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Yyoshy reacted to John J.'s post in the thread Claim: A UFO crashed in 1933 Italy and the US Recovered it with
Agree.
The set of documents sent to Bologna newspaper lIl Resto del Carlino seem to have been photocopies. I don't know if the documents sent to ufologist Roberto Pinotti were also photocopies, but if so it prevents age-testing of papers or ink that... -
Yyoshy reacted to FatPhil's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with
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I have noticed that I have consistently made the etymologically-curious (though I am not a language scholar) single 'r' spelling mistake multiple times. I now genuinely feel bad about that, given how pedantically correct I have tried to be with... -
Yyoshy reacted to RobertBillyBob's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
That is only needed to confirm specific transients. Finding transients within another telescope imagery independently of Palomar plates would already be a step in the good direction.
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NorCal Dave reacted to John J.'s post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
I suppose the telescope had some form of tracking to keep it aligned on the chosen area. Have no idea about the process of changing plates, but 7 minutes might not be a problem. If the exposure and collecting of each plate pair (1872 plates, 936... -
NorCal Dave reacted to RobertBillyBob's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
That is only needed to confirm specific transients. Finding transients within another telescope imagery independently of Palomar plates would already be a step in the good direction.
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NorCal Dave reacted to John J.'s post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with
Informative.
I wondered that too. Maybe the chances of another large telescope photographing an area of sky within the 6 degree square being imaged by Oschin Schmidt at the same time are low. If it happened the area of sky covered would probably be a... -
NorCal Dave reacted to Mendel's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Agree.
Yeah, but Sheaffer attributes the error to Villarroel (now spelled correctly), not NBC. I don't trust journalists to get everything right. That's why I always seek out the source, if possible. In this case, that would be the published papers...
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Gary C reacted to Andreas's post in the thread Claim: A UFO crashed in 1933 Italy and the US Recovered it with Agree.
Personally, I find the word "impossible" largely irrelevant. I can make up a story about a strange exoplanet inhabited by elephant-like creatures with a technologically advanced civilization and argue that it's not impossible for such a... -
Gary C reacted to Mendel's post in the thread Claim: A UFO crashed in 1933 Italy and the US Recovered it with
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Gary C reacted to John J.'s post in the thread Claim: A UFO crashed in 1933 Italy and the US Recovered it with Like.
The set of documents sent to Bologna newspaper lIl Resto del Carlino seem to have been photocopies. I don't know if the documents sent to ufologist Roberto Pinotti were also photocopies, but if so it prevents age-testing of papers or ink that...
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Gary C reacted to John J.'s post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Agree.
Agreed. It would be particularly interesting to see the frequency of transients (or transient-like features) in the Earth's shadow compared to elsewhere in other photos, assessed by other researchers. I don't think there's much doubt that...
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Gary C reacted to Eburacum's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Agree.
Something doesn't add up there. These plates were 50 minute exposures. How could they be seven minutes apart? If there was a seven minute gap between exposures, the total time involved would be 107 minutes.
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Gary C reacted to FatPhil's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
I have noticed that I have consistently made the etymologically-curious (though I am not a language scholar) single 'r' spelling mistake multiple times. I now genuinely feel bad about that, given how pedantically correct I have tried to be with...
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Gary C reacted to RobertBillyBob's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
That is only needed to confirm specific transients. Finding transients within another telescope imagery independently of Palomar plates would already be a step in the good direction.
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John J. replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.Agreed. It would be particularly interesting to see the frequency of transients (or transient-like features) in the Earth's shadow compared to elsewhere in other photos, assessed by other researchers. I don't think there's much doubt that...