As I mentioned earlier this month, there was a total Lunar Eclipse this morning for people in Western North America. I was running a bit late, but did get to see some of it - including totality.
Although it wasn’t the “dreamy shade of sunset red” that NASA’s Spaceweather site talked about (it had a slight [...]
I’m being followed by an Earth shadow - August 2007 Lunar Eclipse
August 28th, 2007 · No Comments
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Mark you calendars - Lunar Eclipse this month
August 5th, 2007 · No Comments
On August 28th, there will be a total lunar eclipse visible in North America (and four other continents). NASA made a nifty little table showing the times, so I’ve included it below:
Looks like you’ll need to be up late or early, depending on your perspective on sleep.
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It’s August, so it must be Mars Hoax time
August 4th, 2007 · No Comments
Looks like this is one of those internet classics. Rather than going through the whole thing again, here’s my post from last year.
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The Future of the Hubble Space Telescope
December 6th, 2006 · No Comments
A few years ago NASA announced that it would not be sending any additional servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). There was quite an outcry from the public and the astronomy community (both amateur and professional). I remember taking some questions about it from the local press, and a surprising (to me) number [...]
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M33 - The Triangulum galaxy
November 20th, 2006 · 1 Comment
I had some telescope time on the UND telescope last night, and in addition to some astrometry data on asteroid 211 Isolda, I tried some color imaging. Here’s M33:
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