Hello Astroholic.

Welcome.

Most of the discusssions around here have been to debunk Astrological claims. There have been some serious discussions in the Against the Mainstream (ATM) forum. You might wish to search there.

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hi all im the novice to you all i have no clue what i'm doing but the interest has been brewing within me for years i'm 29 and states side more like smack dab in the middle of them i have an 8 yr old son who is i think even more excited than i am about our little find i recently found a Tasco 851TR in mint to excellant condition in a foreclosed home i was contracted to clear/clean out we have no knowledge or previous experience but we're willing to learn and reap the benefits if anyone can help with some know how we would both be so grateful.

Hi lia moonwhisper, welcome to BAUT. Dont' worry, many of us here are not experts on anything or only on some very specific things. Interest is all you need, and you need to play nice with the other kids.

If you have questions about your telescope, the Astronomical observing equipment and accessories forum is the place to ask questions.

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Greetings, folks!

My name's Brian. I'm 36 years old and live in Philadelphia, PA.

I'm by no means a scientist, but I am a science enthusiast. I'm rather passionate about supporting scientific literacy (something we are sadly lacking here in the US!)

I came across this site while looking for information to debunk a "2012 Planet X" email which was forwarded to me. It is rather alarming to see how much pseudo-science makes its way around the internet.

It seems like there are a lot of knowledgeable users here. I'll spend some time reading through the posts and jump in when I'm up to speed.

Hi, Brian!

BAUT could always use another skeptic; see ATM (Against the Mainstream) for discussions of particular pseudoscientific claims.

You might also be interested in a thread I started.

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Hey all,

My name is Amber. I'm currently a student at the University of Victoria, in Victoria BC, Canada. I'm pursuing a double major in both astronomy and physics. And.. just to brag... (I don't do this often) I have an A average. (I did horribly in highschool, so I'm rather proud of this, lol.)

I first came across the BA website when I was doing a project in first year on the Moon. Included, naturally, was info on the moon landing haux from way back. Hehe, it was a fun project. The other one we did was on the whole Planet X "Nibiru" thing... we spent hours laughing over the various emails/articles/videos we could find. Since we got a lot of our material from here, I figured I'd atleast introduce myself :P

Hmm.. what else... well, I'm recently engaged to a wonderful man. We hope to be married next june during the summer solstice. I do a bit of observing when I can, which... sadly... isnt' very often anymore. I'm starting to know my way around the sky better than most, even though the only equipment I own is a pair of really really nice binoculars ^^ With schooling coming out of my own pocket, I really can't afford anything else.

Well, I can't think of what else to put, but if anybody would like to know more feel free to ask

Hope to talk with you all later!
Amber

Well, all this controversy about whether we should return to the moon is moot. Amber apparently travels there to do school projects.

Welcome to BAUT, Amber.

Amber joined BAUT! Amber joined BAUT!
That was an Amber alert.





Hi Amber, welcome to BAUT.

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Welcome, Brian aka Fun. Can I call you Fun?

If you're passionate about supporting science literacy, check out the National Center for Science Education. They do good works, and can always use another supporter.

http://www.natcenscied.org/

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"Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." (Paul Simon)

Hi,

I'm Alexei, from Annapolis MD. I'm a submarine officer in the US Navy, currently working in the Pentagon. My degree's in Mechanical Engineering, with a minor in Astronomy (I used to joke in school that I was going to design the first warp drive ). I've always loved space, the starts, NASA, and the like, so naturally submarines seemed like the best way to go (actually if you think about it, except for gravity and the totally different propulsion system, submarines are about as close to a space ship as you can get - totally hostile surroundings, small quarters, necessity for self-sufficiency, high technical. Shoot, if you ask me they should make submariners into Astronauts! ) Anyway, I look forward to the discussion here.

Cheers,
Alexei

Hi Alexei, welcome to BAUT. We have several Navy (former/current) guys around here (but not me).
Well, all those differences, plus the fact that you can't see the stars from inside a sub, but I understand what you mean. I know there have been astronauts from the Navy, but I don't know if any were submariners.

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Ok, I just re-read myself. That should be stars, not starts. And highly technical, not high technical.

Bad typing! Bad!

From one bubblehead to another, welcome Alexei.

... but I still plump for roboexploration. A good place to discuss this issue would be a thread in... hrm... space exploration, a subforum here at BAUT. I think. My seniors can correct me if I am wrong.

As for "warp drives", I guess you know about this paper, which belongs to the domain of "speculative physics", and has generated a substantial literature in this genre. The title is a bit misleading: the spacetime models Alcubierre proposed (and related ones proposed since) are not in any reasonable sense "solutions of the Einstein field equation", which governs general relativity. Rather, they are Lorentzian manifolds which are generally acknowledged to have pedagogical value for students of gtr (and manifold theory). The research literature on these so-called "warp drive spacetimes" mostly focuses on shooting down the possiblity that such a thing might be physically possible, I'm sorry to say!

Oh yeah, welcome to BAUT :wink: If you look at your own posts above, you can probably see an "Edit" button next to the "Quote" button. I use that alot!

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hi everyone,
I'm chrissy, oh never mind... I have just posted my 9,000 thread here! wuhooooo! thanks toseek for welcoming me here, I'm sure I will enjoy it!
*doing a lil dance*

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Chris,

The is made by using a semi-colon ; and a closed parentheses ) with no space in between.

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T. Anderson

Greetings all, My name is Jamie I'm from Perth Western Australia... I'm 27 and have just recently been listening to Astronomy Cast and have been loving it. I've always loved the stars, physics and the quest for knowledge. I just haven't been able to put enough money aside to get myself a telescope!! Thats probably because i'm looking for a decent Catadioptric telescope but find they're just a tad on the expensive side... well nice to meet you all!!!

welcome to BAUT Jamie, hope you enjoy your stay here .

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"Make the most of every day like it could be your last and enjoy each others company as this will make good memories for when we pass". chrissy

*A rock is for life not just for throwing*