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Planetarium Stuff
Published on 14 Apr 2006 at 6:53 pm.
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I have always liked going to a planetarium. Growing up, trips to the planetarium allowed me to learn the night sky in a way that I could not have otherwise done. A knowledgeable person would point out stars and constellations on the dome of the planetarium, time could be sped up and slowed […]
Breathing Vacuum
Published on 10 Apr 2006 at 6:57 pm.
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Several movies have scenes where the key figures are exposed to a vacuum for some period of time with apparently no ill effects. 2001, A Space Odyssey has our hero doing several seconds of unprotected space walking. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has our heroes tossed into space without spacesuits, only to be […]
1969
Published on 23 Mar 2006 at 12:04 pm.
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For those space enthusiasts among us, 1969 is famous because of Apollo 11. However, there were a lot of other things going on at that same time. For example, while Apollo 11 was on the way to the Moon, Senator Edward Kennedy drove off of the bridge at Chappauquiddick. And, […]
Custom List: Some Astronomy Related Web Sites
Published on 3 Mar 2006 at 12:18 am.
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Some Astronomy Related Web Sites
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Scott’s Astronomy Page
Space.Com
Sky and Telescope
Spaceweather Webpage
The Nine Planets: Lots of good Solar System information
Astronomical League: Amateur Astronomy
American Association of Amateur Astronomers: An online astronomy club
SpaceBlogs: RSS of space related blogs
NASA Watch: A non-NASA site about NASA
Hobby Space - Astronomy: All sorts of astronomy links.
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Mountains
Published on 19 Feb 2006 at 1:23 pm.
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Continuing my random posts, I thought that I’d say a word or two about mountains. For some reason, I really like the mountains. Maybe growing up near the coast, they are something different. Maybe it is just the majesty of them, or something else. Whatever it is, I like mountains. So, back when I took […]
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: […]
Lighting a town
Published on 22 Nov 2005 at 7:59 pm.
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In the newspaper, I was reading about this small Austrian town and its winter lighting problems. You see, the town of Rattenberg is built in the Austrian mountains. From November to February the Sun does not shine directly on the town. Hmm. How can that be, you ask?
As the Earth orbits […]
