Tonight/this morning I was ready to sit in my lawn chair and look for shooting stars. The Perseid meteor shower was to hit its maximum two days. The sky promised to be clear. The mosquitoes did not promise to stay away, but I have my bug suit. 😉 So, I drove the truck out into […]
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This weekend seems to be a big astronomy shindig. Â The event is called Galilean Nights. This is in honor of Galileo. Sidewalk astronomers around the world will be out letting people look through their scopes to see the Moon, Jupiter or some other bright evening object. The site above has a link to find some
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After quite some time, I’m getting back to this question. Since the holiday season is approaching and fall is one of my favorite times to get the scopes out… Here are my opinions on telescopes to buy. If I’m on your list and money is no object here are the scopes I want. 😉 The
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It has been quite a long time since I took any of my telescopes out to gaze at the night sky. I’ve had many excuses, but they were just that, excuses. I think I’m really beginning to miss that hobby of mine. The first thing I need to do is have a talk with my
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Not quite a list, because my interests are varied, but some of the things I like to do, all G-rated of course. (I have a daughter or two who may read this. Yes, they are all over 16, but they are still my little girls.) I like insignificant bits of trivial knowledge. The more trivial
I’m writing this blog specifically for a friend of mine. He will know I’m writing about him shortly. 😉 I decided to write a little about the NASA Apollo missions and those few people who don’t believe they really happened. Why I’m writing this is simple. While doing some reading on other things I ran
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The title of this article just got to me. For some reason it just tickled my sense of humor. ….NASA Sticks a Fork in Mars, I hope they remembered the knife and spoon. Anyway, I do like the work the landers and orbiters are doing on Mars. In the past few years, we’ve learned a
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I have a book for people with little or no background in Astronomy. It is called quite simply “The Stars — A New Way to See Them” by H. A. Rey. I learned my constellations by the having start charts with lines connecting the various stars in a group (constellations and asterisms) and except for
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I ran into a bit of news today that made me take a bit of notice. Microsoft has launched a new site Worldwide Telescope. I’m downloading the software as I write this, so I will give a more in depth look later. The software is supposed to be a virtual telescope with access to images
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After finding out I have a telescope, and of my interest in Astronomy, I am often asked “What kind of telescope should I get my (self, kid, spouse, father, fill in the blank). My first thought is to say they can buy mine so I can get a bigger, better, different telescope. But in reality,
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