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80 Years Ago
Published on 16 Mar 2006 at 7:09 pm.
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March 16, 1926, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid fueled rocket. It didn’t really go very far, just a few feet, but it proved that liquid fuels could be used to propel rockets. Up to that time, only solid fuel rockets had been constructed. His next rocket went a bit farther, ending up in the […]
George Ellery Hale, observatory builder
Published on 20 Feb 2006 at 3:57 pm.
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68 years ago today, one of the giants of American astronomy died: George Ellery Hale. So, I figured that I’d say a few words about him.
He actually started his astronomical career before he even went to college, studying the spectrum of the Sun. He continued his work on solar spectra while […]
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The comet ferret
Published on 21 Jan 2006 at 7:38 pm.
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Hmm. I can’t think about what to blog about. I suppose that I could blog about my new waffle maker, but that seems silly. So, I decided to do something simple for those of y’all who don’t know the terminology of astronomy. That is actually one of the tougher things for my students at first: […]
Planet George
Published on 15 Nov 2005 at 8:03 pm.
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I just gave a little public seminar on planets, and in particular the “new” tenth planet announced back a couple months ago. I’ll say more about that in a later blog, though, if y’all are interested.
In order to talk about planets, you need to know what you are talking about. So, what is […]
