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 […]
And the fog rolled in… Read More »
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
A time to watch the night Read More »
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
What telescope should I buy? Read More »
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
Something I need to do Read More »
They are having more toilet problems on the International Space Station. Seems that the Russian made space toilet is not working. I realize that the water hunger, gravity fed toilets that work on earth would not work very well on the Space Station, but to break down twice in a short period of time is
Could you send in a plumber? Read More »
Anybody else see a theme forming… And this topics color is black.. Has anyone seen some of the headlines about the new Super Collider? Bunch of doom and gloom coming from somewhere. Things like “Fear Looms”, “Doomsday machine to start”, “Collider triggers end-of-world fears”, “Black Holes may devour the Earth”, “Will Collider destroy the Earth”,
Black holes and the end of the world… Read More »
The private sector has been in the space race for a few years now. The prize for the first commercial, non-governmental vehicle that made it to space was awarded. And now they are getting ready to unveil the start of the next phase, paid passengers. Virgin Galactic will be unveiling the first half of their
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
A little controversy… Read More »
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
Pass the pepper please… Read More »
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
Astronomy Book Review… Read More »
