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Posts Made By: Nico Taelman

December 14, 2003 08:18 PM Forum: Religion

Re: Good bye Saddam

Posted By Nico Taelman
Congratulations on a great job!
I wonder what they're gonna do with him and where.
Nico

December 15, 2003 08:51 PM Forum: Telescope Making

Lightweight scopes

Posted By Nico Taelman
Hi guys. I was making some sketches lately and tried to design a 10" dob for travelling. I got a 10" blank which I would like to grind next spring and I would like to build a transportable scope. I got it folded up quit small but I'w worried about the weight. I was wondering what's a strong and yet lightweight material that I could use to build it? Also, what would be the average size of an overhead-luggage compartment?
Nico

December 17, 2003 05:40 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

RG did it again

Posted By Nico Taelman
The image of the day of the Pleiades is stunning, kudos to Robert Gendler on another terrific picture! It seems every time he images a well-known object he adds a new dimension to it. Respect.
Nico

December 19, 2003 06:37 PM Forum: Telescope Making

Re: Starstructure 18" finished cell

Posted By Nico Taelman
It looks great Michael!
What will be the total weight of the aluminium structure without mirrors, etc..?
Nico

December 28, 2003 12:42 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Frustrated

Posted By Nico Taelman
Ok I'm off to bed now, cloudy again, can't stop thinking of my vacation this year to Greece, sunny, dry, clear skies, every day, every night,... Here in Belgium it's been cloudy and rainy for about the last 5 weeks...getting pi$$ed here..How about your skies lately?
Please share some nice observing sessions to help me get through this.
Nico
Belgium, Europe

January 1, 2004 02:19 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

Posted By Nico Taelman
WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND 300 CLEAR SKIES/YEAR !!!
Nico
Belgium

January 4, 2004 04:48 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

TOUCHDOWN

Posted By Nico Taelman
SPIRIT HAS LANDED!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO NASA AND ALL INVOLVED!!!

Nico

January 5, 2004 12:33 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

MARS-Mania

Posted By Nico Taelman
I admit, I'm kind of a Mars-freak; I was looking at the pre-landing pictures taken by Spirit and comparing them to the terrain within the ellipse in Gusev.
I guess this should be more or less where it's located.
It's a rough estimate however, I'm sure Nasa knows its exact location by now..
Nico

February 2, 2004 06:59 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Fossils ?

Posted By Nico Taelman
I'm quite surprised about some raw images and the latest released panorama from Opportunity; I'm not dead-serious on this but some little 'stones' appearing in the immediate vicinity of the lander look like fossils to me. There is one which looks like a teeth and another one to the left of it which appears to have some kind of tentacles. Strange. I hope to see close-ups and measurements from those 'stones' in the coming days and weeks. See what Nasa finds out about them...
Nico

February 4, 2004 06:13 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Opportunity horizon

Posted By Nico Taelman
I'm having lots of fun lately processing images by the Twin Rovers! Downloading left/right images, edit them in a freeware anaglyph builder program and unsharp masking and colorizing in Photoshop to bring out further detail, superb. My favorite waste of time!
Enjoy!
Nico

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