landings they are not that powerful common sense

to the person above me the only thing a home telescope can see is the moon the moon is to bright to see a flag

Please if you could provide links. Also if there are any quality free courses please let me know.

I know the basics, but i want to learn much more. A course that covers a wide field regarding Astronomy would be great. Any recommendations?

MIT puts a great deal of their course materials online for free – you won’t get any credit from following along, but you can’t get that for free anyway.

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

The advanced LNT Auto-align technology featured as standard equipment on LX90 and ETX-Premier models will be now integrated into Meade DS-2000 Telescopes. Just turn on the power and the telescope automatically finds level, senses precise north, and inputs (factory calibrated) time and date. Then it races to the first alignment-star automatically without any user inputs or interaction.

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This product is exclusive to the Discovery Channel Store.View the night sky as it would appear anywhere in the world with this motorized indoor planetarium. As seen on the Today Show!Project 88 constellations; 12 celestial objects including 8 planets Pluto and its moon CharonUses super bright bulbs to project over 600 starsSearchable database with over 600 star facts and mythsInteractive talking computer and backlit navigational screenFeatures five modes for a variety of Astronomy tours and settingsFeatures a one-hour timer so you can fall asleep under the starsIncludes AC power adaptor and 24-page full color instruction manualThis accurate computer-aided motorized planetarium transforms an ordinary room into a truly stellar display.Safety warning: This product contains small parts that may present a choking hazard for young children.

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Newport Brass, 938, Bar,Polished Gold, 930, Faucet, Double Handle Bar Faucet A single hole bar faucet 7 9/16″high

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Integral – Observing the violent and extremely variable universe.

A video by ESA regarding the Integral space telescope.

‘At the Science Data Centre of ESA’s Integral mission, in Versoix, Switzerland, scientists using the space observatory target and study known sources of gamma-rays.
But Integral is also designed to record serendipitous phenomena, or unexpected transient objects. The observatory plays the role of a sentinel alerting the worldwide scientific community about new and unusual high-energy events in the universe. When such events occur, data is sent to its owner before the scientific community is alerted. So that other observatories and Telescopes also have the chance to observe the object in question.

Gamma-rays come from all around the universe, and when collecting data, Integral must filter point sources from background noise. For Integral, the level of noise in the gamma-ray environment is quite high. Poland’s Centre for Space Research helped develop the observatory’s noise reduction system — one of the satellite’s most important subsystems.’

Video date- 1st October 07 Source- http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmg.pl?b=b&type=V&collection=Space%20Science&single=y&start=1

Duration : 0:5:9

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Velikovsky revisited, again. Dr Immanuel Velikovsky, Hero or Villain?

Plasma Cosmology Astronomy Carl Sagan Cosmology Space Electricity in space Electric Universe Wal Thornhill Dave Talbott Don Scott Petroglyphs rock art dragons and serpents celtic art spirals mythology myth plasma toruses comets venus mars jupiter saturn planets catastrophism catastrophes gradualism geology astrophysics alternative science scientific suppression peer review history of the solar system empiricism

Music By Delirium (First track) and Felix (Second and Third tracks)

Duration : 0:10:6

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