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by geomouse
Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:12 am
Forum: The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources
Topic: origins of comets
Replies: 3
Views: 2316

Re: origins of comets

Thanks for your replies... :D
by geomouse
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:26 pm
Forum: The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources
Topic: origins of comets
Replies: 3
Views: 2316

origins of comets

I'm not what anyone would call a character from Big Bang Theory. I do like to ponder the universe though :ssmile: I had, what I thought was, an intersting proposal. Considering the origin of water on earth is generally accepted to be derived from cometary collisions with our fair planet, Earth absor...
by geomouse
Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:08 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: How does Hubble work?
Replies: 17
Views: 2764

Re: How does Hubble work?

Thanks for your reply Chris...That explains things for me. I am very impressed with your observatory project! What events of significance are you panning to observe, (and graciously share with us)!?! I am a very novice astronomer and keen to learn about the great beyond. Most impressive for me has t...
by geomouse
Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:56 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: How does Hubble work?
Replies: 17
Views: 2764

Re: How does Hubble work?

Hi there...new to the board and have a q about the Hubble as well... Does anyone know the optical range in the relative short distance scale of this unit? After seeing the Deep Field, I was wondering why it's not used to survey the planets such as Mars. It would seem that an instument of this refine...