Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian May excited by these pics!?

2013-08-08 Thread Share Long 
salyavin, since we're in the middle of the corn and soybean fields here, it's 
quite easy to see the night sky clearly whether one is out in the fields or 
even under the trees lining a neighborhood in town. I bet those telescopes are 
beautiful instruments...





 From: salyavin808 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2013 6:31 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian May excited by these pics!?
 


  


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> Salyavin, these photos are wonderful, thank you for posting. My favorite is 
> Star Icefall in the Earth & Space category. I really like that they have 
> categories. Thanks too for your more recent post about change in Sun's 
> magnetic field. 

It's a universe of wonders out there, and all of it was just waiting for 
discovery. Weird to think that it was only a few hundred years ago
that we didn't even know what stars were or how far away they are,
let alone galaxies. All of a sudden our horizons stretched from a
cosy dome with a couple of other planets inside to infinity and all
the billions of other worlds out there.

Greenwich is a good museum for the history of astronomy and has a
fine selection of those old brass telescopes used by the pioneers. London is 
obviously hopeless as an observation poin t now because 
of the light pollution but it must have cool up on the hill at Greenwich in the 
olden days. I haven't seen a proper starry sky 
for years. Sigh...

> 
> Hey, diverging onto another topic, I noticed that the photos are in a royal 
> museum. I wonder what would happen to such places if the monarachy were to be 
> abolished.

Maybe we could use the empty rooms for storing their heads?

> 
>  From: salyavin808 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 5:58 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian May excited by these pics!?
> 
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>   
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Doctor of astrophysics, guitarist of Queen, Brian May
> > > is said to be interested in these pics by Mr. Metsävainio
> > > (metsä-vainio - forest-field):
> > >
> > > http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/
> > >
> > 
> > astro 
> 
> Great stuff, it's amazing the sort of picture quality you
> can get with modest equipment from your back yard these
> days.
> 
> I always make a pilgrimage to the Astrophotographer of the 
> year at Greenwich, the pics there are within a gnats teat of 
> what you used to only get from a 200" mirror on top of a
> volcano in Hawaii. Hard to believe sometimes.
> 
> http://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/2012-winners/
> 
> A telescope, a digital camera and a lot of patience is all you
> need. And a fair bit of knowledge about the heavens but that goes
> without saying I'm sure.
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian May excited by these pics!?

2013-08-08 Thread Share Long 
Salyavin, these photos are wonderful, thank you for posting. My favorite is 
Star Icefall in the Earth & Space category. I really like that they have 
categories. Thanks too for your more recent post about change in Sun's magnetic 
field. 

Hey, diverging onto another topic, I noticed that the photos are in a royal 
museum. I wonder what would happen to such places if the monarachy were to be 
abolished.





 From: salyavin808 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 5:58 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian May excited by these pics!?
 


  


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
>
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
> >
> >
> > Doctor of astrophysics, guitarist of Queen, Brian May
> > is said to be interested in these pics by Mr. Metsävainio
> > (metsä-vainio - forest-field):
> >
> > http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/
> >
> 
> astro 

Great stuff, it's amazing the sort of picture quality you
can get with modest equipment from your back yard these
days.

I always make a pilgrimage to the Astrophotographer of the 
year at Greenwich, the pics there are within a gnats teat of 
what you used to only get from a 200" mirror on top of a
volcano in Hawaii. Hard to believe sometimes.

http://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/2012-winners/

A telescope, a digital camera and a lot of patience is all you
need. And a fair bit of knowledge about the heavens but that goes
without saying I'm sure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian May excited by these pics!?

2013-08-07 Thread Share Long 
cardemaister, I think this friendly advice contained in intriguing quotes on 
the conduct of war and peace and the development of allies is just what FFL 
needs as unlimited posting looms on the horizon. That it's in a format easily 
digestible for young princes is simply the icing on that Sanskrit cake (-:





 From: card 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 5:07 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian May excited by these pics!?
 


  

Well, how about some intriguing etc quotes from the Hitopadesha
(Friendly advice)?

Hitopadesha (Sanskrit:हितोपदेशः Hitopadeśa) is a collection of Sanskrit fables 
in prose and verse written in the 12th century. It is an independent treatment 
of the Panchatantra.[1] It is meant as an exposition on statecraft (including 
the conduct of war and peace and the development of allies) but was produced in 
a format easily digestible for young princes.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
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> They're beautiful cardemaister, thank you for posting. BTW I save a lot of 
> your posts which I find very interesting but hard for me to understand so I 
> usually don't reply. Especially interesting are some of the Sanskrit ones.
> 
> 
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> 
> 
>  From: card 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 5:28 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Brian May excited by these pics!?
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
> Doctor of astrophysics, guitarist of Queen, Brian May
> is said to be interested in these pics by Mr. Metsävainio
> (metsä-vainio - forest-field):
> 
> http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/
>