by Pamela | Feb 24, 2008 | Astronomy, Meetups, Observing, People, Personal
Want to get involved in taking data? Visiting with researchers? Getting others looking up? Here are some ways: The GLOBE at Night: Starting Monday February 25, the GLOBE at Night program is asking everyone in the world (which would include you) to go out, look...
by Pamela | Feb 23, 2008 | Astronomy
According to a new National Geographic story (as quoted in slashdot, hat top to Scott M.) “CERN’s scientists, the fine people who brought us the W and Z particles, anti-hydrogen atoms and hyperlinked porn web pages, are now hard at work building the Large...
by Pamela | Feb 22, 2008 | Personal, Politics
This is not a discussion of politics. This is a discussion of the music and music videos inspired by politicians. Just saw this in YouTube. If you know of any other songs (we are sticking to the musical genre only!) about people actively running for president, forward...
by Pamela | Feb 21, 2008 | Astronomy, Space Carnival
This week’s carnival jumps across the “pond” to Chris Lintott’s self named blog. Check it out.
by Pamela | Feb 21, 2008 | Astronomy, Observing
I have to admit it: It was blisteringly cold and there were intermittent clouds and I missed the lunar eclipse. But, I still got to see it thanks to John S Gianforte of Blue Sky Observatory. He caught the images above (click for larger versions) using a Meade 127ED...