Cool...Thanks for the heads up Paul...
Matt P.
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- Mon Jul 10, 2017 1:00 pm
- Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
- Topic: Total Eclipse Stamps
- Replies: 2
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- 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.
Matt P.
- 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
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
- 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, ...
- 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...
- Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:23 am
- Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
- Topic: Carl Sagan
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2673
Re: Carl Sagan
Exactly my thought...MattPaul D wrote:If it wasn't for Carl Sagan and Cosmos I probably wouldn't be into astronomy today.
- 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.
- Wed Dec 14, 2016 1:07 pm
- Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
- Topic: God Speed John Glenn
- Replies: 8
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Re: God Speed John Glenn
Great picture!
Matt
Matt
- 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
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Re: WPRI TV 12 Mars Oposition Story 5-23-16 5:55PM
Awesome George.....
Matt
Matt
- 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.
I forgot to ask, is ASSNE doing so type of group observing of the transit somewhere or are folks going solo on his one.