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Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 12:51 pm
by Spirit
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
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 12:54 pm
by Immanuel
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
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 1:00 pm
by Herr Voigt
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 1:38 pm
by garyb
very nice!
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 2:12 pm
by next to nothing
all the best for you and your family!
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 3:46 pm
by calippo
Best wishes from me, too.
And thanks for sharing your happiness with the PlanetZ-Community!
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 4:28 pm
by alfonso
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 5:12 pm
by krizrox
Congratulations lad! Try to sneak in a few minutes sleep when you can
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 6:54 pm
by astroman
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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Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 7:38 pm
by wayne
Beatiful bub-bub !
enjoy this time, cobber
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 8:46 pm
by hubird
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 10:22 pm
by eliam
Congratulations! A present for all mankind! God bless her and her parents!
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 12:45 am
by kensuguro
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.
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 12:47 am
by valis
Lovely daughter, congratulations!
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:41 am
by samplaire
!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:03 am
by Ben Walker
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:56 am
by Counterparts
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.
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 7:17 am
by enumeratus
Congratulations - She's really beautiful!
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 9:29 am
by Spirit
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.
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 10:43 am
by Immanuel
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
