Astronomy News: Observing Tips and What's Up!
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A Science Archive
Welcome
The archive covers such subjects
as: horticulture, aviculture, observational astronomy, optics, cosmic evolution,
wellness, alternative medicine and South Florida history. (The wellness
section is based on the book As Well as Nature Intended: The Way Back.)
(Most
recent update to this file 11-18-06, 12-27-06, 7-23-07
(what changed?). Internet
links verified and updated 7-26-07--because the sites
linked to, in these indices, are unlikely to change, they are not verified
often.)
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Prologue:
How could any place be so remarkable
as to provide an opportunity for humankind to exist. Here we stand, after
millions of years, with nothing but hunger, lust and curiosity to keep
us going. It may be that no other creature, possibly none anywhere, has
come to control its own existence. We are so much a part of each other,
and yet we cannot differ in our ways and thoughts without pursuing a destructive
course.
The first horse--the poet--Muhammad
The second horse--the athlete--the red horse
The third horse--the runner--determination
The fourth horse--the actress--inspiration
The archive is a privately operated
library of original scientific, medical and historical articles and manuscripts.
No part of these documents (text
and graphics) may be reproduced without the author's written permission.
(© 1991(Well), 1995(SFAAAHist),
1997(ACOTI/TPT), 1999(Last), 2000(www), 2001(Opt/ATM/FLOS/JAB)
Gary M. Bloom) (site opened 05-12-06)
(TPT rewritten fall 2006--Gary M. Bloom)
An addendum to the mission statement--11-16-06:
For clarification, none of this information came from the internet.
"A Collision of Two Infinities"
(The universe as seen
from the "outside:" Cosmic evolution--a behavioral point of view.)
"The Perfect Telescope"
(A series of articles
on the pros and cons of different types of telescopes, eyepieces and filters.)
"Optical Testing--Eyepieces, Barlow Lenses, Telescopes and Star Diagonals"
ATM Projects (Telescope construction and restoration)
"The South Florida Amateur Astronomers Association" (The association and its activities.)
"The Fox Astronomical Observatory" (The Observatory and its equipment)
"The Brandon Refractor" (From Guaynabo, Puerto Rico to Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
Under Southern Skies: 1950
through 2000
(The History of the South Florida Amateur
Astronomers Association, Inc., with observing notes)
Observing
Notes for South Florida: 1956 through 2000
Wellness and Alternative Medicine (A simple and effective approach to better health.)
As Well as Nature Intended -- a book on wellness (currently in print)
(Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society (The Early Years)
Astronomy Clubs, Observatories and Picture Galleries
A few sites and a few pictures (astronomy related)
Astronomy News (What's UP): "Mars," "Bigger than KT," "Planetary Observing Tips
Keywords and links for more sites
Indices
to other astronomy sites:
Amateur Astronomy Clubs, Observatories and Picture Galleries:
The Web Site of the SFAAA: http://www.sfaaa.com/
(coming events, observatory facilities,
ongoing activities and links to related sites)
Southern Cross Astronomical Society Inc.: http://www.scas.org/
(See links on this page.) (SCAS, based in Miami, FL, is the
host of the Winter Star Party)
Mike Smith Images (SCAS): http://www.scas.org/ms.html
Herm Perez'es Astropics (SCAS): http://home.att.net/~hermperez/default.htm
Fox Park Public Observatory, Lansing Michigan: http://www.foxobservatory.org/
Astronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Rho Ophiuchi: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000521.html
Omega Centauri: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961004.html
Earthlights: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
Gallery of Astrophotography and CCD Images: http://www.nightsky.at/photo/
Hubble Space Telescope Pictures: http://www.stsci.edu/
Hubble--Gallery of Planetary Nebula Images: http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/97/pn/
(SSU: Final Blaze of Glory)
Hubble News Center Index: http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/97/38/b-js.html
Hubble Site--News Center: http://hubble.stsci.edu/news_.and._views/pr.cgi?2000+32
ESO and Space Telescope Science Archive: http://archive.eso.org/
ESO Photo Gallery - Astronomical Images: http://www.eso.org/outreach/gallery/astro/
ESA Hubble Information Center (Images): http://hubble.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index
Mauna Kea Observatory: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/
Aerial tour of Mauna Kea Observatories: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/images/aerial-tour/aerial-tour.html
Now That's an Observatory: http://wwwhvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanoes/maunakea/
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to the Index to astronomy links)
General Astronomical Information (weather, news, movies, photos and images):
Nat. Weather Service, Miami: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mia/
Nat. Doppler radar site: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/
(Enhanced version requires java script, but click on
"standard version," reloads without java script.)
(click on "Base" under "Long/Short Range Images" then on "Loop" for
10-part weather loop.)
Current Weather Conditions:
Fox Observatory/Markham Park--Sunrise, FL: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KFLL.html
Kitt Peak--Flagstaff, AZ: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KFLG.html
Mt. Palomar--Palomar, CA: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KCRQ.html
Mt. Wilson--Pasadena, CA: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KBUR.html
Mauna Kea, Hawai`i: http://hokukea.soest.hawaii.edu/
United States Weather Cams: http://www.travelforecast.com/htdocs/cams.asp
United States Weather: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/ccus.html
National Data Buoy Center: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/wrldmap.shtml
NASA Homepage: http://www.nasa.gov/
(See links on this page.)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Homepage: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Science @ NASA--Thursday's classroom: http://www.ThursdaysClassroom.com/
(Science and Astronomy for young people of all ages)
(NA 7-23-07)
Science @ NASA--Thursday's classroom--Archive: http://www.ThursdaysClassroom.com/archive.html
(NA 7-23-07)
Space Weather Bureau: http://www.spaceweather.com/
(See index of links to NASA Space Weather articles, and to NOAA
and Goddard Space Flight Center sites.)
NASA Science News (October 2003)--Aurora Gallery
http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/aurora/gallery_01oct03_page8.html
NASA Science News (September 13, 2000)--Surprising
Coronal Mass Ejection:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast13sep_1.htm?list
NASA Science News (October 31, 2000)--Trick or
Treat: It's Toutatis!
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast31oct_1.htm
NASA Express Science News--to subscribe): http://science.nasa.gov/news/subscribe.asp
Solar Eclipses for beginners: http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html
BBC News Sci/Tech--Black Holes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_740000/740619.stm
AstroWeb: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/astronomy.html
(many sites/links listed)
Major Observatories: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_telescope.html
Mike Boschat's Astronomy Page: http://www.atm.dal.ca/~boschat/
(many sites/links listed)
Jeff Medkeff's Astronomy Page: http://jeff.medkeff.com/
Herb's Astro and Optics Stuff: http://retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/astro.html
Tod Gross' Weather and Astronomy Site: http://www.weatherman.com/
(See links on this page.)
Astronomy Ratings (eyepieces, etc.): http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/catalog.php?categoryid=3
(requires registration and password)
The Telescope Review Web Site (Ed Ting): http://www.scopereviews.com/
Peter Smith's Web Site: http://www.users.bigpond.com/PJIFL/
(for the advanced ATM)
Ken's Eyepiece Corner: http://www.klhess.com/teleindx.htm
Brian Greer's Telescope Optics (mirrored systems): http://www.fpi-protostar.com/bgreer/
Cloudy Nights: Equipment Reviews: http://www.cloudynights.com/
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to the Index to astronomy links)
Arecibo Observatory: http://www.naic.edu
Arecibo--Project Phoenix: http://www.seti-inst.edu/phoenix/ao-news.html
Jodrell Bank--Pulsars: http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~pulsar/Education/pulsar_intro.html
Major Radio Telescopes: http://www.setileague.org/otherweb/othrtele.htm
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute: http://www.pari.edu/
National Radio Astronomy Observatory: http://www.nrao.edu/
Radio Astronomy Web Ring (bottom of page): http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/ras.html
Radio Astronomy Supplies Inc.: http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/ras20.html
SETI, EME, Radio Astronomy and Radio Amateurs: http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/welcome1.html
SETI @ Home: The Search...: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
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http://www.theastronomer.org/index.html
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
11-03-00 (Toutatis)
11-15-00 (Solar
Rain)
12-05-00 (Jupiter
and 4 moons)
12-13-00 (Ganymede)
12-22-00 (Minima
vs Maxima)
02-23-01 (Solar
flip-flop)
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(Item 1)
Mars in 2001--Looking Back
(updated 10-10-01)
Viewing Mars, at this opposition, was, because of the low viewing angle, for points north of the equator, and because of turbulence related to the intense solar activity, disappointing, on most occasions. The "Red Planet" was 20.8 arc-seconds across on June 21st, and an extraordinary site in a telescope, for those who were able to work around the poor seeing conditions.
When seeing conditions are poor, due to solar activity, there are tricks to help get better results. At this opposition, the best viewing was in the evening twilight, and after 3 a.m. Of course, when viewing at angles near the meridian, there is less atmosphere to get in the way, but the best result still coincided with dawn and dusk. (Unfortunately, the coronal ejections at sunspot maxima create the most turbulence around the midnight hours.)
.....
[Notes: Generally, for planetary and lunar viewing,
developing a "pinpoint" observing technique and resting the eyes frequently
will allow using less power to see more detail, when up against greater
than normal atmospheric turbulence. Don't give in to the urge to use more
power when you cannot see what you want at medium power--the conditions
may not allow closer scrutiny! Following the rule ("less is more") may
provide a much more satisfying experience than trying to "power" through
less than ideal seeing conditions.]
(Originated 4-08-01.)
(Return to the beginning of "Astronomy News...")
Information on observing techniques and related subjects: Rested eyes see more! --
The "snap technique:" the finest detail -- Optical testing... (a log/report on observing techniques)
(Maps, photos and information on Mars at
opposition can be found in back issues of Sky and Telescope magazine:
January 1997, pgs 84-87; April 1999, page 106-110; May 2001, pgs 102-108
and June 2001, pgs 102-104. The web site for the Association of Lunar and
Planetary Observers is: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/alpo,
and the site for International Mars Watch is: http://elvis.rowan.edu/marswatch/,
with forms and instructions on recording and submitting data.)
.
or
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Old News: Bigger than KT!
(updated 4-25-01)
(originated 4-18-01)
.
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Keywords and links for more sites:
(For radio astronomy, search "Arecibo" and "radio astronomy.")
(For astronomical observatories, search "observatory.")
(For general information on astronomy, search "astronomy page.")
(Also, see Mike Boschat's Astronomy Page: http://www.atm.dal.ca/~boschat/
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Site history:
Site defined -- not for profit -- 4-25-00
-- parent directory 5-06-00 -- site open/copyright notice 5-12-00 -- most
recent insertion: 05-12-06.) (The research project was done in three parts:
part 1, beginning in 1984, part 2, in 1991 and part 3 in 1995.) (Changes
and revisions: Index file (ALOBS) name changed 6-13-00 from
A Library
of Behavioral Science to A Library of Health, History and Science,
but
kept ALOBS as mnemonic. On 9-20-00, the site name was briefly changed
to
A Library of Astronomy and Alternative Medicine. During 9-23/30-00,
background patterns were added to six files, and the library was divided
into four subject areas, with a front door where the default index is:
Amateur Astronomy, Optics, Cosmology, and Wellness, under the site name
A
Science Archive. On 10-05-00, a section for observing notes was added
to USS, and a section on eyepiece testing was added during that month.
On 11-03-00, a visitor counter was installed in AWANI-s. On 11-18-00, ALOBS.html
became a second "front door," and the site index was moved to ALOBS.htm,
resulting in the need to install a new counter in AWANI-s. The "second
door" was undone on 11-21-00, and on 11-26-00, another new visitor counter
was installed in AWANI-s. On 12-21-00 the third and last visitor counter
was removed from AWANI-s. On 5-30 and 6-24-01, the full-length version
of AWANI was uploaded. On 8-07-01, sections on horticulture and aviculture
("Bloom's Nursery") were added. On 8-08-01, a section on the early history
of the Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society was begun, and on 9-04-01 it was
complete, with updates through 02-05-02. Tropical.html with 3 jpegs started
5-10-02. updated titles, keywords and descriptions: 7-31-02. Started
moving to Bellsouth's new web server on 9-05-02--complete on 9-06-02--TB.
(AWANI-r started 6-06-04.) 6-10-04: Finished changes to AWANI to clarify,
update and reduce some sections. Redesigned index (ALOBS.html) in July
of 2005 (completed 7-23-05: Verified, eliminated and/or changed URLs for
links to several astronomy sites, and updated USS.html to reflect password
access required to SFAAA site, and removed club member email addresses
from "USS.html." Created sciarc.net in late July of 2005. 8-07-05:
General housekeeping and simplifying internal links (AWANI, sciarc.net/index,
FLOSIx, eyepiece, ALOBS, Nursery, ACOTI-s, SFAAA, TPT, USS, Awani-p). 8-07-05:
Corrected original copyright date on TPT.html from March to April 1997,
originally added after 11-8/10-02, along with specific warning not to copy.
(The bootlegged PDF from Alaska shows an older updated version as: "The
Perfect Telescope" (Gary M. Bloom © February 9, 2001: updated April
26, 2001). The "Alaskan PDF" was made after April 26, 2001 without permission,
and in violation of copyright law!) 8-10-05: Added positive and negative
flux to ACOTI-s.html. 8-12-05: Reread ACOTI-s to make less naive. 4-26-06:
Fix ACOTI-s for revelations of January-February 2006. 12-06/14/19/25-06:
major update of TPT. 12-27-06: Cleanup terminology and correct explanations
in ACOTI-s.
latest update--each
subject:
Index 12-14-06 (org 5-12-00--expanded (x)
6-05-03)
horticulture (tropical plants, gardening and weather)
02-28-02 (org/site 8-07-01)
aviculture (birds) 01-31-02 (org/site 8-07-01)
observational astronomy (optical
testing) 9-01-03 (org 10-05-98, site 10-00)
optics and telescopes (physical
science--TPT) 12-06-06 (org 4-97, site 5-12-00, prev 6-29-04, 5-02-04,
2-16-04, 7-31-03, 1-02-03, 6-09-02, 4-26-01, 2-09-01)
cosmic evolution (astrophysics and how things work together)
12-14-06 (org 1-27-95 and 9-97, site 9-00)
wellness and alternative medicine
12-12-06 (org 2/84 and 3-91, site/ 5-12-00, site/expanded 5-30-01
and 6-24-01)
SFAAA history 5-30-02 (org 7-95--org/site
5-30-00 and 10-05-00)
SFAAA e-mail list 09-06-02 (org/site
9-00)
FLOS history 5-30-03 (org/site 8-08-01 comp
9-04-01)
Bloom's Nursery--History 5-30-03 (org/site
7-01) (corrected URL error 6-10-04)
Bloom's Nursery--Orchids 12-10-03 (org/site
7-01)
Bloom's Nursery--Tropical Plants 4-26-03
(org/site
5-10-02 and 7-31-02)
Bloom's Nursery--Exotic Birds and Animals 03-09-02
(org/site 10-01)
major rewrite of AWANI and site index (ALOBS 7-14
through 7-17-05)
minor fix of AWANI, ALOBS and add addendum to ACOTI-s
(4-30-06)
major update of TPT and ACOTI-s (October through December 2006)
visitors since May 12, 2000: 10,000--as of June 15, 2001 (25-45 per
day)
visitors since May 12, 2000: 19,000--as of October 15, 2001 (73-80
per day since 6-15-01)
visitors since May 12, 2000: 25,221--as of December 31, 2001 (80-95
per day since 10-15-01) (77 day sample)
visitors since May 12, 2000: 40,558--as of April 30, 2002 (127 per
day since 12/31-01) (120 day sample)
(The first count per day (shown above) is the average for the period,
and the second count is a rough average based on the 15-20 busiest days
in the period.)
Notes
on using Netscape Communicator, version 4.61 on MAC OS9 systems
To Macintosh/Netscape/composer web site builders:
Subject: Setting background colors, using Netscape/composer 4.61, with 350 mhz Mac OS 9.0, and possibly others.
Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 15:39:05 -0400
(Background color using Netscape Composer, as above.)
To begin: Clicking the Navigator color button in format/page
properties transmits the viewers preference colors (for me: dark blue
on
light blue-green) to the page in view when "apply" is clicked, but
does
not write any code on the "source page." Then, when you close the page
properties window by clicking "ok," and then reopen the window, the
"custom colors" palettes (dark blue on light blue-green) have been
set
or restored to the navigator defaults (black on gray). Apparently the
philosophy behind this is to, in the absence of the custom color button
being clicked, restore the custom colors to the default colors!
This might be workable and logical, except that the pathway
that brings
the "hex" color codes to the actual source page is through the custom
colors buss. (That is what I call it!) If the "custom color" button
is not
selected, no hex code will appear on the source page, hence the colors
for that page are defaulted to black and white, while the page in view
in the composer mode is dark blue on light blue-green, and the color
palette for "page properties" displays black and gray... pretty confusing!
If you then click the custom color button (page properties),
and then
click "apply," the page in view and the "source codes" will change
to dark
blue on gray. (The dark blue (text) does not actually change, but it
is being
gated all over the place, and always ends up blue--almost always).
If you
then click on the "navigator" button (gating the edit viewers
preference
colors--blue on light blue-green, or whatever), then click on "apply"
the
background changes to light blue-green. But if you go to page source
there
will be no hex code for the colors, because you are not gating the
custom
color buss to the actual page when you click "apply" with the navigator
button set (clicked). (This was where I realized how the color codes
actually
find there way to the source page.) And as I said, with no codes the
page
will load up to the web site in black and white.
The "solution," or the way of it, seems to be: To work
on and set
the colors for files intended for a web site, set the custom colors
button, and then, manually set or change the text and background
palettes to your preference. Then, leave the custom colors button
set for the rest of your life. There is no choice and no path from
anywhere to the custom color "buss," and then on to the "source,"
except to go in and set the palettes directly in the format/page
properties window!
One more time, but with a "twist" (there are four preset
pathways, or
sources, maybe five... and interestingly, the path that I said is always
dark
blue for the text seems to have a bug in it and will sometimes bring
the
text on the screen in black, but that isn't the "twist." (I still
have to figure
that one out!)
But anyway, on to the "twist:" If you set the colors in
the preferences,
and in the custom palette (they don't "feed" each other, or go to the
same
places--they are unrelated), to your choice of colors (dark blue on
light
blue/green), then click "apply" (in "page properties"), as before,
then, click
"ok" to close the window, then, re-open "page properties," the text
and
background palettes again have changed from dark blue on light blue-green
to black on gray, as they did before, and as before, the screen stays
dark
blue on blue-green. Then, select "custom colors," to wit (the palettes)
are
now (have changed to) the default colors--black on gray. Then, click
"apply" and "ok" and the screen will turn blue on gray, while the hex
codes on the html page source indicate black on gray.
Then close the composer file you are working in (not page
properties),
and reopen it. Now watch real close!!! For a brief instant the screen
is dark
blue on light blue-green. Then it changes to blue on gray, then it
changes
a third time, all in about 200 milliseconds, to blue on white. That
is the
"twist." At some point, I realized there are 4 sets, or modes of, and
for,
choosing colors. That is, you can preset the final screen color, lets
call it
"composer overrides everything," by clicking on "page properties,"
and
then clicking on "custom colors," and setting the background palette
to
white or whatever you like, and that will be the local background color,
when the newly loaded file settles down (stops changing). To set this
fourth preset, click the box at the bottom of the page properties window
labeled, "apply these settings to all new pages"--meaning only to affect
the screen in view, not the tags for what is to be stored and uploaded
to the web site.
Gary Bloom: email
As Well as Nature Intended (Wellness
and Alternative Medicine)
accommodation, adaptation, anabiosis, anamorphism,
autism, bipolar disorder, central fixation, chronic fatigue syndrome, decompression
principle, conversion disorder, illness personality, sliding decompression,
dyslexia, electromagnetic environment, fixation aversion, attention deficit
disorder, 21-day rule, work and rest principle, hypoglycemia, mixed interleaving,
ketogenic diet, learning disability, lupus, Lyme disease, manipulated critical
selective enhancement, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, paralysis,
rheumatoid arthritis, stimulation/deprivation therapy, toxemia, schizophrenia,
seamless coding, obesity, overweight,
osmosis,
phobia, resonance, IPK, electromagnetic alliance, resilience, pathway articulation,
activity dependent myelination, harmonized essence, harmonized singularity
A Collision of Two Infinities
angularity, anthropomorphism, asymmetric angulation,
Chandrasekhar limit, convergence, cosmic inflation, diffraction,
Dirac, divergence, Einstein,
frame dragging,
grand unification, StephenHawking,
multiple singularity, no-boundary condition, paradisis,
Pauli's exclusion,
propagated coalescence,
quantum coalescence, relativity, sliding decompression, spin, super
string
theory, symmetry, uncertainty principle,
IPKn
The Perfect Telescope
observatory, diffraction, Newtonian reflector, achromat, apochromat,
Brandon Refractor, Vignetting, Schmidt-Cassegrain, modulation
transfer function, fourth order relationship, Barlow lens, eyepiece
testing, visual acuity, Maksutov, Televue Radian, Televue Plossl, Celestron
Ultima eyepiece, Ultima hybrid, prime focus telescope, Brandon eyepiece,
background illumination
Bloom's Nursery
cattleya, vanda, Bavarian Parrots, Sun Conure
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Astronomy News/Mars (go): http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/ALOBS.html#Astronomy
(This is the only URL for "Mars/News" that will work in e-mail.)
Astronomy News/Mars (nogo--space at end):
http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/ALOBS.html#Astronomy
news
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http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/GUT.html
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http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/RADIO.html
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http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/9393prog.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/ACOTI-s.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/eyepiece.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/index.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/Nursery.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/FLOS.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/SFAAA.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/WELL.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/USS.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/bluemonster.html
(links updated and verified 1-11-02, 2-17-02, 12-19-02, 5-20-03, 7-14-05)
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on this site:
cosmology and quantum mechanics
(A theory of everything)
optics (theories and principles--telescope
optics)
local astronomy history
(South Florida)
wellness and alternative medicine
(excerpts from As Well as Nature Intended)
orchids, horticulture and aviculture
(Bloom's Nursery)
astronomy links and information