http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/ Wanna be Astronomers - Come and chat with other Astronomy lovers Sat, 25 May 2013 05:58:12 GMT Glenn A. Walsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9288 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9288 Weather Satellite Fails as Hurricane Season About to Begin A key satellite positioned to track severe weather in the eastern United States has failed, just as Fri, 24 May 2013 06:31:02 GMT Glenn A. Walsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9287 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9287 Eclipse of Nothingness: Friday Night Lunar Eclipse An eclipse of the Moon will happen in the midnight hour of May 24-25, 2013.    It is such a slight eclipse Thu, 23 May 2013 14:21:34 GMT Glenn A. Walsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9286 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9286 Congress Debates NASA Asteroid Mission--or Back to the Moon? NASA's plan to lasso an asteroid for astronauts as a deep-space dry run for a future mission to Thu, 23 May 2013 04:57:53 GMT Joseph Rome http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9285 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9285 Saturn – 05-22-13 Moon was close by and instead of a Teleconverter I used a Televue 2.5X powermate for a folcal length of 7000mm. 60D running 14FPS captured Thu, 23 May 2013 04:53:00 GMT Joseph Rome http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9284 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9284 Saturn – 05-22-13 Moon was close by and instead of a Teleconverter I used a Televue 2.5X powermate for a folcal length of 7000mm.  60D running 14FPS Wed, 22 May 2013 05:12:22 GMT Glenn A. Walsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9283 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9283 Quantum AI Computer Coming to NASA & Google Search engine giant Google announced May 16 it was teaming with NASA Ames Research Center and the Universities Tue, 21 May 2013 12:37:16 GMT Glenn A. Walsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9282 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9282 Saturn Moon Titan: 1st Global Topographic Map Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan, giving researchers a valuable Mon, 20 May 2013 04:53:24 GMT Joseph Rome http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9281 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9281 http://www.flickr.com/photos/42637403@N06/8755502641/in/photostream   Joe Rome http://www.flickr.com/photos/42637403@N06/8755502641/in/photostream Joe Rome Mon, 20 May 2013 04:43:31 GMT Glenn A. Walsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9280 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9280 Video: Bright Explosion - Meteor Hits the Moon "On March 17, 2013, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium," says Sun, 19 May 2013 23:49:19 GMT Joseph Rome http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9279 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9279 http://www.flickr.com/photos/42637403@N06/8755876636/   Joe Rome http://www.flickr.com/photos/42637403@N06/8755876636/ Joe Rome Sun, 19 May 2013 23:47:01 GMT Joseph Rome http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9278 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9278 Dr. John Huntsberger at the Texas Star party, My scope is under the trash bag on the left, his 9.25” Celestron under a fine TeleGizmos Telescope Cover. I was Sun, 19 May 2013 19:22:41 GMT Glenn A. Walsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9277 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9277 North Pole Shifting Due to Greenland Ice Melting Increased melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and other ice losses worldwide have helped to move the North Pole Sat, 18 May 2013 16:46:08 GMT Glenn A. Walsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9276 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9276 New Mullaney Book: "Celebrating the Universe!" A new book, Celebrating the Universe!, introduces the reader to the wonders of the celestial heavens, with a Fri, 17 May 2013 19:51:06 GMT Glenn A. Walsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9275 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9275 NASA: Strong Solar Flare Earth Impacts Manageable Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather -- great bursts of Thu, 16 May 2013 14:20:54 GMT Glenn A. Walsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9274 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wannabeastronomers/message/9274 Kepler Exoplanet Hunter Spacecraft at Risk NASA's $600 million Kepler Space Telescope, a leading player in the hunt for Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like