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		<title>2012: Doomsday? Noooooo…</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[General Astro Talk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They say the world will end in December 21, 2012 when the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar ends.
They even have a movie on it – 2012 – that will be released today.
Although the movie is categorised as “Science Fiction”, there are some of us out there who really believe that December 21, 2012 will mark [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydarksky.org&blog=2714985&post=1309&subd=astrocoffeehut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carnival of Space #127 &amp; #128</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thChieh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One week come and gone, come and gone&#8230;  today I, again, realised that I&#8217;d missed another carnival.  Oooooo, how time flies&#8230;
OK, on to the Carnival:
Last week Carnival of Space was at Next Big Future.
This week Carnival is hosted at AART Scope Blog.
Go and see what&#8217;s up in space recently.
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		<title>The Big Pictures of Saturn, Mars and Ares I-X</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyDarkSky/~3/RVBwsZqSkgU/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Amazing Photos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the Big Picture at boston.com does quite a number of astronomy theme collections. Check them out below. I especially love those from Mars by HiRISE showing familiar landscapes (sand dunes, craters, ice caps) on an alien world.

Saturn at Equinox

Martian Landscapes

Launch of the Ares I-X
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		<title>Geminids Watch at Penang National Park</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyDarkSky/~3/ruX4_yrSyIE/</link>
		<comments>http://mydarksky.org/2009/11/05/geminids-watch-at-penang-national-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thChieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Astronomy Activities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s meteor shower month now!
In November we have the famous Leonids and December we have the Geminids.
This year Stargazer Scientific is organising a 2 days 1 night outing (11 &#8211; 12 Dec) to watch the Geminids at Penang National Park. Visit Stargazer site for more info.
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		<title>Send Your Name to Venus!</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyDarkSky/~3/3Y_P3WL_6Zw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thChieh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) planned to launch a spacecraft to Venus sometime next year. This Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” (or Planet-C), as its name implies, will explore the climate of Venus such as unveil the mysteries of wind on Venus and observe the atmospheric movement and cloud formation process. Ultimately, this mission aims [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydarksky.org&blog=2714985&post=1283&subd=astrocoffeehut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NGC4755 The Jewel Box in the Southern Cross</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyDarkSky/~3/ZXUpdZcmoYw/</link>
		<comments>http://mydarksky.org/2009/10/30/ngc4755-the-jewel-box-in-the-southern-cross/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thChieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amazing Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stars & Star Clusters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m lucky to be living at the equator because the northern and southern stars will be mostly visible in my night sky (I can’t see Polaris though&#8230;). Every time when I saw the Big Dipper, my first reaction is to turn 180 degrees around and look for Crux – I always enjoy doing that.
I once [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydarksky.org&blog=2714985&post=1269&subd=astrocoffeehut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carnival of Space #125 &amp; #126</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyDarkSky/~3/kvz39Dp79nk/</link>
		<comments>http://mydarksky.org/2009/10/28/carnival-of-space-125-126/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thChieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carnival of Space]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carnival of Space #126 is at The Gish Bar Times.
Carnival of Space #125 is at Orbiting Frog.
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		<title>Galilean Night at Taman Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyDarkSky/~3/sndtf1N4fgo/</link>
		<comments>http://mydarksky.org/2009/10/23/galilean-night-at-taman-bukit-jalil-kuala-lumpur/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thChieh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Galilean Nights is an International Year of Astronomy 2009 Cornerstone Project, globally celebrated from Oct 22 to 24. The purpose? To re-experience the wonders that Galileo Galilei observed 400 years ago.
When Galileo first turned his telescope to Moon, he saw that the Moon is not smooth; it’s full of craters. Later, when he turned his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydarksky.org&blog=2714985&post=1258&subd=astrocoffeehut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tioman’s Crescent Moon</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyDarkSky/~3/skkERpOtueY/</link>
		<comments>http://mydarksky.org/2009/10/22/tioman%e2%80%99s-crescent-moon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thChieh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday night I saw a beautiful crescent Moon after having my dinner. This crescent Moon reminded me that a month had passed since I last saw it&#8230; and reminded me that I had an unfinished business&#8230;
Last month I was holidaying on an island called Pulau Tioman located at the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mydarksky.org&blog=2714985&post=1247&subd=astrocoffeehut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drawings on Mars?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyDarkSky/~3/4O7E5wWNsog/</link>
		<comments>http://mydarksky.org/2009/10/18/drawings-on-mars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thChieh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amazing Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HiRISE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

This is Mars. (by HiRISE, again&#8230;)
I know it don’t look like it.
But really, this is Mars.
Click the image to see more clearly.
It looks like someone or something has been drawing on Mars. No, not alien UFO. That something is called dust devils.
Bad Astronomer will explain to you how this landscape was done.
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