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weixing
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Posts: 4708 Joined: Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:22 amFavourite scope: Vixen R200SS & Celestron 6" F5 Achro RefractorLocation: (Tampines) Earth of Solar System in Orion Arm of Milky Way Galaxy in Local Group Galaxies Cluster
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by weixing Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:34 am
Hi,
Very interesting introduction to the VLT (Very Large Telescope):
http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/bond/Flash007/
Have a nice day.
Yang Weixing
"The universe is composed mainly of hydrogen and ignorance."
Tachyon
Posts: 2038 Joined: Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:40 amLocation: Bedok
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by Tachyon Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:27 pm
Yes, very nice! Can't wait to see the astro images they produce!
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wucheeyiun
Posts: 1758 Joined: Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:57 pmLocation: marine parade
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by wucheeyiun Sat Oct 18, 2008 7:06 pm
looks like the Europeans will have more edge cutting technology then USA....they also have the Large Hadron Collider in their pocket too
boothee
Posts: 499 Joined: Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:38 pmLocation: Myanmar
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by boothee Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:11 pm
Impressive animation and presentation.
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Airconvent
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Posts: 5803 Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 11:49 pmLocation: United Federation of the Planets
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by Airconvent Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:59 am
wow...cool man!
very professionally done PR for the scopes!
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