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Posts Made By: Maurice Clark

June 2, 2014 07:42 PM Forum: Religion

Re: Christians biggest enemy

Posted By Maurice Clark
Billy,

There is a commandment that says; "thou shalt not bear false witness". As a Christian you should follow this commandment. Yet you do not.

To say that "one woman [took] prayer out of school" is being untruthful. What happened was that the courts very correctly ruled that having the state force children to recite prayers in school was unconstitutional. Children are still free to pray as much as they want.

If you want the state to mandate prayers, which prayers will you make them recite? Protestant? Catholic? Muslim? Wicca? Atheist? whose? And who will choose?

It is the parent's job to teach their children to pray. NOT the states'.

Maurice

July 15, 2014 06:55 PM Forum: Comets

Churyumov-Gerasimenko up close

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi All,

Check out Emily Lakdawalla's latest blog on comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko and Rosetta over at the Planetary Society. At last the spacecraft is close enough to start seeing detail in the nucleus. Will be even better when they go into orbit next month.

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/07150633-quick-rosetta-update.html

Love the name for the nucleus' shape..... Rubber Ducky!

Cheers,

Maurice

November 27, 2014 07:06 PM Forum: Sports

Aussie cricketer dies after being hit by the ball

Posted By Maurice Clark
The cricket world is in mourning after one of Australia's top young cricketers Phillip Hughes, died 2 days after being hit on the neck while batting. He misjudged the pace of the ball and was hit on the back of the neck by a bouncer bowled by a former team-mate and friend Sean Abbott.

Labelled as one of Australia's worst days in sport, all international and local games around the world have been either cancelled or postponed as a mark of respect.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-27/cricketer-phil-hughes-dies/5919204

December 3, 2014 03:52 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

Hayabusa-II mission launched successfully

Posted By Maurice Clark
JAXA's Hayabusa-II asteroid sample return mission was successfully launched last night. Hopefully it will have a less traumatic flight than its predecessor!

More information at the link below.

http://www.spaceflight101.com/hayabusa-2-mission-updates.html

Maurice

January 20, 2015 03:24 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

Dawn at Ceres

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi All,

For asteroid/dwarf plant affectionados, the next few months will be exciting as 2 NASA spacecraft explore the final 2 classes of objects in our solar system yet to be visited:- the dwarf planets Ceres and Pluto.

The Dawn mission has just released its first reasonably detailed view of Ceres. Although not yet BTH (better than Hubble) the resolution is similar and should surpass Hubble in the next couple of weeks. More information here:-

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/01200633-new-dawn-images-of-ceres.html

New Horizons to Pluto has started its Pluto observations but BTH is not expected for about another month ot so.

Cheers,

Maurice


February 28, 2015 01:47 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Mr Spock is dead.

Posted By Maurice Clark
Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek's Mr Spock, has died aged 83. cwy

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31662024

I can still remember sitting around the B&W TV after dinner to watch Star Trek back in the 60's. One of the best SciFi shows ever. And Spock made the show.

A few years ago, a friend gave me an autographed copy of Nimoy's autobiography, "I am Spock". Will be a sad re-read this weekend.

LLAP, you will be missed.

September 1, 2015 04:05 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

planetary imaging settings

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi All,

I have been imaging planets with an ImagingSource DBK 21AU618.AS camera for a while and am having trouble getting the colour balance correct. I am using the IC Capture software that came with the camera, and the images always have a incorrect colour, no matter how I play with the white balance and hue sliders.

Looking for some suggestions from others as to what settings you use to achieve the correct colour balance.

Thanks

Maurice

September 3, 2015 02:16 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Australia honours Macquarie Island dogs

Posted By Maurice Clark
Nice news item on the ABC website. Australia Post will issue a new set of stamps that honour the dogs that were used on Macquarie Island to eliminate feral animals such as rabbits.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-03/stamp-honour-for-dogs-who-clean-up-macquarie-island/6746672

Maurice

September 28, 2015 03:19 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

Re: No eclipse for me

Posted By Maurice Clark
Was a great night here. Had more than 70 people at the observatory watching it. Will post a couple of piccies later.

October 2, 2015 10:08 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

Humorous article

Posted By Maurice Clark
Humorous article about a "new" NASA rover.

http://www.theonion.com/article/nasa-deploys-congressional-rover-search-funding-51231

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