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Eric Chaisson's trilogy

I've been reading Eric Chaisson's 'Cosmic Dawn: The Origins of Matter and Life'. Reading this book I have to struggle quite a bit. So much so that in writing about my experience I feel the urge to go hillbilly just to make things interesting. Okay, this feller knows his stuff. Pro'lly a good perfesser too. But whoooo--weee... the smell comin off'in his writing style jess leaves a person wantin something a biiitttt more on the personable side of things. Fossilized dino dung has more juice in
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First sign things are going pear-shaped

During the past few weeks of cloudy skies I've been spending some of what would have been observing time learning how to use my Nikon D3000 DSLR. After many hours using the camera on the tripod I came to the definite conclusion I should get a 'Right Angle Viewer' for the viewfinder. I wasn't sure whether I should get the Nikon DR-6 Right Angle Viewfinder or some other brand that was anywhere between 1/3 to 1/2 the price. I phoned the local office of the national photographic chain and immediatel
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In the event of cloudy skies

In a perverse way cloudy skies can be good. The condition allows you to catch up on your astronomy reading. In my case I was intrigued by the title. Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century (Philip Harris, Praxis Publishing 2009) At first glance one might be tempted to think this fellow was a bit on the squirrely side of crazy using a title which conveyed a meaning of humanity flourishing on planetary and space outposts rather than just barely managing to exist on two
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Aero, ergo sum?

I just noticed something today. My membership status in the Star Gazers Lounge has suddenly changed. Having been a 'vacuum' I am now classified as a 'Nebula'. With apologies to Descartes does this mean 'I gaseous, therefore I am'? p.s. It has now been 65 nights since the purchase of my telescope without ONE night being cloudless enough for observation. I'm beginning to wonder if G-d has remembered me.
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Getting going... maybe.

When I joined the Stargazers Lounge (see http://stargazerslounge.com/welcome/95087-greetings-everyone.html#post1356680 ) I wrote about how I had as a New Years resolution decided to get started on astronomy as a hobby. Well...? The fates have been conspiring against me it seems. I set forth in my posting about how I had already purchased a Nikon D3000 D-SLR and Pro-Star (aka Clevo) D900F laptop. Well, it seems the drivers (windows or *nix) for Intel WiFi 5300 cards won't allow signing into sec
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