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To: annie laurie
We have a spectacular view of the Milky Way, and Mars has been brilliantly seen every night (kind of ironic, being in Iraq under the God of War)...

We also have sights, like this one:

I took this on the night of 04 DEC 05, just after twilight. When the sun goes down here, there's a VERY short twilight.

19 posted on 02/24/2006 10:04:08 PM PST by Old Sarge (In a Hole in the Ground, there Lived a Fobbit...)
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To: Old Sarge

Thank you Old Sarge. I'm trying to locate an article in Sky and Telescope magazine from about 2 years ago that shows a group of Army astronomers in Iraq with a 127mm Orion Mak-Cass. I'll post it if I find it.


25 posted on 02/26/2006 1:54:28 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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