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Red Willow Dreamcatcher with Big Dipper and Milky Way The Fisher Stars, painting courtesy of Edwin Bighetti, Mathais Colomb First Nation Wesakaychak Pointing – courtesy of Edwin Bighetti, Mathais Colomb First Nation In March 2010, I was invited to be the keynote speaker at the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre’s annual Science and [...] Map of Manitoba showing Winnipeg, Nelson House and Churchill RASC Ron Berard and Guy Westcott at speaker dinner before my RASC talk my school talk at Otetiskiwin Kiskinwamahtowekamik K-8th school in Nelson House Churchill, Polar Bear Capital of the world, on Hudson Bay In early November 2010, I embarked on a wonderful ten-day speaking tour [...] How a lymphedema sleeve works I learned about an amazing partnership this week. A partnership connecting women who suffer from lymphedema (demystified below) with free compression sleeves (also demystified below)! This is cross-posted from my friend Susan’s Toddler Planet blog post “Can’t Afford Lymphedema Sleeves?” Crickett’s Answer, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in memory of Crickett [...] Johann Bode's 1801 Uranographia, showing Quadrans Murales, Boötes and other constellations Boötes, Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices and Quadrans Muralis The Northeast sky Jan 4 at 1:00 a.m. PST. Look between Ursa Major and Minor, and the bright star Arcturus in Boötes for the location of Quadrans Muralis on the Boötes-Draco border Looking Northeast [...] Perseid Peak Aug 12-13 18h-7h UT My Perseid count Aug 13 06h-11h UT Sunset at Amboy Crater, with moon and Venus Amboy Crater by day For the past year I’ve been traveling to dark skies to observe and count meteors during the major showers. Armed with a clipboard and a comfy chair, I stare at [...] Every where you turn, you will be running into pink this month. Pink tic tacs, pink string cheese, even pink Harry and David pears. It’s Pinktober, aka Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’s hard not to be aware of breast cancer. I’ll wager that everyone reading this blog is aware of breast cancer. I [...] See the moon and planets low in the west August 12, courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech The view from Earth – the planetary lineup in orbital perspective courtesy NASA’s Solar System Simulator, courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech Mars and moon imaged same day with same equipment (in 2005) courtesy Jim Keen A trio of planets, without the moon August 7, [...] Size comparison of Mars (at closest and furthest approach) and the moon See Mars and the moon near one another in mid August 2010 marks the eighth annual return of 2003′s Mars In August email. The email always says something about Mars appearing as large as the moon, but there are annual variations to the [...] Updated 1/1/2012 Before – 13.1-inch f/4.5 Coulter Odyssey 1 After – – note the original blue ground board Update: A colleague at work had a telescope he wanted to give away. I advertised it and found someone who wanted it. Here’s a before and after image. The telescope has been reincarnated as you [...] Moonrise over Chuckwalla Mountains July 3, 2010 about 11:30 p.m. Third quarter moon, a half hour later My small 70mm Televue Ranger was used for the moon images Summer dark sky observing means short nights, and it’s usually too hot for comfort in the Colorado desert location we love. But Mojo and I decided [...] |
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