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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:43 pm
by War Arrow
Definitely so. :)

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:26 pm
by Forum Monk
Beagle wrote:Here's one for you FM.
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/scie ... _2008.html
For this, they will need new ways to keep track of data about giant sets of objects, with varied observation conditions. Call it "astroinformatics?"
Going to be very interesting. 8)
Interesting indeed! Thanks for that one Beags. Actually I am a data hound. I currently maintain a stellar database of over 37 million stars.

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:47 pm
by Beagle
I currently maintain a stellar database of over 37 million stars.
I had a feeling...
:)

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:21 am
by War Arrow
Forum Monk wrote: I currently maintain a stellar database of over 37 million stars.
F**k! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:46 am
by Beagle
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... rings.html
Astronomers have found three galaxies in a never before seen perfect alignment—a discovery that may help scientists better understand the mysterious dark matter and dark energy believed to dominate the universe
This is a little OT from the OP, but it's still astronomy. 8)