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Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas
Astroatlas B Chart page for Grus and Telescopium, well below Capricornus and Sagittarius
NGC131 and 134 and a 5-spot of mag 10 stars
NGC55 image by Morris Jones, used with permission
While Mojo and I were observing at Amboy Crater on October 22, 2011, Cliff, another observer at the site pointed [...]
Comet/2010 G2 (HILL)
NGC7380 emission nebula and cluster
The Great Galaxy in Andromeda, M31, with M32 and M110 nearby
The Pegasus 1 galaxy cluster
I love to take my telescope out to observe the sky, and I find that the objects studied or discovered by scientists (from the past or the present) make for an [...]
My meteor shower first aid kit
Waiting for moonset on Perseid night 2010, observing from Amboy Crater, CA
Notice elevated rates from August 7th-15th, and a secondary peak on the 17th, and the 20th?
Here’s what you can expect to see from a dark sky observing for several hours like the 2010 Perseids which [...]
The day before launch – Atlas V in 551 configuration (5-meter payload fairing, 5 solid rocket strap-ons). Under the fairing is a Centaur second stage and Juno.
Launch 12:25 p.m. EDT August 5, 2011
Bound for Jupiter – a plume sundial. You can tell the time of launch by the shadow of the plume [...]
A room with a view – overlooking beautiful Jones Street
Chippewa Square, location of Forrest Gump's bench scenes
Back in November 2010 I took a micro-vacation to Savannah, Georgia. Even though my visit was less than 24 hours long, I packed a lot of sightseeing into my short visit. I was traveling from Atlanta, Georgia, [...]
The moon's summer and winter path, courtesy NASA's Starchild website
The winter’s moon – a smiling crescent just after sunset Feb 5, 2011 (click to see moon upper center)
Closeup of winter crescent moon
The summer's "backwards C" crescent moon at sunset, late June 2007 (click to see moon in lower right)
Closeup [...]
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 [...]
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