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Small Wonders: Canis Major

Started by Tom T , Feb 17 2007 06:57 PM

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#1 Tom T

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Posted 17 February 2007 - 06:57 PM

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#2 Tom T

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Posted 17 February 2007 - 06:58 PM

The PDF will be along shortly.

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#3 timmbottoni

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Posted 17 February 2007 - 09:46 PM

THANKS!!!!

I am still waiting for a good night that isn't 5 below to try some of your last Small Wonders, and this one looks great too!

Timm

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#4 Carol L

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Posted 18 February 2007 - 01:26 AM

Thanks Tom, your 'meandering' is VERY useful!

Btw, nice touch in mentioning the Dogon.. interesting link, too.

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#5 39.1N84.5W

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Posted 18 February 2007 - 10:58 AM

I was wondering what all was in this constellation... thanks, Tom. One question: I would like to print out the dso list, but copying/pasting to wordperfect changes the format to a long column, not a nice chart. Ideas on how I can make this happen? Or is the PDF the solution?

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#6 Tom T

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Posted 18 February 2007 - 11:05 AM

Thanks Timm, Carol and Nick!

Nick, I think the PDF is what you'll be looking for - otherwise you can print it straight from your browser and print only the page(s) you're interested in.

Olivier put in some overtime and got the PDF to me this morning, so it's now active as well.

As usual, he did a VERY nice job with it. Thanks Olivier!

T

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#7 bill w

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Posted 19 February 2007 - 08:50 PM

another great article
thanks tom

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#8 RichNH

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Posted 02 March 2007 - 12:45 PM

Thanks Tom, another great article.

Rich

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#9 wrather1

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Posted 02 March 2007 - 02:23 PM

GREAT article - thanks, Tom!

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#10 neocacher

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Posted 05 March 2007 - 10:33 AM

Great Article. I printed it out, along with your Orion Article.

Neo

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#11 Curt B

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Posted 05 March 2007 - 10:41 PM

Love printing out these articles...about half done them now.....but my ink jet printer sure does not like them too much!!!

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#12 desertstars

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Posted 06 March 2007 - 10:40 AM

Are you using the pdf versions? I find those to be more 'printer friendly.'

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#13 Tom T

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Posted 06 March 2007 - 01:09 PM

Thanks Guys! The PDF's usually save a couple of pages when printing.

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#14 Curt B

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Posted 06 March 2007 - 11:09 PM

Yes, I use the PDF, just the pictures take up a bit of ink...but I don't mind, the pictures are great!

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#15 Emre Evren

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 04:22 PM

Impressive articles, unputdownable to the end..
while gazing around the articles DSO's mistical reverie take me other sides of heavens..
By the way Turkish fans are growing impatient for the new articles so they hasten me for next SW's translations..
Here's the link for Turkish translations web page

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#16 spaceydee

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 06:25 PM

Wow, that is cool news!

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#17 Chris Schroeder

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 07:08 PM

Thanks again T, I always print and save your small wonder articles.

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#18 timmbottoni

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 09:28 PM

Yes, I use the PDF, just the pictures take up a bit of ink...but I don't mind, the pictures are great!

You can set most printers to print in lower quality to save ink. Of course you could always print them at work on the color laser printer too, assuming you have access to one, and won't get in trouble that is. :yay:

Timm

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#19 desertstars

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Posted 02 April 2007 - 09:57 AM

Yes, I use the PDF, just the pictures take up a bit of ink...but I don't mind, the pictures are great!

I was printing out a Small Wonders one evening and my wife made a comment about ink usage. So I compared the cost of printing all the pages of Small Wonders I've downloaded thus far with the cost of the Night Sky Observing Guide. But it in perspective.

Well, it would have, except that I had NSOG sitting on my desk in plain sight, and then had to explain why I needed both... :tonofbricks: