MAPUG List Related Topics
Subject: The Mother of All Archives 
From: Rick Kirchhof
Here is a tool that can give you historic snapshots of the WWW at various points in time. It currently has over 100 terabytes
of data and is growing by over 12 terabytes per month. There are a number of other links and data types as well.
<http://www.archive.org/> Note: should open a new window over this
one.
I was able to pull up an early version of a website via its "wayback" machine. You can look at several older versions
of a particular webpage.
Subject: A MAPUG Archive Location
<http://www.astronomysite.com/mapug/> Note:
new window should open over this one.
Subject: MAPUG Abbreviated Astronomical Terms
From: Bill Arnett <billa znet.com> plus some additions by various Mapuggers
Here is a copy of <http://obs.nineplanets.org/meade/acronym.html>
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Cyphertext Cleartext
Alt Altitude
ATM Amateur Telescope Maker
Az Azimuth
CCD Charge Coupled Device (electronic imager)
Dec Declination
Dob Dobsonian mounted telescope (also Dobs or Dobbie)
DSO Deep Space Object
DSC Digital Setting Circles
EP eyepiece
FDR Field DeRotator
FPK Fremont Peak State Park (favorite site of Silicon Valley observers)
GEM German equatorial mount
GP Global Positioning System
Mak Maksutov (-Cassegrain telescope)
MAPUG Meade Advanced Products User Group
Newt Newtonian telescope
OAG Off Axis Guider
OTA Optical Tube Assembly
PEC periodic error correction
RA Right Ascension
SBIG Santa Barbara Instruments Group (CCD manufacturer)
TSP Texas Star Party
SEDS Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
SCT Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
AFAIK as far as I know
BTW by the way
FAQ Frequently Asked Question(s)
FWIW for what its worth
FYI for your information
IMHO in my humble opinion
[M]: Mapug identifier on post to Mapug
OTOH on the other hand
OT: Off topic
RSN real soon now (usually meaning the opposite)
TIA thanks in advance
TLA three letter acronym
WOT way off topic
:-) smile
:-( frown
;-) wink
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