Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 37882
Berkeley CSUA MOTD
 
WIKI | FAQ | Tech FAQ
http://csua.com/feed/
2025/05/24 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular
5/24    

2005/5/29-31 [Science/Space] UID:37882 Activity:kinda low
5/29    Any hobby astronomers here?  Can someone point me to a link with hints
        on how to read a star chart?  I have a telescope and have been playing
        with various planetarium-type apps (Starcalc looks neat) and am
        having trouble figuring out how to read the various projections--they
        all look back-assward.  Most "how to read star charts" links seem to
        deal with astrology.  -John
        \_ Redo your google search with "site:.edu".  That weeds out the
           astrology crap.
           \_ Thanks for the tip--I guess I'm just sort of unsure on a very
              basic level of what to look for.  I'm familiar with most of the
              terminology, but am hoping to find some sort of pointer to
              standing in a given spot with a conic or parallel sky chart,
              knowing which way is north, and then figuring out how to locate
              various objects based on the chart.  I'm just having trouble
              visualizing what goes where, if that makes any sense.  -John
        \_ German astronomy:  http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/HitlerAdolf.htm
                  \- i assume your catelog is listed by right ascensction
                     [24 hrs about the celestial equator] and then declination
                     [like latitude]. or is your question about naming conven-
                     tion/nomenclature?
                     \_ More basic--"I'm standing in a field, here's a round
                        map of the night sky with compass directions, how do
                        I find object xyz from the map in the sky?"
        \_ skip the telescope for now.  buy a star chart from local store
           (to reflect proper latitude), get a compass, a flash light,
           warm clothing, along with the star chart you got, and go
           somewhere *DARK*.  If you are in the cities, where light
           pollution is severe, you won't able to make out anything in
           the sky.  In dark country side, once you got your orientation
           straight and date/time on the star chart properly adjusted, then
           you can actually match stars in the sky and the star chart.
           Telescope is only good for 1. planets such as Jupiter, Mars,
           Saturn. and 2. special event such as comets, eclipses, etc.
           \_ Depends--with the 5mm ocular I can see a lot of pretty
              spectacular stars & clusters that I wouldn't see otherwise.
              I've tried your suggestion anyway, but can't seem to get my
              bearings on how the chart represents what's actually up there,
              that's my problem.  Thanks though.  -John
2025/05/24 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular
5/24    

You may also be interested in these entries...
2011/7/29-8/10 [Science/Space] UID:54147 Activity:nil
7/29    Amy Mainzer
        \_ What about her?
        \_ What about her? +1
           \_ From googling, I think she's supposed to be the hottest
              astronomer.  --- !OP
              \_ and apropos of quel?
	...
2009/1/21-26 [Science/Space] UID:52433 Activity:nil
1/21    I'm looking for a decent telescope in the $200-$300 price range.
        Any recommendations (or brands to avoid)? tia.
        \_ Don't buy at Costco, the optics in the objective are worthless
           \_ Thanks for the tip.  Are there any south bay retailers (or
              online) that are good?
        \_ you have a such bizzare requirement.  what are you trying to do?
	...
2008/9/15-19 [Science/Space] UID:51179 Activity:nil
9/15    Hubble finds a mystery object in space:
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/63f5tn [Sky & Telescope]
	...
2006/7/3-6 [Science/Space] UID:43558 Activity:low
7/3     NASA Administrator Michael Griffin demonstrates Dubya-Style Leadership
        by maintaining launch schedule for July 4 weekend, barring 40% chance
        of inclement weather.  Lessee ... 1% chance of shuttle loss ... 16 more
        launches before 2010 ... only a 1/6 chance and yer gonna retire the
        orbiters anyway, and you can always put the astronauts on the space
        station in case there's a hole!
	...
2005/9/12-13 [Science/Space] UID:39629 Activity:moderate
9/11    Hi John, I was the one who asked for recommendation for an entry-
        level telescope below.  I liked your suggestion of getting one
        that has a motor with usb controller port.  It will probably go
        way above my budget, but what the heck--can you email me the
        make and model of the one you have?  I'd also like to see what
        your Russian friend recommends. Thx. -tien
	...
2005/9/9-13 [Science/Space] UID:39603 Activity:kinda low
9/9     Looking to buy an entry-level telescope in the ~$500 range.
        Any recommendations?
        \_ I have a Meade ETX-90 (the old non-computerized version).
           Excellent optics and very portable.
               http://www.meade.com/catalog/etx/etx_mak.html
           Or if you like Celestrons, this isn't too bad -- wider aperture
	...
Cache (8192 bytes)
www.astrodatabank.com/NM/HitlerAdolf.htm
AA / Quoted BR Source Notes: Zenit 11/1933 quotes BR British Journal of Astrology same "from a gentl eman acquainted with Hitler's sister-in-law," 7/1938 (The Editor of BJA, 4/1932, rectifies to 6:17 PM. Austria at that time did not have the time of birth on the certificate but Heinz Noesselt, a co-worker at "Zenit," asked at the rec tory, as the church did keep a notice of the birth and christening, and published the information in Zenit 11/1933, p 431. "Hitler was born 20 April 1889 6 in the evening, at Salzburger Vorstadt 219, Branau." Top Biography Austrian-German politician who became the Dictator of Germany in 1933, re taining power until 1945. He gained political character and purpose in W W I, joining the Worker's Party after the war was over. He was appointed Chancellor in January 1930 and quickly rose to power, becoming Fhrer o f the resurgent National Socialist Party by the fall of 1931. He became Reichschancellor, his first political office, in 1933 and by 1939, over- ran Europe. His infamous dictatorship, lasting for only 13 years, create d a permanent shift in world politics and was directly responsible for t he death of over 30 million people. Of the seven children conceived by Hitler's mother, Klara Plzl (born in Spital, 08/12/1860), four died prematurely, one was moronic, and another was hidden from public view as an idiot. Her marriage was so close to b eing labeled incestuous that the pope had to give the couple a special d ispensation, and all of her life, she called her 20-year-older husband " uncle." The inbreeding led Hitler to feel that his own blood was "tainte d," and he used leeches to "purify" himself. His grandmother, Anna Maria Schicklgruber, whi le an unmarried servant girl, had produced Hitler's father, Alois. It wa s never really known whether or not the child was the result of a seduct ion by her employer's student son a Jew. Hitler's first goal was to be an artist but he flunked the application tw ice, 1907 and 1908, to Vienna's Academy of Fine Arts. In the early 20th century, bitter about the rejection of his application, he was scratchin g out a living selling postcards he painted of local landmarks. During t he Great War he joined the army on 8/01/1914 and served in a Bavarian in fantry regiment. He survived four years of front-line combat, winning th e Iron Cross twice for bravery. It was not until after Corporal Hitler r eturned to his adopted Munich and became leader of the National Socialis t Party that he began to take the shape of his future. In 1920 Hitler joined the German Workers' party and turned the tiny, inef fective group into a formidable paramilitary organization. At Munich on 11/08/1923, he tried to force the Bavarian government into a full-scaled resolution against the Weimar Republic but his beer hall putsch failed. He was tried and spent nine months in prison, where he wrote the first volume of Mein Kampf (My Struggle), his plan for Germany's dominion over the world. Aided by Germany's internal chaos and worsening economic con dition, Hitler schemed his way into authority and in 1933 was named Chan cellor. It was a time of economic depression in Germany with a third of the country out of work. Hitler's speaking power was awesome, winning hi m the support of the masses. He built a private army of 100,000 men, the brown-shirted Storm Troopers and purged potential threats to his leader ship, murdering or jailing political rivals on the infamous "Night of th e Long Knives," 6/30/1934. His policy of Aryan supremacy sent over six m illion European Jews, Gypsies and political dissidents to the gas chambe rs. He offered nation al pride and jobs, holding out hope for an economic recovery. Hitler re-armed Germany, re-occupied the Rhineland, took over Austria and seized Czechoslovakia as his first steps toward conquering Europe the n the world. In November 1938 he ordered a huge pogrom with Jewish arres ts all over Germany for his demonic vision of Aryan dominion. On 9/01/19 39, his armored columns rolled across the Polish border, triggering WW I I When battlefield casualties numbering in the millions provoked an uns uccessful assassination plot on his life in 1944, he condemned the men r esponsible to death. They were hung on meat hooks and strangled with pia no wire but short of death. They were revived and rehung, repeatedly, the episodes filmed for Hitler's later enjoyment. Toward the last days, and particularly after injuries suffered in the bom b plot of June 1944, Adolf Hitler showed marked signs of physical deteri oration. His shoulders were bowed and his face deeply lined, his gait wa s shuffling and there was a tremor in his left hand. After the failure o f his Ardennes offensive, he and his mistress Eva Braun took up quarters in the chancellery in Berlin. Early on 4/29/1945, yielding to her wishe s, they were married in a civil ceremony in the bunker under the chancel lery. Immediately after, he dictated his will in which he blamed the war and most other human woes on Jewry. At 3:30 PM on April 30, he and his bride committed suicide. The dictator shot himself through the mouth and Eva took poison. Their bodies were carried to the courtyard where they were doused with gasoline and torched. Geli Raubal, Hitle r's 20-year-younger half-niece and romantic obsession, was found dead in her bed on 9/19/1931 with a bullet through her chest and Hitler's gun b y her side, in the Berlin apartment that she shared with her uncle. "A m ysterious darkness surround the death of this unusual beauty," the newsp apers wrote. Whether the death was a murder or suicide has never been re solved. There was a hasty attempt to cover up the death with the announc ement of suicide "that she was nervous about an upcoming recital." The M unchner Post wrote that "Herr Hitler and his niece had yet another fierc e quarrel." The report continued that the 23-year old girl wanted to go to Vienna, where she intended to become engaged. Hitler first was captivated by Geli (short for Angela) in 1925, when she was 17. He persuaded her and her mother, his half-sister, to serve as hi s live-in housekeepers, first at his mountain retreat at Berchtesgaden. Before long "Uncle Alf" had ensconced the girl into an apartment buildin g next to his in Munich and was escorting her to cafes and cinemas. He h overed at her side, the picture of an infatuated adolescent. Historians have debated the nature of the ir relationship ever since, debating the assertion that Hitler was entir ely asexual to the belief that he led a normal sexual life, to stories o f perversions and phobias. It has been established that Hitler had one t esticle and that he had a huge pornographic collection. Whatever the exp licit form Hitler's affections took, it seemed evident that Geli was inc reasingly confined and resistant to her position. Was this one death meaningless in the face of the millions to come? Or wa s it the cornerstone, the symbol of the ultimate power of a madman, the power of death itself? In the mid-'30s, Hitler met Renate Muller, then 29 and an established sta r in German movies. The petite, blue-eyed blonde accepted a command invi tation to the private quarters of Der Fhrer. Renate Muller either jumped 40 feet from her Berlin apartment window or was thrown out by the Gestapo, after being charged with having a Jewish lover. Braun became his mistress the following year in an "open secret," and remained loyal to him for 15 years from the glory days to the bitter end of Nazi Germany. She had no political interest o r social conscience, but enjoyed her home, garden, dogs, movies and clot hes. Braun wrote in her diary the observations that any light-minded you ng girl might make. The dark side of her role apparently made its mark, as she attempted suic ide twice, once on 11/01/1932 and once on 5/29/1935. When the Allies clo sed in during the last days, Braun joined Hitler in Berlin and followed him into death the following day. I specifically invite the Cla ssical and Vedic astrologers who eschew modern PC humanistic syrupy interpretations to have a field day and show us why this is such a bad chart. Venus in dignity, only a couple of squares...