drt on Feb 11 2007 | Filed under: Satellite Tracking
I was waiting for today’s pass of ISS using Heavens-above data shown below and I took this picture of Venus. No, actually I really don’t know what is the name of this planet. It was so bright, I guess somewhere around -0.2, since it was a little bit less dimmer than ISS tonight which according to Heavens-above was at -0.2. However from the [...]
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drt on Feb 11 2007 | Filed under: Miscellaneous
I was in Miami when I saw the same title in John Chow’s posting. Since basically it links to other site, I just ignored it and checked other comments on John’s blog, which is one of my routine while surfing the net.
This morning I was checking my other favorite site, when I found out that [...]
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drt on Feb 07 2007 | Filed under: Miscellaneous
There is a long list of gadgets that I want to buy for this hobby. At least, I want to have a pair of good binoculars, a good telescope, good digital and video cameras, and another laptop to connect to my systems. How much would it cost me? So far, I don’t have a final [...]
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drt on Feb 05 2007 | Filed under: Miscellaneous
Early in the evening I talked to Captain B, who had just arrived in LA from Singapore yesterday. We were sharing the information of Jakarta flood. Our friend Poppy also emailed us her daring adventure driving a friend to Cengkareng Airport through the flooded streets. I could imagine what Poppy was saying in her email by looking at hundreds of pictures showing at Yahoo slides show or AP [...]
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