Posts Made By: Maurice Clark

Hi all,

Here is a great animation of the recent partial occultation of Rhea by Dione during the Cassini flyby.

http://planetary.org/blog/20051010.html

Cheers,

Maurice

Another pic showing the family.

Hi Sandy,

There is a problem with grandad's tie!!!??????? 8O 8O

Cheers,

Maurice

Slightly fashion challenged! 8)

Hi Darian,

I am surprised at how you have been mislead! Didn't you know that all those moon-walks you watched as a teenager were filmed in an aircraft hanger here on Earth!!???? No-one from Earth has yet been to the Moon. You should read the internet more often!

Cheers,

Maurice

PS: Yes I am speaking with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek here!

Hi Dmitri,

I don't know about with an 80mm, but one night I tried to see just how much would be visible in a 6". I spent the entire night observing every object within the LMC that I could identify, and did not finish because of dawn! I logged over 300 individual objects. Globulars, open clusters, and nebulae. How much you will get with your 80mm, will probably depend on how dark your skies are. Mine were only about 6.2 that night.

Regards,

Maurice

Hi all,

Here is an interesting viewpoint on ID and schools that some of you might find interesting.

http://www.libertymagazine.org/article/articleview/545/1/88/

Regards,

Maurice

Hi Tim,

Wasn't it a civil war president who once said "It is not a question of 'if God is on our side', but rather, 'are we on God's side?" ?

Cheers,

Maurice

Hi Bill,


LISTEN FELLOW! YOU decided to go back to OZ just for some silly thing like another poor guy getting hitched!

Actually I will be going back there again once the semester finishes in May. This time it is my wife's son who will be getting married! 8O another one down the drain!

say, you got a place for someone else to hide somewhere down under???

See above! Mag 7.5+ skies, the Sagittarius Milky Way overhead and casting shadows, the majestic southern skies, Centaurus A naked eye, very few cloudy nights, all observing equipment and camera gear supplied.................

Just this @$#@#$@$%^%*%$$#^@$#!@#^$ winter and teaching to get through first!

Interested?

Cheers,

Maurice

Darrell Fichtl said:

Assuming there was no religious section at the bookstore, where would you put the Bible; Fact, Fiction or Fantasy?


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Hi Darrell,

Considering that the Bible is absolutely essencial for archaeology and is one of the most accurate windows into early middle-eastern history, there is absolutely no question about it. FACT.

Cheers,

Maurice

Hi Lee,

That Hamas won in the election was not really surprising. Much of the international media had been talking about what Hamas had been doing for the local people for months. It appears that while Fatah was more interested in lining its own pockets, Hamas actually was doing things for the people such as electricity, food, water, etc. This was bound to make them popular with the people. A real savy policy when there is an election looming.

Now that they have won power, things could get real interesting. They will have to make a choise. Either they continue with their "Death to Israel" policy, risking help from the west and another war in the middle east, or they give up that policy and renounce terrorism and become a legimate government. Either way, it could get very interesting while they try to make up their minds.

One other point to consider, is that in the eyes of many of the Palestinians, Hamas is not a terrorist organization. The are freedom fighters battling to regain their occupied homeland. They will have to decide if they will be better off and gain more by peace.

It would seem like the whole middle east is at a crossroad now.

Cheers,

Maurice

PS: I have been away for a couple of days. What happened here!!???