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I saw my first Tenerifean owl a few months back whilst I was beginning early-morning star gazing. I was head-back, trying to see which star was directly above me when a silently gliding bird slipped across my line of view. A bit magic. :) I hadn't known before then that there were owls on Tenerife, ...

Again, many, many thanks for posting such an informative response. I am on a learning curve that is practically vertical - and this is enormously exhilarating! The links were also most useful and I shall begin to work my way through the University of Illinois astro site. The comparative sizes link w...

Thank you!
Regards M

Thank you so much, Anthony and Ann! I'm thoroughly gob-smacked at how much consideration you both gave to answering my question. And, yes, both answers helped me a lot. Ann, you wrote (about the H-R diagram) "the connection between stellar mass, brightness and temperature." In this connect...

Star clusters = often lots of blue stars (and sometimes pink nebulosity)! :D Galaxy clusters = very few blue stars, but lots of yellow splotches! http://community.babycentre.co.uk/js/tinymce/plugins/smileys/img/smiley-yawn.gif But thanks for NGC 1365, Marco, and it's a nice APOD! :D Ann Ann, I'm ne...

Thank you, Owlice! Good to be here.
Would it be inappropriate to ask if your Forum name is Ow lice or Owl ice? Both options are intriguing!
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Margarita

I've been reading through some of the other posts in this thread, and I feel a little like Charlie Brown when he replied to Linus, "Well, I thought they looked like a horsie and a doggie..." I am 64 and first discovered that that bright light in the sky was NOT a geo-stationary orbit last ...