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Astronomy Briefly

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Gravitational Waves: The Shadow Ghosts of Science Berkeley and Newton/G waves and spacetime/ J. Weber and LIGO/memory and concepts by Duane Dunkerson
Notes and Comments on *Quantum* by M. Kumar Dedicated to quantum cosmologists, wherever you may be by Duane Dunkerson


Circumpolar North A fantasy ruined by what rain won't let me see. by Duane Dunkerson

The Messier Album by John H. Mallas and Evered Kreimer and The Next Step:Finding and Viewing Messier's Objects by Ken Graun a book comparison by Duane Dunkerson .

A Celestron GOTO Mount - The Missing User's Notes with Astrotime Not Quite Redux .by Duane Dunkerso .

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Here and There
Ultrabright Supernovae (Sci Am)
The usual type Ia and type II supernovae are superceded by those found by the Palomar Transient Factory. They are six in number.
A Trojan for Earth (ars technica)
A trojan asteroid, one that accompanies Earth in its orbit, has been found. It is oscillating around Lagrangian point L4.
A Planet Orbits Two Suns (npr)
NASA's orbiting Kepler Observatory has found a planet in orbit around an orange star and a red star.

Exoplanets Number 687and no Earth II. (S and T)
Perhaps over 3,000 exo-p candidates exist.
Bright Spot on Uranus (Universe Today )
In addition to activity seen on Uranus, so has there been seen pronounced changes on Jupiter and Saturn.



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