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Friday, June 07, 2002 |
News -- Refurbished Hubble Space Telescope returning terrific views of
universe: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/06/science/06ASTR.html
Comment -- A good article in the June Sky and Telescope magazine (
http://skyandtelescope.com/news/current/article_530_1.asp)
has photos of
how astronauts retrofitted the Hubble. It's really cool how they removed the
old solar panels and attached new ones that are smaller but much more
efficient.
Maybe they can keep the old hulk running for years by adding new technology
to the shell. Kind of like how the B-52 bomber is constantly updated with
new electronics and weapons systems.
News -- Really good view of the sky Thursday night. I went out to Sarah and
Joe's property and ran my little computerized ETX-70 around. It's great fun
using a computerized go-to scope. Very relaxing. The ETX-70 showed some nice
views of objects I would not have expected it to be able to see: M51, M81/82
and Ring Nebula.
4:09:07 PM 
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