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QUOTE (King Rygar @ Nov 5 2004, 11:51 AM) I think the earliest album I have right now is 2112, which I really like so I can't really truly say I don't like ALL the old stuff. I don't own Hemisheres YET, it and Power Windows are the last of the few I don't have yet! (Go ahead, hurt me) I don't even have a record player right now, but I had to get a sealed copy of Grace Under Pressure on LP, that's how nuts I am. I like to think back to when I thought all Rush had was Tom Sawyer and that damned Trees song. Wow, what I gold mine I was missing! Nothing really touches me like Rush stuff anymore, they have spoiled me! Nice to meet all you cool folk! Now I can finally vent! you have GOT to get the first 3 albums! Visit our store here!

QUOTE (launchpad67a @ Nov 5 2004, 11:50 AM) Yep, you know exactly what it takes. It's a very patient hobby, not for everyone. What's so funny about astronomy is, you invite friends over for a viewing party. You find some cool object that mabey some of them have seen or heard about before. Then you show them through the eyepiece and they always say "well that doesn't look like the pictures I've seen". Because most every picture published nowdays comes from the Hubble. Taken over the course of many hours. And of course, no telescope on earth can get photos anywhere near that quality. Plus, they're all Photoshopped to make them pretty. ie:The planet Saturn is WHITE...not all colorful like everyone thinks! Here is my Ultima 2000 8" w/2" eyepiece http://www.mikekreidel.com/Scope1.jpg http://www.mikekreidel.com/Scope2.jpg "Keep looking up"!! Those 2 " eyepieces aren't cheap are they! Is that a Smith-Cassegrain?

QUOTE (launchpad67a @ Nov 5 2004, 09:29 AM) RR, I didn't know you were into astronomy. I own a few very nice telescopes, one of which is my Celestron Ultima2000 8" computerized with all the goodies! I love it to death, just don't get to use it enough. Here is a photo of a Triple Eclipse on Jupiter, very rare indeed! http://www.mikekreidel.com/triplejupiter.jpg I am recently into it - cannot wait for the winter skies - I recently purchased an Orion Dobsonian with a 10" aperature, 1200mm focal length. The whole thing is about 100 lbs. so I recently put it on locking casters to make it easier to roll out of the garage. It also has a computer for tracking (but no drives on a Dobsonian ) that can pinpoint 14,000 objects. It is simply to align for the computer also - all you do is set it to true vertical position, hit <ENTER>, then find two stars that you know, enter those, then it knows all 14,000 celestial objects and tells you where to turn with pinpoint precision... Very cool adn I can't wait until winter... YOU live in the perfect palce for astronomy - I would LOVE to get this telescope out to Nevada desert or Arizona to view, but I would be afraid of the have it go on airplane for fear of the entire mirror system being un-aligned (if you are into these, you know how important alignment of the mirrors is and how tough it is to re-align all 3 parts to perfection).... OR even worse, the main 10" mirror breaking, which would cost a fortune to fix... I hope to upgrade again if I get intot his to a equatorial mount with drives, as taking a picture of a nebula or other deep space objects requires long exposuress, which of course due to the movement of the earth, requires drives to keep it centered and pinpointed automatically...

QUOTE (Snowdog @ Nov 5 2004, 07:46 AM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 4 2004, 11:02 AM) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0411/ngc7023_misti_c1.jpg Explanation: Like delicate cosmic petals, these clouds of interstellar dust and gas have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the constellation Cepheus. Sometimes called the Iris Nebula and dutifully cataloged as NGC 7023, this is not the only nebula in the sky to evoke the imagery of flowers. Still, the beautiful digital image shows off the Iris Nebula's range of colors and symmetries in impressive detail. Within the Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a massive, hot, young star in its formative years. Central filaments of cosmic dust glow with a reddish photoluminesence as some dust grains effectively convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light. Yet the dominant color of the nebula is blue, characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. Dark, obscuring clouds of dust and cold molecular gas are also present and can lead the eye to see other convoluted and fantastic shapes. Infrared observations indicate that this nebula may contain complex carbon molecules known as PAHs. As shown here, the Iris Nebula is about 6 light-years across. That is an awesome shot! That one is probably from the Hubble - I think most of these are... Man, I hope we don't ditch the Hubble

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0411/ngc7023_misti_c1.jpg Explanation: Like delicate cosmic petals, these clouds of interstellar dust and gas have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the constellation Cepheus. Sometimes called the Iris Nebula and dutifully cataloged as NGC 7023, this is not the only nebula in the sky to evoke the imagery of flowers. Still, the beautiful digital image shows off the Iris Nebula's range of colors and symmetries in impressive detail. Within the Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a massive, hot, young star in its formative years. Central filaments of cosmic dust glow with a reddish photoluminesence as some dust grains effectively convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light. Yet the dominant color of the nebula is blue, characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. Dark, obscuring clouds of dust and cold molecular gas are also present and can lead the eye to see other convoluted and fantastic shapes. Infrared observations indicate that this nebula may contain complex carbon molecules known as PAHs. As shown here, the Iris Nebula is about 6 light-years across.

QUOTE (paganoman @ Nov 3 2004, 01:02 PM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 3 2004, 12:04 PM) Absolutely amazing... I still cannot express how happy I am they brought out Between the Wheels for this tour.... I hope Afterimage makes its way into the setlist in the future too Aw man - when those keyboards started.... I nearly jumped out of my skin. What a highlight of the R30 show. What a great song - what a great album!! Afterimage would be an awesome song to hear live. I wonder if Neil would be ok with it, though. It's amazing how a song he wrote in the early 80's would have such a connection to his personal life many years down the road. I have often wondered that about a lot of songs actually - Cold Fire being another....

QUOTE (paganoman @ Nov 3 2004, 11:56 AM) QUOTE (King Rygar @ Nov 3 2004, 11:11 AM) Sorry to break the mood, but I voted for Grace Under Pressure. There are others that I like ALMOST as much, but the first time I popped it in, it had me! Now, it and Hold Your Fire are visited much. But I can't listen to much of the really older stuff anymore, don't know why! Just keep at it. Does not matter which album you're not into... little by little it all comes together and you somehow hear or feel something you NEVER did the other times. I've had albums that instantly exploded to me, and others that took a very long time for me to accept. COS is the biggest on the of list of ones I resisted. Even GUP took a while for me. I never heard GUP until the early 90's when the 80's sound was OUT. It was hard for me to take GUP seriously. Now it's one of my favorites. You should be proud of your vote for GUP. It is an AMAZING album. Absolutely amazing... I still cannot express how happy I am they brought out Between the Wheels for this tour.... I hope Afterimage makes its way into the setlist in the future too

QUOTE (King Rygar @ Nov 3 2004, 11:11 AM) Sorry to break the mood, but I voted for Grace Under Pressure. There are others that I like ALMOST as much, but the first time I popped it in, it had me! Now, it and Hold Your Fire are visited much. But I can't listen to much of the really older stuff anymore, don't know why! Welcome to the board! Have you ever tried to give Hemispheres an honest listen a few times through? That album is addictive!

QUOTE (killermeat @ Nov 1 2004, 09:43 PM) what is the name of the song with the lyrics goining something like this, open the airwaves and crack open life this has been bothering me for years that i cant remember the name of the song Welcome to the board! Paga is correct and you can find the lyrics here: http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=48

QUOTE (SUPERCONDUCTOR @ Nov 1 2004, 12:48 PM) Presto is my favorite. An underrated classic, in my opinion. The Pass, Superconductor, Show Don't Tell, War Paint.....all great songs. I've read that the band thought that (with the exception of The Pass) it wasn't their strongest work from a songwriting perspective. What can I say? I disagree! Watch his every move! Welcome to the board!

QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Oct 29 2004, 09:14 PM) Sorry for the wait. Here's my next one: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Jimyyz2112/Misc/mummy.jpg Witch Hunt Features distorted in the flickering light, The faces are twisted and grotesque.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0410/titan1_cassini.jpg Explanation: What are these surface features on Titan? This planet-sized moon of Saturn had much of its south polar surface imaged during an initial flyby by the Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft back in early July. The above image mosaic was digitally stitched together from pictures taken at a very specific color of polarized infrared light, a color not absorbed and little scattered by Titan's methane haze. Visible are light and dark regions that are not yet understood. Surface features as small as 10 kilometers are resolved from about 340,000 kilometers away. The white region near Titan's South Pole, left of center, is unusually thick clouds also thought to be composed of methane. Today Cassini will swoop to within 1,500 kilometers above Titan and may return data and images that help humanity better understand this strange world.

QUOTE (Delilah @ Oct 25 2004, 10:24 PM) QUOTE (Moonraker @ Oct 25 2004, 09:18 PM) Dont feel bad, I only saw 2 this tour. VT tour, I got to see 3. Only 2??? THIS tour??? awww, poor baby!! I feel your pain. Delilah

QUOTE (paganoman @ Oct 25 2004, 09:07 PM) Let me live vicariously through you all. What were some of the highlights of the last Vegas trip? Highlights: in VEGAS

QUOTE (pedro2112 @ Oct 25 2004, 09:01 PM) QUOTE (Delilah @ Oct 25 2004, 08:44 PM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Oct 25 2004, 07:24 PM) QUOTE (Delilah @ Oct 25 2004, 08:17 PM) QUOTE (Rivendell @ Oct 25 2004, 01:53 PM) You may be a little late. I'm sure all the gear is in the warehouse by now. oyyy! I'm just a little late!!! I'll definitely wait 'til the next tour. Delilah You'd better meet up with all of us on the next tour! VEGAS!!!!!! Sounds like a BLAST! Count me in! Thanks! Delilah Vegas was a blast! Hey, RR, are we still planning a one year reunion this summer? I dunno! I am getting "remarried" out in Vegas this summer with my wife, but I could definately see staying a wee bit longer for a reunion

QUOTE (Delilah @ Oct 25 2004, 08:17 PM) QUOTE (Rivendell @ Oct 25 2004, 01:53 PM) You may be a little late. I'm sure all the gear is in the warehouse by now. oyyy! I'm just a little late!!! I'll definitely wait 'til the next tour. Delilah You'd better meet up with all of us on the next tour! VEGAS!!!!!!

QUOTE (Delilah @ Oct 25 2004, 01:27 PM) Does anybody know if dates are planned for Western Canada? If not, I'd like to talk to a few promoters here about getting them on board. Thanks Delilah Tour wrapped up in early October They are planning on working on a new studio album starting in January and a tour I am sure shortly after

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0206/eagle_kp09.jpg Explanation: From afar, the whole thing looks like an Eagle. A closer look at the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. Through this window, a brightly-lit workshop appears where a whole open cluster of stars is being formed. In this cavity tall pillars and round globules of dark dust and cold molecular gas remain where stars are still forming. Already visible are several young bright blue stars whose light and winds are burning away and pushing back the remaining filaments and walls of gas and dust. The Eagle emission nebula, tagged M16, lies about 6500 light years away, spans about 20 light-years, and is visible with binoculars toward the constellation of Serpens. The above picture combines three specific emitted colors and was taken with the 0.9-meter telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0410/PerseusCluster_misti.jpg Explanation: Here is one of the largest objects that anyone will ever see on the sky. Each of the fuzzy blobs in the above picture is a galaxy, together making up the Perseus Cluster, one of the closest clusters of galaxies. The cluster is seen through the foreground of faint stars in our own Milky Way Galaxy. It takes light roughly 300 million years to get here from this region of the Universe, so we see this cluster as it existed before the age of the dinosaurs. Also known as Abell 426, the center of the Perseus Cluster is a prodigious source of X-ray radiation, and so helps astronomers explore how clusters formed and how gas and dark matter interact. The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies is part of the Pisces-Perseus supercluster of galaxies, which spans over 15 degrees and contains over 1000 galaxies.

QUOTE (Delilah @ Oct 25 2004, 01:43 AM) Hemispheres... or Farewell to Kings... or ... I love all of them! The Rio concert dvd was off-the-hook. The guys were bang on. The energy created between the fans and the guys was palpable. Unfreakingbelievable! Neil's solo was a feast for the ears and eyes. Geddy & Alex's accoustic version of Resist literally brought tears to my eyes. It was beautiful! A real masterpiece. Welcome to the board Delilah! I see you got the posting working now!

QUOTE (furie @ Oct 23 2004, 10:35 PM) Tough pick. I went with Moving pictures, but honestly just barely edged out the others. Welcome to the board!

QUOTE (Lyra @ Oct 23 2004, 03:38 PM) Farewell to Kings for me Welcome to the board Lyra!

A middle aged man bought a brand new convertible Porsche. He took off down the road, pushed it up to 160 and was enjoying the wind blowing through his (thinning) hair. "This is great," he thought and accelerated to an even higher speed. But when he eventually looked in his rear-view mirror there was a Police car behind him, blue lights flashing. "I can get away from him with no problem" thought the man and he floored it some more, and flew down the road at over 210 km/hr to escape being stopped. Then he thought, "What the hell am I doing? I'm too old for this kind of thing" and pulled over to the side of the road, and waited for the Police car to catch up with him. The Policeman pulled in behind the Porsche and walked up on the driver's side. "Sir, my Shift ends in five minutes and today is Friday the 13th. "If you can give me a good reason that I've never heard before as to why you were speeding, I'll let you go." The man looked at the Policeman and said, "Last week my wife ran off with a Policeman and I thought you were bringing her back." The Policeman said, "Have a nice day."