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Lecture 3 – Night Sky April 17 2015
MVNSC: Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation: ‘Observing the Night Sky Around Us’: Our Night Sky as it appears April 17 2015 around 9pm – courtesy Stellarium Program developed by: Mississippi...
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Cabart Oboe for sale
For Sale: F.Loree Petites-Mains Oboe Purchased from Gary Armstrong Woodwinds in Toronto. Especially suited for small hands Grenadilla wood throughout Original Case and custom reed case and reeds...
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Lecture 4 – Night Sky May 1st 2015
MVNSC: Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation: The Night Sky Around Us Lecture 4 Program developed by: Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Ottawa Astronomy...
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Lecture 5 Night Sky May 8th 2015
MVNSC: Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation: The Night Sky Around Us Lecture 5 Program developed by: Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Ottawa Astronomy...
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Observing Planets – Viewing Geometries
When we observe Venus an inner planet, we see a phase. Question: Why don’t we see a phase when we observe the outer planets? Let’s look at the Viewing Geometries that describe what’s going on… Here is...
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Night Sky Observing – How Far South do we See?
In the Spring time, when we stand outside and observe the constellations, we can observe galaxies beyond our own because we are looking up and out of the plane of the galactic disk. In fact we can...
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Night Sky Course Spring 2015 – Notes from the last Session
MVNSC: Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation: Post Spring 2015 Lecture Notes Night Sky Observations: May 8 , 17, and June 7: May 8 2015 21:00 EDT: Sky Conditions: Sucker Holes Sucker Hole: A...
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Kepler 452b: “In transit”
July 2015: The Kepler Space Telescope made an extraordinary exoplanet discovery, Kepler-452b . Kepler-452b, in the constellation Cygnus, is 1400 light years away shares the same spectral classification...
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Saturn, Scorpius Globular Clusters & Aug 12-14 Perseid Meteor Shower
In mid-month August, we can take off the mosquito netting and re-acquaint ourselves with the Night Sky . Let’s look at what we have been missing in the Southwest … as we wait for the Perseid Meteor...
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Night Sky – September 2015 Observations – Northern and Southern Horizons
Looking North in Autumn – Big Dipper low in the Sky Cycling home in the early evening, I enjoyed watching the wisps of interstellar clouds (of stars and stardust) rise up overhead into the northern...
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Bright Planets in the East before Dawn – October 2015
Use Stellarium to check out the sky configuration for your location and time You may have gotten up or will get up before...
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Observing Lunar Horizons – each day a ‘New Horizon’
Moon near First Quarter After Sunset – courtesy Stellarium The moon will follow the path of the ecliptic and will set before midnight The Moon After Sunset approaching ‘first quarter’ was an enchanting...
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Hunting Comet Catalina in Mississippi Mills
Earth Centered Universe Program helps hunt down the Comet! Pre-dawn Thursday Jan 7 2016 Observing Report January 7 2016, I peeked out (at 1 am EDT) and waited for Jupiter to shove over and allow...
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Wanted: Cotton Sheets – Queen-size bed
Looking for unscented cotton sheets for a Queen-size bed . $$ negotiable. Contact Pat – pat.browne101@gmail.com
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Planet Parade – Pre-Dawn Late January 2016
Image – courtesy Stellarium If you are up before sunrise in the last two weeks of January 2016, you get to see at least 4 planets… plus Mercury. Mercury however is always close to the Sun and hard to...
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Spring Night Sky Sessions
The MVCA Night Sky Conservation team is pleased to offer a series of informal Astronomy sessions this Spring. First meeting is on Friday April 6 as shown in the poster below. The sessions will be...
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Astronomy Session Introduction
Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation – Astronomy Sessions Program developed by: Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority in partnership with: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Ottawa Astronomy...
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The NightSky of Spring
Spring Observing: West (late Winter) to South East(Spring) To see the stars in the Spring Constellations, the Earth’s orbit is in a locations such that night side points away from the Sun, towards the...
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Ice Cube – Astrophysics In July
by Pat Browne Detection of Cosmic Ray Source Galaxy – a chilling discovery On July 12 2018, the Ice Cube neutrino Laboratory at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station announced the results from last...
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Trailer Refrigerator For Sale
For sale ======== Norcold N510 refrigerator: 5.5 Cubic Feet Adjustable thermostat LP Gas or AC Operation Freezer compartment Dimensions: 46 x 27.5 x 27.2 inches No door panel (obtainable through RV...
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