Questions asked by Phillip E.

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• I have some high resolution images of the sky around the constellation of Orion. I can determine the right ascension and declination of any object on the image. Which star and galaxy catalogues should I use to identify the objects?
  
• What is the subjunctive in English?
  
• I live in France where you can buy wine in bulk. I normally buy wine by the litre. I went to a place which sold it by the kilogram. I completely filled my 5 litre container with white wine and it weighed 4.85kg. Why is wine less dense than water?
  
• Why is Osmium with atomic number 76 the densest element and twice a dense as lead with atomic number 82?
  
• How can we improve collaboration between questioners and answerers?
  
• Why do Copper, Silver and Gold break the norm of a full 2 electron s shell in favour of an 18 electron inner shell? Also, why is the next element in group 11 roentgenium likely to have a full s shell?
  
• Gold is a very unreactive element. It only bonds with strong chemicals. As Gold has a single outer S shell electron it should be reactive. Why isn't it?
  
• Given the recent announcements that Socratic as we know it is soon to be dead. Can I have the option of having all of my contributions deleted from the web site?