New human

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Tue May 11, 2004 12:51 pm

I have a daughter ! Born today:

I'm just going outside now to see if I can find her star "Altair" in the Eagle constellation

Sometimes it's great to be human

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Tue May 11, 2004 12:54 pm

She is beautifull

Congratulation to all 3 of you (and more, if she has brothers/sisters)

That was the smile of my day

Thank you

Herr Voigt · Post by **Herr Voigt** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:00 pm

Best wishes!!!!!

Thomas

Post by **garyb** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:38 pm

very nice!

next to nothing · Post by **next to nothing** » Tue May 11, 2004 2:12 pm

all the best for you and your family!

calippo · Post by **calippo** » Tue May 11, 2004 3:46 pm

Best wishes from me, too.
And thanks for sharing your happiness with the PlanetZ-Community!

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Tue May 11, 2004 4:28 pm

All the best for her and you (two...). Thanks for sharing, she's beautiful

krizrox · Post by **krizrox** » Tue May 11, 2004 5:12 pm

Congratulations lad! Try to sneak in a few minutes sleep when you can

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Tue May 11, 2004 6:54 pm

congrats and best wishes for the future of your starchild

and of course for your lady and yourself

I'm struggling to imagine that constellation from your point of view - is the eagle below Orion's left shoulder on that part of the planet ?

cheers, Tom

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wayne · Post by **wayne** » Tue May 11, 2004 7:38 pm

Beatiful bub-bub !

enjoy this time, cobber

Post by **hubird** » Tue May 11, 2004 8:46 pm

eliam · Post by **eliam** » Tue May 11, 2004 10:22 pm

Congratulations! A present for all mankind! God bless her and her parents!

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Wed May 12, 2004 12:45 am

we should all do a happy birthday song or something! Congratulations to your whole family!! It must feel really special to have a baby.. not that I would know. yet. lol.

valis · Post by **valis** » Wed May 12, 2004 12:47 am

Lovely daughter, congratulations!

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Wed May 12, 2004 2:41 am

!!!!!!!!!

Ben Walker · Post by **Ben Walker** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:03 am

Congratulations Spirit - she's beautiful!!!

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:56 am

Alpha Aquilae, eh?

One of my fave stars - forms the Summer triangle with Deneb and Vega.

Congratulations Spirit!! Best wishes...just forget about sleep for a while...

Royston

p.s. Just so's you know - my degree's actually in Astronomy.

enumeratus · Post by **enumeratus** » Wed May 12, 2004 7:17 am

Congratulations - She's really beautiful!

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:29 am

Thanks very much to everyone for the good wishes. This is a fantastic community of friends and friendly people. To be congratulated from all points across Earth is just fantastic and you can be sure little Imogen Altair will be told about in years to come

Astroman: The Eagle constellation is low in the north-east / north at the moment. The "eagle" itself is upside down.

Last night I did go outside to see her star. I checked first on my "Starry Night" astronomy program, went outside, looked straight ahead and up 33-degrees and there she was, twinkling above the palm trees.

I don't want to sound too sentimental, but I did make a wish for her on her star.

And given that my daughter might conceivably be alive in 2100 (

) there is some small hope that a probe might even reach Altair by then, *just* 16 light years away.

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Wed May 12, 2004 10:43 am

On 2004-05-12 10:29, Spirit wrote:
I did make a wish for her on her star.

And given that my daughter might conceivably be alive in 2100 ( ) there is some small hope that a probe might even reach Altair by then, *just* 16 light years away.

What a nice thing for a new father to do

Also, who says that wishes are limited by the speed of light