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by Dark Helmet
Mon Jul 10, 2017 1:00 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Total Eclipse Stamps
Replies: 2
Views: 2539

Re: Total Eclipse Stamps

Cool...Thanks for the heads up Paul...

Matt P.
by Dark Helmet
Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:59 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Heads Up Today
Replies: 5
Views: 3504

Re: Heads Up Today

Thanks for the heads up Mike. Yes, this is an impressive sun spot considering we are heading into Solar Minimum. I wonder if any of my family of friends up north in Nova Scotia/PEI/Newfoundland got any auroral activity???

Matt P.
by Dark Helmet
Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:21 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Can you hear a meteor?
Replies: 11
Views: 7834

Re: Can you hear a meteor?

Hi Don,

That's very interesting observation that you could smell the after-effect of a meteor. I wonder if the meteor caused some type of ozone discharge, as ozone typically smells like gun-power or sulfur???



Matt
by Dark Helmet
Thu Mar 23, 2017 12:52 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Can you hear a meteor?
Replies: 11
Views: 7834

Re: Can you hear a meteor?

Hi Paul, I just realized my original post got cut off a bit before I submitted it. Sorry for the confusion. My bad. Yes, you can hear meteors without electronic equipment. If the meteor is heavy enough and dense enough, usually iron core, it will push so hard against Earth's dense lower atmosphere, ...
by Dark Helmet
Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:51 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Can you hear a meteor?
Replies: 11
Views: 7834

Re: Can you hear a meteor?

Hi Paul, As a avid radio astronomer, yes you can "hear" aurora and meteors. In fact, I frequently listen to aurora's occuring north of 45 degree latitude over the Canadian Maritimes but not visible down here in New England. One can use an AM radio listening around 550-700, away from the hi...
by Dark Helmet
Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:23 am
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Carl Sagan
Replies: 3
Views: 2673

Re: Carl Sagan

Paul D wrote:If it wasn't for Carl Sagan and Cosmos I probably wouldn't be into astronomy today.
Exactly my thought...Matt
by Dark Helmet
Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:30 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: God Speed John Glenn
Replies: 8
Views: 4065

Re: God Speed John Glenn

Looks like the harbor walk in Bristol Rhode Island just off down town.
by Dark Helmet
Wed Dec 14, 2016 1:07 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: God Speed John Glenn
Replies: 8
Views: 4065

Re: God Speed John Glenn

Great picture!

Matt
by Dark Helmet
Tue May 31, 2016 2:18 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: WPRI TV 12 Mars Oposition Story 5-23-16 5:55PM
Replies: 10
Views: 6581

Re: WPRI TV 12 Mars Oposition Story 5-23-16 5:55PM

Awesome George.....

Matt
by Dark Helmet
Mon May 02, 2016 12:54 pm
Forum: Astronomical Events
Topic: Transit of Mercury on May 9th
Replies: 18
Views: 10324

Re: Transit of Mercury on May 9th

Bill, Paul, or anybody else,

I forgot to ask, is ASSNE doing so type of group observing of the transit somewhere or are folks going solo on his one.