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Category Archives: Patrick Moore
2012 – That was the year that was
938,900,000 km at 30km/s. It’s quite a ride when you think about it. Throw in 366 rotations at an equatorial speed of 1,674.4 km/h and the whole thing sounds pretty hair raising. 2012. It’s almost over and another arbitrarily set … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, British Space, Irregular Astro Camp 2012, Jodrell Bank, Mars, Moon, NASA, Orion, Patrick Moore, Space Flight, Space Station, Telescope, The Astronomer's Den, Transit of Venus, Venus, Weather
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A Baker Street Christmas
We had a wonderful christmas gathering last night and paid tribute to Sir Patrick Moore. I have blogged about it here at the Baker Street Irregular Astronomers website. More pictures of a moving and wonderful occasion here via Philip Stobbart.
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It was one of those coincidences. I was perhaps 500 yards from where I met him when I heard and it was the person who had taken me to meet him who told me the news. It’s an amusement arcade … Continue reading
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