Mark, when I hit "Files" on the left of the screen, I can only see older files,
not the one I sent you or any recent ones. Is anyone else having problems, or
have I set something up wrongly?

I need to look at the document I sent you and can't find it on my PC. I don't
think I acknowledged the sources of my information.


--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, "mahtezcatpoc" <mahtezcatpoc@...> wrote:
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> Thanks. I do my best.
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> Charlotte Wagner's been tracking down Miller's black holes, trying to match
these names with the objects' official designations (thanks, Charlotte). She's
got some of them identified.
>
> Mark A. Holmes
>

It's uploaded now.

Mark A. Holmes

--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, "Charlotte" <charlow555@...> wrote:
>
> Mark, when I hit "Files" on the left of the screen, I can only see older
files, not the one I sent you or any recent ones. Is anyone else having
problems, or have I set something up wrongly?
>
> I need to look at the document I sent you and can't find it on my PC. I don't
think I acknowledged the sources of my information.
>
>
> --- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, "mahtezcatpoc" <mahtezcatpoc@> wrote:
> >
> > 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, Charlotte). She's
got some of them identified.
> >
> > Mark A. Holmes
> >
>

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120518.html

The Andromeda Galaxy (M-31) in ultraviolet.


Mark A. Holmes

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120525.html


"Cosmic dust clouds dim the light of background stars. But they also reflect the
light of stars nearby. Since bright stars tend to radiate strongly in the blue
portion of the visible spectrum, and the interstellar dust scatters blue light
more strongly than red, the dusty reflection nebulae tend to be blue. Lovely
examples are the wispy blue reflection nebulae near bright, hot stars Pi and
Delta Scorpii (upper left and lower right) in this telescopic skyscape from the
head of the constellation Scorpius. Of course, the contrasting red emission
nebulae are also caused by the hot stars' energetic radiation. Ultraviolet
photons ionize hydrogen atoms in the interstellar clouds producing the
characteristic red hydrogen alpha emission line as the electrons recombine.
About 600 light-years away, the nebulae are found in the second version of the
Sharpless Catalog as Sh2-1 (left, with reflection nebulae VdB 99) and Sh2-7. At
that distance, this field of view is about 40 light-years across."


Mark A. Holmes

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120526.html

The edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891 in Andromeda.


Mark A. Holmes

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120601.html

"These three bright nebulae are often featured in telescopic tours of the
constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the central Milky Way.
In fact, 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messier cataloged two of them; M8,
the large nebula left of center, and colorful M20 on the right. The third, NGC
6559, is above M8, separated from the larger nebula by a dark dust lane. All
three are stellar nurseries about five thousand light-years or so distant. The
expansive M8, over a hundred light-years across, is also known as the Lagoon
Nebula. M20's popular moniker is the Trifid. Glowing hydrogen gas creates the
dominant red color of the emission nebulae, with contrasting blue hues, most
striking in the Trifid, due to dust reflected starlight. This broad skyscape
also includes one of Messier's open star clusters, M21, just above and right of
the Trifid."

We call this cluster of objects Spiculum, one of Vivian Robson's fixed stars.


Mark A. Holmes

Christine Dabney <artisan2@...>
  PoliticalAstrology@yahoogroups.com

[PoliticalAstrology] Diana Rosenberg

Heya all,

Just saw on Facebook that Diana Rosenberg died last night-the news is
from Bernadette Brady.

Christine

I am quite devastated to hear this. What a crushing loss, most especially for
her family and close friends.

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

These famous words by John Donne were not originally written as a poem - the
passage is taken from the 1624 Meditation 17, from Devotions Upon Emergent
Occasions and is prose.

I firmly believe we'll all meet her again one day - but in meantime we have to
manage without her.

Picture her, skipping and gliding through the ether, visiting her beloved stars
close up ...

Charlotte


--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, "okku" <okku29@...> wrote:
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>  PoliticalAstrology@yahoogroups.com
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> Just saw on Facebook that Diana Rosenberg died last night-the news is
> from Bernadette Brady.
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> Christine
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http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120602.html

M-51, the Whirlpool Galaxy (known in astrology as Copula, one of Vivian Robson's
fixed stars).


Mark A. Holmes

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120604.html

"Will our Milky Way Galaxy collide one day with its larger neighbor, the
Andromeda Galaxy? Most likely, yes. Careful plotting of slight displacements of
M31's stars relative to background galaxies on recent Hubble Space Telescope
images indicate that the center of M31 could be on a direct collision course
with the center of our home galaxy. Still, the errors in sideways velocity
appear sufficiently large to admit a good chance that the central parts of the
two galaxies will miss, slightly, but will become close enough for their outer
halos to become gravitationally entangled. Once that happens, the two galaxies
will become bound, dance around, and eventually merge to become one large
elliptical galaxy -- over the next few billion years. Pictured above is an
artist's illustration of the sky of a world in the distant future when the
central parts of each galaxy begin to destroy each other. The exact future of
our Milky Way and the entire surrounding Local Group of Galaxies is likely to
remain an active topic of research for years to come."


Mark A. Holmes

--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, Derek Reveres <l_awake_l@...> wrote:
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> Such sad news. She will be greatly missed!


Yeah.


Mark A. Holmes


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> To: thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com
> From: mahtezcatpoc@...
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> Subject: Re: [thefixedstars] Diana Rosenberg
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http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120612.html


"These are larger dust bunnies than you will find under your bed. Situated in
rich star fields and glowing hydrogen gas, these opaque clouds of interstellar
dust and gas are so large they might be able to form stars. Their home is known
as IC 2944, a bright stellar nursery located about 5,900 light years away toward
the constellation of Centaurus. The largest of these dark globules, first
spotted by South African astronomer A. D. Thackeray in 1950, is likely two
separate but overlapping clouds, each more than one light-year wide. Along with
other data, the above representative color image from the 4-m Blanco telescope
at Cerro Tololo, Chile indicates that Thackeray's globules are fractured and
churning as a result of intense ultraviolet radiation from young, hot stars
already energizing and heating the bright emission nebula. These and similar
dark globules known to be associated with other star forming regions may
ultimately be dissipated by their hostile environment -- like cosmic lumps of
butter in a hot frying pan."


Mark A. Holmes

http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-launches-telescope-seek-black-192710394.html

NASA launches telescope to seek out black holes
NASA launches newest X-ray telescope from aircraft over Pacific to seek out
black holes

By Alicia Chang, AP Science Writer
Associated Press – [June 13, 2012]


LOS ANGELES (AP) -- NASA on Wednesday launched its newest X-ray space telescope
on a mission to shine a light on black holes and other hard-to-see objects
lurking in the Milky Way and other galaxies.

Mission controllers clapped after receiving a signal from the telescope that it
had reached orbit 350 miles above Earth.

"It's a terrific day," assistant launch director Tim Dunn said.

NASA decided to air-launch the $170 million mission, instead of rocketing off
from a launch pad, because it was cheaper. The telescope was boosted into orbit
by a Pegasus rocket released from a carrier aircraft that took off from the
remote Kwajalein Atoll, a horseshoe-shaped Pacific island halfway between Hawaii
and Australia.

After free-falling for several seconds, the rocket ignited its engines and
climbed to space. Minutes later, the telescope separated from the rocket and
unfurled its solar panels as it circled 350 miles above the Earth.

The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuStar for short, focuses
high-energy X-rays to peer through gas and dust in search of supermassive black
holes in the center of galaxies, remnants of exploded stars and other exotic
celestial objects.

While black holes are invisible, the region around them gives off telltale
X-rays. NuStar will observe previously known black holes and map hidden ones. By
zeroing in on never-before-seen parts of the universe, scientists hope to better
understand how galaxies form and evolve.

"We can view black holes and galaxies even if they're enshrouded with dust and
gas. If you had high-energy X-ray eyes and you stared up out of the galaxy, what
you would see is the glow of all the massive black holes sprinkled throughout
the cosmos," chief scientist Fiona Harrison of the California Institute of
Technology said earlier this week.

NuStar will also hunt for the remains of ancient supernovae, stars that exploded
in past centuries. If it's lucky, it'll witness a star's death throes, but such
events don't happen often and the telescope will have to be pointed at the right
place at the right time.

Scientists expect sharp images from the mission, which is many times more
sensitive than previous space telescopes that have looked in this part of the
electromagnetic spectrum.

After a week in orbit, NuStar will unwrap its 33-foot mast laden with sensors.
Observations will begin about a month after launch.

The mission was supposed to lift off in March, but was delayed by a flight
software issue with the rocket. To keep costs down, project managers bypassed
the launch pad, which would have required a much larger rocket.

The launch comes at a trying time for NASA's astrophysics division. Last week,
the space agency killed an X-ray telescope mission because it failed to come in
on budget. That mission, called GEMS, was supposed to launch in 2014 and would
have observed many of the same targets as Nustar.

NASA is pressing ahead with its flagship astrophysics mission — the
budget-busting James Webb Space Telescope considered the successor to the Hubble
Space Telescope. It has the capability of peering deeper into the universe and
back in time than ever, and is expected to launch in 2018 with an $8 billion
price tag.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120614.html

M-13, the Great Cluster in Hercules.


Mark A. Holmes

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120615.html

"Nearby and bright, spiral galaxies M65 (top) and M66 stand out in this engaging
cosmic snapshot. The pair are just 35 million light-years distant and around
100,000 light-years across, about the size of our own spiral Milky Way. While
both exhibit prominent dust lanes sweeping along their broad spiral arms, M66 in
particular is a striking contrast in red and blue hues; the telltale pinkish
glow of hydrogen gas in star forming regions and young blue star clusters. M65
and M66 make up two thirds of the well-known Leo Triplet of galaxies with warps
and tidal tails that offer evidence of the group's past close encounters. The
larger M66 has been host to four supernovae discovered since 1973."


Mark A. Holmes

--- In the_eclipses@yahoogroups.com, "mahtezcatpoc" <mahtezcatpoc@...> wrote:
>
> At 11:11 a.m. UT at 14 Sagittarius 13.
>
> The Sabian symbol for 14 Sagittarius: "The ground hog looking for its shadow."
>
> The Sepharial symbol for 14 Sagittarius: "An arrow in mid-air."
>


Fixed star alignments:


Cendrawasi (Alpha Apodis)

(Indonesian = bird of paradise)


Rex Saxonia (Epsilon Apodis)

(Latin = King of Saxony, a type of bird of paradise)

Indica (Eta Apodis)

(Latin = Indian)

Iridia (Kappa Apodis)

(Greek = of rainbows)


RR Chamaeleontis (nova)

Sarin (Delta Herculis)

Water Fountain Nebula (IRAS 16342-3814 Scorpii)

The Great Attractor (Abell 3627 Trianguli Australe)



Mark A. Holmes

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120621.html


"Made with narrow and broad band filters, this colorful cosmic snap shot covers
a field of view about the size of the full Moon within the boundaries of the
constellation Cygnus. It highlights the bright edge of a ring-like nebula traced
by the glow of ionized hydrogen and oxygen gas. Embedded in the region's
interstellar clouds of gas and dust, the complex, glowing arcs are sections of
bubbles or shells of material swept up by the wind from Wolf-Rayet star WR 134,
brightest star near the center of the frame. Distance estimates put WR 134 about
6,000 light-years away, making the frame over 50 light-years across. Shedding
their outer envelopes in powerful stellar winds, massive Wolf-Rayet stars have
burned through their nuclear fuel at a prodigious rate and end this final phase
of massive star evolution in a spectacular supernova explosion. The stellar
winds and final supernovae enrich the interstellar material with heavy elements
to be incorporated in future generations of stars."



Mark A. Holmes

--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, Mark Andrew Holmes <mahtezcatpoc@...>
wrote:
>
> May 9, 2012
> 3:00 pm
> Washington
>
> (from the Political Astrology list)


Moon

Alathfar (Mu Lyrae)

(Arabic for "the talons")

(catching and holding onto)

Umlindi Welinsizunu (Gamma Mensae)

(my own coinage--Xhosa for "watcher of the south")

Nanto (Phi Sagittarii)

(Chinese for "south dipper")

(like Border Patrol agents at the Mexican border--or Minuteman vigilante
squads--watching for the disadvantaged trying to get in; a sentiment, "keep the
riffrafff out")


Sun


Kaoh Pih (Zeta Doradus)

(Chinese for "high attainment")



>
> Mercury
>
> Mirach (Beta Andromedae)
>
>
> http://constellationsofwords.com/stars/Mirach.html
>
>
> According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Venus; and,
> to Alvidas, of Mars and the Moon. It gives personal beauty, a brilliant mind,
a
> love of home, great devotion, beneficence, forgiveness, love, overcoming by
kindness,
> renown, and good fortune in marriage. [Robson*, p.178.]
>
> Many interests, tendency to inspiration and medium-ship
> as a base for artistic creations, altruism, cheerfulness, happiness, love of
company.
> These people have a stimulating effect on others, they make friends easily and
are
> helped on in life by others. [Fixed
> Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, p.14-15.]
>
> Mira (Omicron Ceti)
>
>
> http://constellationsofwords.com/stars/Mira.html
>
>
> Its nature corresponds to Saturn and Jupiter. Connected
> well and with a well placed Saturn and linked up well otherwise, this will
mean
> prudence, perseverance, versatility, a progressive spirit and endurance in
solving
> difficult problems. This star in unhelpful connections, will bring as results
failures,
> fiascoes, enmity, especially with Saturn transits and when linked with the
Moon,
> melancholy will then appear. Linked with Mercury, it will mean a lessening of
spiritual
> forces. In critical situations, suicide is indicated. [Fixed
> Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, p.15.]


Alsafi (Sigma Draconis)

(from the Arabic for "the braziers")

(think soldiers camping out)

>
>
> Venus
>
>
>
> Mintaka (Delta Orionis; in Orion's Belt [Cingula Orionis])
>
> http://constellationsofwords.com/stars/Mintaka.html
>
> Robson gives influences for Mintaka and Alnilam separately and jointly under
Cingula Orionis;
> the Belt of Orion. 
> According to Ptolemy Mintaka is of the
> nature of Saturn and Mercury; and to Alvidas, of Mercury, Saturn and Jupiter.
It
> gives good fortune. [Robson*, p.177.]
> General influence of the Cingula Orionis (Orion's Belt): The joint influence
is to give strength, energy, industry, organizing abilities,
> notoriety, good fortune, lasting happiness, a sharp mind and a good memory.
[Robson*,
> p.156.]
> When rising, Alnilam, together
> with Alnitak and Mintaka, portend irreligious
> and treacherous individuals. These stars in medieval times were said to
presage
> those who were "passionately devoted to hunting, but not noble hunting with
falcon
> or bow". Aspected by Saturn, the indications are for excellent fishermen, and
in
> a female chart, any of these three stars rising or aspected by both Mars and a
benefic
> portend a shrew. When setting and aspected by Mars any of these three stars
indicate
> individuals who will incur all kinds of dangers. Mintaka alone
> portents good fortune as regards the growing of grain crops. [Fixed
> Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.44.]
>
> Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis; in Cingula Orionis)
>
> http://constellationsofwords.com/stars/Alnilam.html
>
>
> According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Jupiter and
> Saturn; and to Alvidas of Mercury and Saturn. It gives fleeting public honors.
[Robson*,
> p.128.]
> The star Alnilam portends public honors to all those
> born under its influence. It is also said to indicate a good nut crop. When
rising,
> Alnilam. together with Alnitak and Mintaka, portend irreligious and
treacherous individuals.
> These stars in medieval times were said to presage those who were
"passionately
> devoted to hunting, but not noble hunting with falcon or bow". Aspected by
Saturn,
> the indications are for excellent fishermen, and in a female chart, any of
these
> three stars rising or aspected by both Mars and a benefic portend a shrew.
When
> setting and aspected by Mars any of these three stars indicate individuals who
will
> incur all kinds of dangers. [Fixed
> Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.44.]
> General influence of the Cingula Orionis (Orion's Belt): The joint influence
is to give strength, energy, industry, organizing abilities,
> notoriety, good fortune, lasting happiness, a sharp mind and a good memory.
[Robson*,
> p.156.]
>
> Ensis (Theta/M-42 Orionis, the Orion Nebula and Trapezium star cluster)
>
>
> http://constellationsofwords.com/stars/Ensis.html
>
> Of the nature of Mars and the Moon. It causes blindness,
> defective sight (all nebula gives this effect), injuries to the eyes, sickness
and a violent death. [Robson*,
> p.165.]
>
>
> Mars
>
> Thuban (Alpha Draconis)
>
> http://constellationsofwords.com/stars/Thuban.html
>
> When rising, Thuban indicates prospectors of gold and
> silver or those who are ministers of money (this might include accountants,
clerical
> workers, cashiers etc. nowadays). If setting and if Mars is conjunct the
descendant
> or in harsh aspect with it, it is said to presage the native being burned in
his
> own house or killed by public execution. [Fixed
> Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.6.]


Jupiter


Atirsagne (Omicron Tauri)

(Akkadian for "sign of spring")


Ushakaron (Xi Tauri)

(Akkadian for "the exacter of justice")


>
> Saturn
>
> Arcturus (Alpha Bootis)
>
> http://constellationsofwords.com/stars/Arcturus.html
>
> According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Mars and Jupiter, but Alvidas
substitutes
> Venus and Mercury conjoined. It gives riches, honors, high renown,
self-determination
> and prosperity by navigation and voyages. [Robson*, p.139.]
> "Bear leader-guardian", meaning observer of the "Great Bear", or "The
Saucepan"
> or "Big Dipper" respectively. Main star of constellation Bootes (= driver
> of oxen), has a Jupiter-Mars nature, and a reputation of achieving "justice
through
> power". It therefore makes the native belligerent and quarrelsome, especially
if
> attached to Mars and Jupiter by conjunction. A really go-ahead and
enterprising
> spirit is here the rule, as indicated by Jupiter-Mars. Lasting success is
promised
> if further good aspects are present. If critically aspected, the good
influence
> will be hampered or made into a real handicap. If involved in legal action,
such
> a native may lose all. [Fixed
> Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, p.63.]
>
> Spica (Alpha Virginis)
>
> http://constellationsofwords.com/stars/Spica.html
>
>
> According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Venus and
> Mars; and, to Alvidas, of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury. It gives success,
renown,
> riches, a sweet disposition, love of art and science, unscrupulousness,
unfruitfulness
> and injustice to innocence. [Robson*, p.211.]



Uranus


Lucida Reticuli (Alpha Reticuli)


The brightest star in Reticulum (the Net or the Telescope Reticule)

(having to do with catching and holding, or focusing)



>
> Neptune
>
> Sadalmelek (Alpha Aquarii)
>
>
> http://constellationsofwords.com/stars/Sadalmelek.html
>
>
> According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Saturn and
> Mercury; to Simmonite, of Saturn and Jupiter; and to Alvidas of Jupiter and
Uranus
> in sextile to the Sun from Pisces and Taurus. It causes persecution, lawsuits,
extreme
> and sudden destruction and the death penalty. [Robson*,
> p.200.]
>
>
> Pluto
>
> Facies (M-22 Sagittarii, a globular cluster)
>
>
> http://constellationsofwords.com/stars/Facies.html
>
> The nebula in the Archer's Face is of the nature of the Sun
> and Mars, and causes blindness, defective sight (all nebula can cause
blindness), sickness, accidents and a violent
> death. [Robson*, p.165.]
> Much blamed for accidents and broken limbs and so on.
> The Latin name is from the verb Facere, to make or do something, and it
> is often said to portend accidents due to the victim's own careless actions.
Naturally,
> there is a positive side to Facies, it symbolizes well that kind of
Sagittarian
> who goes out to climb mountains, race cars, enter the ski-jump team or the
Grand
> National steeplechase, making it right to the top and no doubt breaking a few
bones
> along the way. On the more philosophical side it will mark those who must see
their
> outlook and beliefs carried into practical effect somewhere, so that they go
out
> on missions, set up their own churches and centers engage in good works of
famine
> or refugee relief and so on. Inevitably they get hurt at times, but perhaps
find
> compensation in the value of their works. [The
> Living Stars, Dr. Eric Morse, p.94-95.].


Umlindi Welinsizunu (Gamma Mensae)


>
> Eris
>
> Baten Kaitos (Zeta Ceti)
>
>
> http://constellationsofwords.com/stars/BatenKaitos.html
>
>
> It gives compulsory transportation, change or emigration,
> misfortune by force or accident, shipwreck but also rescue, falls and blows.
[Robson*,
> p.145.]
> The Whale really means "monster". The Saturnine properties,
> such as inhibition, reserve, caution, solitude and simplicity are often forced
onto
> such people, either by a mundane power or a higher power. Sometimes ideas are
propagated
> which make life for the native trying or troublesome. To such persons, fate is
usually
> one of change. People influenced thus, tend to depression or dwell on the
thought
> of death. Life often is full of humiliation, renunciation and obstacles. But
the
> position of the complete chart is always important. [Fixed
> Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, p.14.]
>


Saderazra (Delta Andromedae)

(Arabic = the woman's bosom)


Kui (Zeta Andromedae)

(my own coinage--Chinese for "foot," "legs" or "wild boar")


(giving power or speed, fleeing from something)


Mirfak al Bintu (Eta Andromedae)


(my own coinage--Arabic for "the girl's elbow")



Mark A. Holmes