Equinox: The Sun from Solstice to Solstice image by: Tunç Tezel (TWAN) via Astronomy Picture of The Day The picture is a composite of hourly images taken of the Sun above Bursa, Turkey on key days from solstice to equinox… Read More ›
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Bother, missed the planetary conjunction
Image Source: Planets over Perth (John Goldsmith), from Astronomy Picture of the Day. Venus, Mercury then Mars are hanging above the Moon over the Swan River in Perth on September 1st. According to APOD, it’s still possible to see the… Read More ›
Linkage in lieu of a post
Lucy Tartan’s latest Reading Log is giving me ideas for my bedside book pile. Antivax: new evidence shows (again) no link to autism from Bad Astronomy by Phil Plait Best explanation for the non-existence of global warming ever from Pharyngula… Read More ›
Photo techniques I plan to rip off at the earliest possible opportunity #1
Image Source: Astronomy Picture of the Day (2008-08-02: Eclipse Shirt), image by Phillip Haake
The next eclipse of the sun visible from Australia will be in November 2012 (and only a partial eclipse over Sydney), so I’ve got a while to plan it
APOD goes dancing
A couple of weeks ago I featured Matt Harding, who put up video on the internet of himself dancing, sometimes alone and sometimes with others (often a huge crowd) around the world. Today, that’s the Astronomy Picture of the Day’s… Read More ›
Supernova observations
Wow, huh? for the first time in history, astronomers have unambiguously observed the exact moment when a star explodes. More from the Bad Astronomer.
APOD: Running Messier’s Marathon
When I retire I’m going to become an astronomy geek. Explanation for the photo below from APOD. Image Credit: Amir Hossein Abolfath
Another lap of the circuit
At 0548 GMT (or UT if you prefer) on March 20, the Sun (from a geocentric perspective) passed the celestial equator heading north, making it the autumnal equinox for us Southrons and the vernal equinox for them Northrons. APOD has… Read More ›
Farewell, Arthur C. Clarke
Died today in Sri Lanka, aged 90. Phil Plait at the Bad Astronomy Blog has a fine tribute. I must add his Three Laws of Prediction to my quotes database: 1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something… Read More ›
Clicks, Pics, ‘n’ Politics: Assortment
A big assortment of pictures, video, and reading today.
Hoyden About Town 