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I posted to youtube.com
Romford Folk Club - Andy Roberts Guest night Medlay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsGjbi5YFnw&feature=youtube_gdata
April 21 2011, 3:10pm | Comments »
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I posted to distributedresearch.net
Nearby Jupiter – Astronomy for Beginers
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2010/09/22/nearby-jupiter-astronomy-for-beginers
Astronomy for Beginners Alert I looked up last night at the nearly full moon and saw a very bright star nearby which must be a planet. It was Jupiter, which is currently the closest it ever gets to our own planet Earth, an event which happens around every 12 years or so. The spectacle last night was something I’ve never seen before as an amateur astronomer. Unlike a bright star, with the naked eye it was possible to make out Jupiter as a white disc in the sky, like a tiny version of the moon, rather than a twinkling point of light which is how stars appear to me. With an ordinary pair of bird watching binoculars the effect is magnified. The surface of the full moon can be seen in much greater detail, and the planet Jupiter, nearby in the southern sky is very clearly a planet. There’s a slight possibility that an uneven shape caused by rings or even one of Jupiter’s moons may have been perceived but really I think you need a more powerful binoculars or telescope for that.
Jupiter Jupiter and the other large planets make excellent subjects for astronomy for beginners because they can be seen even with the naked eye, and do not need a particular clear out of town sky in order to be clearly visible. They are also interesting to track because the movement of the planets across the night sky follows a different path to that of the star constellations, in a way which brings special rare events into the picture on an irregular basis. The proximity of Jupiter can be observed over the next few nights by looking out to the South East as the full moon rises after about 10.00pm. Jupiter is brighter than any star in the sky so if it isn’t cloudy you can’t really miss it.Thanks for subscribing to Andy Roberts blogNearby Jupiter – Astronomy for Beginers
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September 22 2010, 2:02am | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
London Bridge at night
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London Bridge at night
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March 4 2009, 3:57am | Comments »
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I posted to distributedresearch.net
School Of Everything
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/09/03/school-of-everything
Last night at Channel 4 in Horseferry Road, London The School of Everything launched. I’d heard about school of everything from various places over the past year, and gathered the idea is to encourage informal learning about subjects that people wish to learn more about, rather than agendas to promote qualifications and assessment. So people with a need to learn can be put in touch with people who have some knowledge or skills to share, so it’s a matching service.
explore school of everything Upon arrival at the school of everything homepage, you are greeted with the simple slogan in large bold type “Learn more” and then you get the chance to either sign up as a person, or as a teacher. Within the UK, this might provide a vibrant alternative for all sorts of learning which are no longer covered by the run down local authorities’ adult education sectors. The school of everything also has ambitions to become a well populated international website on the global startups scene.
Posted by Andy Roberts School Of Everything
September 3 2008, 4:55am | Comments »
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