Mike Meynell
Mike Meynell
@mikem
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Joined: Jun 19, 2020
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RE: Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival

A fun event... shame that the high cloud for most of the day put paid to many observing activities. Thanks to Nick for driving down to Herstmonceux......

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RE: New Astronomical Festival

I am a survivor of several wet Glastonbury Festivals. The scenes in 1985 still make me shudder... the only way off the site was via tractor. The last ...

8 years ago
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RE: CERN trip

All 4 - Britain, Modern, Liverpool and St Ives.

8 years ago
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RE: CERN trip

And the old, familiar Mike is back! Well, I hate to disappoint my fans ;) I was, until recently, a patron of the Tate Gallery... not just a science ...

8 years ago
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RE: CERN trip

Actually, I think their measurements are pretty much spot on! For a hydrogen atom, the diameter of the nucleus is about 1.75 x 10^-15m (1.75 femtomet...

8 years ago
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RE: Galileo and Neptune

That was a fascinating article... not entirely convinced that Galileo thought it was a planet, but there is some interesting evidence there. This has...

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RE: CERN trip

...they dreamed up the idea of suspending a single ball – 1mm in diameter – in the middle of le globe to represent the nucleus Thanks for sharing thi...

8 years ago
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RE: Space on my bookshelves

I can’t seem to quote anymore Looks like you can quote when using the "Text" editor, but not the "Visual" editor. I'll look into it.

8 years ago
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RE: History of Astronomy Group Dates 2014/15

Details of the first "History of Astronomy" group talks have now been announced. The first meeting is on Tuesday 30 September from 7pm at the Royal O...

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RE: Space on my bookshelves

Didn't know about the companion website to "Turn Left at Orion"... very useful... particularly the larger scale "Telrad" views that don't make it into...

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RE: The Sun, new thoughts on the solar cycle

...sunspots should sink towards the bottom of the sun Seriously, have you thought about a change in career? This refreshing thinking would give you a...

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