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  1. Still not in the mood for the Transit of Venus? Then let's watch the seamless timelapse youtube.com/watch?v=q9jEQL… from 2004 just unearthed! about 3 hours ago via Mobile Web
  2. A picture of the Dragon capsule back on the barge has just been released: forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?acti… - doesn't look exactly new ... about 4 hours ago via Mobile Web
  3. You can see Venus just coming into view on the left of this LASCO image from May 31: sdoisgo.blogspot.de/2012/05/venus-… - the transit is closing in ... about 5 hours ago via Mobile Web
  4. @tov2012 I'm afraid this is not such a good idea: http://www.yr.no/sted/Norge/Finnmark/Vardø/Vardø/langtidsvarsel.html ... about 8 hours ago via Mobile Web in reply to tov2012
  5. Dragon press conference over - next event in 10 minutes (what a day ...): nasa.gov/connect/chat/M… = M 31 proper motion chat. about 9 hours ago via Mobile Web
  6. Oops, NASA has just declared Loss of Signal from SpaceX HQ - now dramatic music playing while the press conference is interrupted ... about 9 hours ago via Mobile Web
  7. And the action continues on nasa.gov/multimedia/nas… - now with the Dragon total success (I guess) celebration / press conference. about 9 hours ago via Mobile Web
  8. @fischblog @stirn Ist Atlantis wieder aufgetaucht? Last time I checked Afrika und Australien waren noch zwei Kontinente ... about 10 hours ago via Mobile Web in reply to Fischblog
  9. O.k., the hard stuff re. HST vs. M 31's proper motion is in several papers at hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc… - it's only a few µas per year. about 10 hours ago via Mobile Web
  10. #asknasa What is the actual *value* (with error bars) of M 31's proper motion? Don't see it in the releases, nor is the paper there. about 10 hours ago via Mobile Web
  11. Anyone seen the actual *value* of M 31's proper motion? Don't see it in all the NASA press stuff, nor is the original paper linked. about 10 hours ago via Mobile Web
  12. The videos going with the NASA press conference - hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc… - are pretty cool. Wanna see in HD or better yet full-dome ... about 10 hours ago via Mobile Web
  13. Press releases on the HST observations re. the Andromeda Galaxy's proper motion: hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc… and hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc… about 10 hours ago via Mobile Web
  14. The HST has measured the proper motion of the Andromeda galaxy - a merger with the Milky Way is thus a certainty now! about 10 hours ago via Mobile Web
  15. And the space action on (web) TV continues: on nasa.gov/multimedia/nas… now a briefing on new Hubble results! about 10 hours ago via Mobile Web
  • Name Daniel Fischer
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