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It's in Chinese: http://www.sh-lvyou.com/news/49.html is where I heard about it The "English version" of this is apparently 199 EUR, of course, you don't share the bus with the "Chinese masses", but I think everyone will end up crowding on that island. http://eclipse-city.com/ecl...

Has anyone planned to go to this place? http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060420_visited_yangshan_deep_water_port.htm Interesting as it's in the middle of the eclipse track. The latest update is that the Shanghai govt run travel agency is organising trips to the Island for 150RMB per person. I...

While signing up, i looked up my gmail archives... WOW! 2 years ago... Yeah, sign up for it now! You never know... Date: 6 Jul 2004 08:54:30 -0000 Message-ID: <20040706085430.78756.qmail@zelaza.pair.com> To: *@gmail.com From: notify@astro-physics.com Subject:Notification request Your name has been p...

Hate to resurrect a dead thread, but I just spotted one in the classifieds 2day, $59.90 from carrefour, special intro price, usual price $99.90. Anyone can check it out and see how many aH the battery is?

Oh ok... I stand corrected =P
Hehe, thanx

anti-tail or anomalous tail When a comet's tail appears to be pointing toward the Sun, this is called an anti-tail or anomalous tail. In reality, the tail only appears to be pointing toward the Sun. To get an anti-tail, the comet must produce large ("heavy") dust particles. If this happens...

Actually, since comets are made of ice, and dust and rock, it takes quite a bit of luck for it to "light up" when it comes near the sun. Only once in a while you get comets that are spectacular and brighten up sufficiently to be seen with the naked eye. The rest just remain as dustballs th...

I see you are in Vincent Senior's "Televue Too Ex" Gang :-) No, I'm the complete opposite as far as petrol is concerned. I never pump anything better than 92 as my car would not be able to feel the difference which is entirely different from my experience with the Radian. I did not like t...

It's not THAT hard to decide actually.
Most of the time, economics solves the question for us before anything else.

Sounds like a Tak FC 76 to me... Refractor, f/8, 76mm aperture... I dun think it's extremely important to purchase branded premium eyepieces for observing. Of course, it'd be great to pick up premium stuff for everything that goes with the scope, but then, why call any equipment cheapo? I believe wh...