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Moon Phase
CURRENT MOON
Waning Crescent 10.7%
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29-06-2005, 03:17 PM
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~Dust bunny breeder~
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
Posts: 12,359
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some great new google tools
http://maps.google.com/
click on satelite and zoom in!!!
i found my home
and this one
http://earth.google.com/
for salelite images with more detail... havent tried it yet but I have seen pics. sweeeet! 
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29-06-2005, 08:10 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,810
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Wow thats great....amazing
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29-06-2005, 08:11 PM
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AS&T Editor
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sydney
Posts: 352
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Ving,
These are amazing.
We actually have a feature on satellite imaging / listening / watching (with links) in the August issue of Australian Sky & Telescope.
http://www.austskyandtel.com.au/next_issue.htm
It'll be in the mail next week.
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29-06-2005, 08:29 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Launceston Tasmania
Posts: 9,021
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Mine's under cloud, bugger... 
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29-06-2005, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,810
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Look forward to that Greg , been meaning to try/attempt some ISS images, got a scanner with a decent range but never tried for sat signals
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29-06-2005, 09:22 PM
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AS&T Editor
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sydney
Posts: 352
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Beren,
Actually, the Satellite features are in 2 parts:
1) Satellites in orbit - what their capabilities are (the "good" and the "bad"...)
2) How to see satellites ourselves (such as ISS).
We didn't cover pirate satellite signals in this issue 
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29-06-2005, 09:31 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,810
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 lol , no the scanner is the type that covers police/fire etc frequencies , always wondered wether it would yield sat frequencies/metoer signals... articles sounds interesting 
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30-06-2005, 06:22 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
Posts: 36,799
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When the new IceInSpace member map is completed, it will have some very cool features not dissimilar to those google map thingos. But you all need to tell Terry he's a genius so he takes the time to complete it
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30-06-2005, 10:11 AM
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6EQUJ5
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sydney
Posts: 3,663
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Terry you are a genius.(just following orders)
Ving :those google tools are sensational!
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30-06-2005, 10:26 AM
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~Dust bunny breeder~
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
Posts: 12,359
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a work mate of mine is going to waikiki next week... I asked her if she knew what the building looked like. she could point to the building she was staying in!
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30-06-2005, 11:25 AM
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6EQUJ5
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sydney
Posts: 3,663
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got to try some exotic destinations..wonder what Machu Picchu would look like
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30-06-2005, 11:51 AM
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~Dust bunny breeder~
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
Posts: 12,359
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I looked up roswell... 
muchu picachu? isnt that a pokemon? 
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30-06-2005, 03:25 PM
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casual star gazer
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Lower Hunter Valley-Maitland
Posts: 264
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very cool, imagry i think is about 2 to 3 years old judging from the area around my place.
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30-06-2005, 03:58 PM
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~Dust bunny breeder~
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
Posts: 12,359
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closer to 1.5-2 for rockdale me thinks.
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30-06-2005, 04:20 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 442
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Brendan
very cool, imagry i think is about 2 to 3 years old judging from the area around my place.
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I'd say about 2 years old, maybe a bit more for my area. There's an extra tree in my front yard that hasn't been there for a while. Cool link though, thanks Ving. 
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30-06-2005, 09:44 PM
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Does not exist
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Posts: 112
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I'm having a play with Google Earth now actually. The download was disabled for most of the day, only just got my hands on it now . I had a play with Keyhole, which I understand Google Earth uses the same technology, and it was pretty good but I didn't like the idea of being charged to see Earth. It's a nifty little program. Still can't find my house though...
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30-06-2005, 10:42 PM
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6EQUJ5
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sydney
Posts: 3,663
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GoogleEarth is great. Had aplay just now, saw my house and the kids schools and so on...then took a trip to Egypt and had a look at the Pyramids.
tried to find Uluru but its hard!
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30-06-2005, 10:44 PM
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Back from Nowhere
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 199
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I found my house too.....
Luckily you can't see my overgrown lawn !
DD
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30-06-2005, 10:51 PM
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Always Trying
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Albury, N.S.W.
Posts: 1,296
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It wont zoom in enough for me to see any streets, it says "we don`t have imagery at this zoom level for this region" 
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30-06-2005, 11:55 PM
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Does not exist
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Posts: 112
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I've mapped out my local area now. This is a great tool, really puts things into perspective as well.
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