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GiqueCee

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6. Thanks for the additional info...

Reply to Zorro (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 10:37 AM

4 hrs ago

... it's starting to look more and more like the random act of a raving thrill-killer.
I think I read something a while back in Scientific American regarding Mr. Grillmair's work. Astrophysics is an arcane, but fascinating field of research. It always amazes me how much information can be deduced from starlight.
My sympathies go out to those who knew, and loved, him.

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