Ray Emery

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  • in reply to: Last night’s Aurorae #625653
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    Here is a panorama from above our village of Brinkhill, east Lincs, c.1930 hrs UT.

    in reply to: Nasa announcement #583298
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    Today’s teatime BBC “PM” programme began with an announcement that NASA had discovered even more water than on “the dark side of the Moon”. It got switched off before I threw the radio out of the back door…

    in reply to: Welcome to Leeds – light pollution city #583276
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    Gifted to us by “intellects [small] and cool and unsympathetic…”

    in reply to: Chocolate telescope #583161
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    It’s amazing how people go on finding creative ways to waste their time and resources. The “glue” should taste better than Araldite, mind. Not so sure about the paint job. As a diabetic, I could probably only manage the eyepiece.

    in reply to: Life, don’t talk to me about life #583158
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    This recent ultra-high-res image was sent on to me by my good friend Prof. I.T.S. Knott-Lykely, of Eccles.

    in reply to: Inner core temperatures of white dwarfs #583122
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    I knew it would be complicated; most things are! Could well be in the “not well understood” category? If you find the reference, I would be interested to give it a look over. Thanks!

    in reply to: Inner core temperatures of white dwarfs #583120
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    Dominic – seems fair enough! Presumably once the core eventually solidifies/crystallises, it will become a much poorer conductor of such heat as remains (probably not much).  Cheers!

    in reply to: Life, don’t talk to me about life #583111
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    There’s a good old Yorkshire expression for such speculative claims: ” ‘Appen “.

    It all depends on the inflection in the pronunciation:

    ‘Appen – this is entirely possible; (or, the bandwagon effect).

    ‘Appen – Just possible, but I consider it unlikely; (or, the sceptical rival effect).

    ‘Appen – next it’ll be turnips on Titan… (or, the view from Barnsley top).

    in reply to: Orbital Period of C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) #582951
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    Well, I had tried the interactive comet orbit model myself, which is what made me think that the planets would not have had much of a gravitational effect. But I bow to those on a higher plane (pardon the pun) than myself. Cat amongst the pigeons – good stuff.

    in reply to: Orbital Period of C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) #582948
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    Nick – fair enough! I will have to bow to the cognoscenti (as usual). Many thanks.

    in reply to: Braided structure in F3 NEOWISE dust tail #582808
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    Fair enough, Nick. This one got past the defences of my sleep deprived brain. This is why I don’t bother with any social media.Too many b——-ds out there!

    in reply to: C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) #582773
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    Nick – that latest image of your makes it look like a Hale-Bopp re-run! What’s the secret?  🙂

    in reply to: C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) #582751
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    Truly stupendous, Nick! In fact, stupendus maximus! Well done that man indeed!

    in reply to: Will Hay Appreciation Society Astro T shirt #582518
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    Martin – a friend of mine in the Leeds AS tried the link; he tells me they are currently not open for business…

    Didn’t Patrick get himself dressed up as this famous Melies Moon? – Ray –

    in reply to: ISS pass video #582517
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    Jack – my Mac machine says this is a QuickTime file when downloaded, but QT won’t open it. – Ray –

    in reply to: A question for Lunar observers #582450
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    Craig – I think Bill Leatherbarrow is the man for this. However, it is not the only summit “crater” on a central peak. I suspect that it is a collapse feature – a dimple – rather than an impact crater. That said, it does have a small impact crater within it! Have a look at this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlbategniusCraterPeak.jpg  – Ray E. –

    in reply to: Did you know ! #582424
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    Call it PC, call it a bourgeois fad, middle class fancy, softies’ choice, whatever. What kind of people decide these things? Nobody asked me for my own preference! Why is Mercury nomenclature limited to artists? Why not engineers? Heroes of the labour movement? Knights of the Round Table? Famous comics through history? 🙂  – Ray –

    in reply to: Did you know ! #582411
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    Yes, I did know it! Not at all sure that I approve however. Mind, given the hellish conditions there, the PC brigade are probably welcome to it…

    in reply to: Still problems #582352
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    Callum – working okay now, thanks! – Ray –

    in reply to: Tried both – no joy #582339
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    Callum – just tried using the Safari browser instead – seems to work okay!

    –  Ray –

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