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Airdate: Monday, September 19, 2011 Running Time: 00:30:55 Listen: Windows Media | MP3

The 2011 Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show was just held in Pasadena, California. Planetary Radio was there before a live audience with Emily Lakdawalla, bill Nye and special guest, CalTech astronomer Richard Ellis. Ellis shares the latest on dark matter, dark energy and progress toward construction of the thirty Meter Telescope. Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan test the PATS attendees knowledge of space trivia and offer a limited edition 50th Anniversary Celestron FirstScope in the space trivia contest for listeners. Your Support Makes Planetary Radio Possible! make a Donation Today! Did you like this show? Send it to a friend or share it at: Slashdot – Digg this – Reddit – Del.icio.us – Newsvine – NowPublic.

• Richard Ellis, Professor of Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology

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• Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show
• Thirty Meter Telescope Project
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Hello, im hoping to save up for a Dobsonain telescope this year, but am unsure of the best place to go for one, any advice?

Thankyou =)

Also try your local astronomy club before you buy. Probably get a few pointers and a try out of a few scopes. and there is nothing to stop you finding your way around the sky before hand, especially if you have some binoculars.

Here are some:

The Astronomy Shop
1 Tone Hill
Wellington
Somerset
TA21 0AU
Email: info@scsastro.co.uk
Web: scsastro.co.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1823 665510

Broadhurst, Clarkson & Fuller
63 Farringdon Rd.
London, United Kingdom
Email: telescopehouse@telescopehouse.co.uk
Web: telescopehouse.co.uk
Phone: [44] 017-140-521

Widescreen Centre
47 Dorset Street
London W1U 7ND
Email: call@widescreen-centre.co.uk
Web: widescreen-centre.co.uk
Phone: 020 7935 2580
Fax: 020 7486 1272

Widescreen Centre
18 Lady Bay Road
West Bridgford NG2 5BJ
Email: call@widescreen-centre.co.uk
Web: widescreen-centre.co.uk
Phone: 0115 945 5459
Fax: 0115 945 5362

If both telescopes cost the same.

I wouldn't choose either of these instruments because of their small apertures. I wouldn't consider any telescope smaller than 6 inches aperture.

Internet Service Provider, Linkserve made it double last week, when it announced the appointment of Mr. Victor Oisaghie as the company’s new Managing Director as well as the launch of a new product tagged Linkserve Hosting

Making the announcements, Linkserve’s Chairman, Mr. Chima Onyekwere, said that the appointment of Oisaghie was in line with the company’s drive to reposition itself in the industry even as it strived to provide the best services possible to Nigerians tapping on Oisaghie’s skill and experience.

Onyekwere described the new Managing Director, as a strong IT person, being one of six Cisco certified internetwork experts in Africa.He said, “Like in everything else we do at Linkserve, we go only for the best because we believe that our clients deserve only the best. Linkserve’s network connection solution is second to none and will only get better as new technology is developed.”

Accepting to employ his knowledgeable skills to provide services to Linkserve customers, the new Managing Director, expressed  enthusiasm on joining the Linkserve team, saying, “I am happy to be a part of one of Nigeria’s landmark brands and look forward to playing my part in taking the company to the next level.

Linkserve possess the potential to continue in its pace-setting role in Nigeria’s ICT industry” he added.  Oisaghie, a Chemical Engineering graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, is coming with over fifteen years experience in Information Technology and Consulting.

Before he joined Linkserve, he was the Technical Marketing Director for VRCon Incorporated, and was celebrated in the company as undoubtedly one of Africa’s leading IT engineers with vast experience in product and business development, project management and networking.

Oisaghie began his IT career with Optimal Systems Integration in Lagos and has since served in key leadership and management positions with several organizations including Anderson Consulting (Accenture), Chevron Overseas Petroleum Incorporated and Cisco Systems Incorporated.

He has expertise in network protocols, issue resolution, requirement analysis, design, component selection, change management and process re-engineering. Oisaghie takes over the Managing Director position from Mr. Victor Emodi who resigned to further his personal career.

Linkserve also launched a new product,  Linkserve Hosting which it described as a complete web hosting automation control panel designed for web hosts to experience infinite hosting possibilities in cluster environments. It enables web hosting companies to manage all their servers through centralised interface.

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Also, Linkserve’s Product Manager, Mr. Yinka Adesanya, who introduced the product with a live demonstration, listed the features and benefits that individuals using Linkserve Hosting will enjoy. He said, ‘Linkserve Hosting is designed for clients to experience infinite hosting possibilities in cluster environment. It enables clients to manage all their servers on both Windows and Linux operating systems through centralized interface as well as providing the option of managing and automatically regulating traffic within the cluster. It also lowers operational costs.’