Fwd: Urania Presents: Optical & Radio

 

 

 

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From: b <rrdd3939@aol.com>
To: rrdd3939 <rrdd3939@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, May 30, 2013 9:23 am
Subject: Urania Presents: Optical & Radio

             URANIA PRESENTS: OPTICAL & RADIO -

                              FUN & EDUCATION

               by Richard DePersio & Citizen Journalist

 

Can the moon be seen during the day?

First Quarter Moon - Rises at Noon and sets at midnight.

Full Moon - Rises at Sunset and sets at Sunrise.

Third Quarter Moon - Rises at Midnight and Sets at Noon.

 

Recommended Activities:

Visual: Eyes - You should have; Binoculars - You should have;

Telescope - You should have.

www.heaven-above.com Provided: Star Maps with days and

times - and guidance.

Radio: www.amsat.org Inside (CJ is homebound) or outside

(International Space Station and satellites).

Equipment: SatPC32 Electronic Download or CD -              $45

                   Broadband VHF/UHF/XS Satellite RX PreAmp - 50

                   ARRL Satellite Handbook -                                  25

                   Getting Started with Amateur Satellites -             15

                                                                                Total:   $135

Enjoy going from simple to complex activities.

Also: be a citizen-scientist and download seti@home screen-savor

         and help with search for ET. Join TEAM USA; we are

         presently in 5th place - do something about it!

 

Urania: "We Gods and Goddesses are competitive. Hermes did a book

review - CJCS Comsats first - at www.quasarpolitical.blogspot.com

Pan is doing one at www.pan-multiverse.blogspot.com I refuse to

be left behind!"

Glow-in-the-Dark Constellations: A Field Guide for Young Stargazers

by C.E. Thompson and Illustrated by Randy Chewning in cooperation

with Clint Hatchett (Urania: "That's a manly and tough name. Clint of

American Museum of Natural History/Hayden Planetarium,. Is he still

there?"...Sunflower Publishing, 1989). It tells you where to find my

friends for adults new to observing, children, especially, 7 to 13 and, it

is great for parents and children to enjoy together.

Do enjoy my astronomy and Plato's Man-in-the Cave philosophy below...