re: Great!!

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re: Great!!

Raoul — 9/17/2004 8:03:29 PM (archived)

It's extraordinary, RL!
Now, one wonders how many flares take place within say, a year...
It would be great to have a very sharp instrument looking at the black hole, all the time. It's just that there are so many things to observe and so few big instruments...

Raoul

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NEW HIGHEST RESOLUTION IMAGES OF THE GALACTIC CENTER, AND A MOVIE OF A BLACK HOLE HAVING A SNACK - R.L. - 9/17/2004 7:40:06 PM
- It would be safe to say that commercial pilots steer clear of your lovely Hawaiian island mountain. Haven't seen many pilots lately with white canes. ;-) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/20/2004 6:10:37 PM
  - I almost bought my first Weekly World News a month or so ago - R.L. - 9/21/2004 2:08:25 AM
- Guide stars and guiding - SteveS - 9/20/2004 1:09:23 PM
  - The not so short answer - R.L. - 9/21/2004 1:41:02 AM
    - Interesting - SteveS - 9/21/2004 3:28:46 AM
      - Well, I wouldnt qualify as even an amatuer astronomer - R.L. - 9/21/2004 6:19:23 AM
        
        re: Well, I wouldnt qualify as even an amatuer astronomer - SteveS - 9/21/2004 12:48:14 PM
    - Sorry if I wasn't terribly clear in that explanation - R.L. - 9/21/2004 1:47:50 AM
- one of the best feelings of all - - Daniel - 9/19/2004 7:05:59 PM
- re: Keck - Raoul - 9/19/2004 4:02:18 PM
- Nice Pictures R.L., very nice. - jms - 9/19/2004 2:16:07 PM
  - Keck web page on the laser guide star - R.L. - 9/19/2004 4:02:56 PM
  - Our PR person does a great job... - R.L. - 9/19/2004 3:42:31 PM
    - I thought I saw symmetry there...cool. (n/t) - jms - 9/19/2004 8:36:16 PM
- Exquisite! (n/t) - Robert - 9/18/2004 4:12:11 PM
  - Many of the stars seen in the narrow field images had never been seen before - R.L. - 9/18/2004 7:11:37 PM
    - Congratulations - Robert - 9/19/2004 3:11:15 AM
      - To be honest, I dont know what 'FITS' means - R.L. - 9/19/2004 4:44:53 AM
        
        "Flexible Image Transport System" - Robert - 9/19/2004 6:19:35 PM
        
        oops, guess I did know, just forgot - R.L. - 9/19/2004 8:58:19 PM
        
        Thanks. - Robert - 9/19/2004 9:28:36 PM
- 80" x 80" panorama of galactic center - R.L. - 9/18/2004 2:27:36 AM
  - re: Beautiful! Thank you, RL!!! All wonderful! Congratulations! (n/t) - Marcia - 9/20/2004 10:16:20 PM
- re: Great!! - Raoul - 9/17/2004 8:03:29 PM
  - Indications of another flare were detected a few days before that one by one of the southern scopes - R.L. - 9/17/2004 8:13:59 PM
    - Makes me wonder . . . - Fox - 9/19/2004 2:36:25 PM
      - I can ask... - R.L. - 9/19/2004 2:58:04 PM

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