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Hale_Bopp
2002-Jan-04, 12:31 AM
I visited Apache Point Observatory in October. I got a couple of APO t-shirts for friends and family.

The t-shirt has a cresent moon over APO at night. The problem is that there is a star inside the crescent that should be blocked by the moon!

Of all the places to find BA!

Rob
Donnie B.
2002-Jan-04, 12:56 AM
It's not a star... it's a meteor impact!

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ToSeek
2002-Jan-04, 02:53 PM
On 2002-01-03 19:56, Donnie B. wrote:
It's not a star... it's a meteor impact!

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Good save!
GrapesOfWrath
2002-Jan-04, 03:07 PM
What kind of government installation doesn't have an online gift shop?
http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/
Hale_Bopp
2002-Jan-04, 03:15 PM
Actually, there isn't even a gift shop at APO. The gift shop where I got the t-shirtis at the National Solor Observatory as Sunspot!

Rob
GrapesOfWrath
2002-Jan-04, 03:45 PM
So, is this (http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/PR/gift_shop.html) a photo of the t-shirt, back in the corner there? I can't...quite...make...out the image.