http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120309.html NGC 1579, the Northern Trifid Nebula in Perseus. Mark A. Holmes...
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mahtezcatpoc
Mar 26, 2012 1:14 am
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120311.html "This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is part of the photogenic Sombrero Galaxy, one of the largest...
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mahtezcatpoc
Mar 26, 2012 2:07 pm
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120313.html "Large galaxies and faint nebulae highlight this deep image of the M81 Group of galaxies. First and foremost in the...
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mahtezcatpoc
Mar 26, 2012 3:32 pm
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120317.html The edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 2683 in Lynx. Mark A. Holmes...
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mahtezcatpoc
Mar 27, 2012 1:17 am
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120322.html "Barred spiral galaxy M95 is about 75,000 light-years across, comparable in size to our own Milky Way and one of the...
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mahtezcatpoc
Mar 27, 2012 1:19 am
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120323.html The globular cluster M-9 in Ophiuchus. Mark A. Holmes...
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mahtezcatpoc
Mar 27, 2012 1:20 am
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120325.html The barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 in Eridanus. Mark A. Holmes...
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mahtezcatpoc
Mar 27, 2012 4:42 am
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120326.html M-82, the Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major. Mark A. Holmes...
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Mark Andrew Holmes
mahtezcatpoc
Apr 1, 2012 3:00 pm
March 31, Cesar Chavez's birthday, is an optional holiday in Texas and some other states; there were no office closures here on Friday (since March 31 this...
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mahtezcatpoc
Apr 1, 2012 3:33 pm
Does anybody have any use for them? Some do. I don't. I do my own fixed star naming, but I try to make it have something to do with existing star lore about...
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Mark Andrew Holmes
mahtezcatpoc
Apr 1, 2012 9:37 pm
... From: Starlight <newsletter@...> To: mahtezcatpoc@... Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:39 PM Subject: Visual Astrology Newsletter, March 2012 ...
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Diana K Rosenberg
dkr663
Apr 6, 2012 10:41 am
Mark sent Alex Miller's black hole names Posted by: "mahtezcatpoc" mahtezcatpoc@... mahtezcatpoc Date: Sun Apr 1, 2012 8:33 am ((PDT)) Does anybody have...
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Diana K Rosenberg
dkr663
Apr 6, 2012 10:41 am
Mark sent March 31, Cesar Chavez's birthday, is an optional holiday in Texas and some other states; there were no office closures here on Friday (since March...
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mahtezcatpoc
Apr 6, 2012 5:50 pm
Thanks. I do my best. Charlotte Wagner's been tracking down Miller's black holes, trying to match these names with the objects' official designations (thanks,...
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Mark Andrew Holmes
mahtezcatpoc
Apr 8, 2012 7:55 pm
n/t Mark A. Holmes...
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Mark Andrew Holmes
mahtezcatpoc
Apr 9, 2012 2:00 pm
Happy birthday, Diana! (claps) Mark A. Holmes...
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Shevtsova
mubtazz
Apr 9, 2012 3:31 pm
Hi, When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you If your heart is in your dream No request is too...
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Shawhouse
philalthouse
Apr 9, 2012 4:05 pm
Happy birthday, Diana. I look forward to all your posts. You are a font of information and wisdom, and we are so fortunate to have access to your words....
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Charlotte Wagner
cwagneriq
Apr 11, 2012 6:02 am
Hear, hear, Diana S! I would also like to mention Diana R's unfailing generosity in sharing her knowledge, and her fearlessness in disagreeing with or...
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Diana K Rosenberg
dkr663
Apr 13, 2012 4:00 am
Charlotte sent 1a. Re: Today is Diana Rosenberg's birthday Posted by: "Charlotte Wagner" cwagner@... cwagneriq Date: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:02 pm ((PDT)) ...
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mahtezcatpoc
Apr 15, 2012 6:14 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin February 26, 2012 7:12 pm EST Sanford, FL Alignments of fixed stars at this time: Moon Sheratan (Beta...
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mahtezcatpoc
Apr 19, 2012 5:21 pm
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120403.html "Many stars form in clusters. Galactic or open star clusters are relatively young swarms of bright stars born together...
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mahtezcatpoc
Apr 19, 2012 6:13 pm
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120404.html "What39;s the closest active galaxy to planet Earth? That would be Centaurus A, only 11 million light-years distant....
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mahtezcatpoc
Apr 19, 2012 6:22 pm
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120409.html "If our Sun were part of M53, the night sky would glow like a jewel box of bright stars. M53, also known as NGC 5024,...
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mahtezcatpoc
Apr 19, 2012 6:24 pm
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120410.html "What do the following things have in common: a cone, the fur of a fox, and a Christmas tree? Answer: they all occur in...
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mahtezcatpoc
Apr 19, 2012 6:45 pm
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120416.html "From afar, the whole thing looks like an Eagle. A closer look at the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is...
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mahtezcatpoc
Apr 19, 2012 6:52 pm
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120417.html "Antares is a huge star. In a class called red supergiant, Antares is about 850 times the diameter of our own Sun, 15...
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Mark Andrew Holmes
mahtezcatpoc
Apr 20, 2012 11:19 pm
As of midnight GMT. Asterisks indicate alignments that weren't there a week ago today (with a 1 00' orb). Â Jupiter *Mesarthim (Gamma Arietis) *Al Wahat (Iota...
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Mark Andrew Holmes
mahtezcatpoc
Apr 23, 2012 5:37 am
n/t Mark A. Holmes...
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mahtezcatpoc
Apr 30, 2012 2:04 pm
... Mercury Lacerta Cauda (1 Lacertae) Latin for "the lizard's tail." I named this star for its location in Lacerta. Some species of lizards have tails that...