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Last week NASA released the cool video above of the Moon passing in front of the Earth. Taken by the Deep Impact spacecraft from 31 million miles away. NASA says "Making a video of Earth from so far away helps the search for other life-bearing planets in the Universe by giving insights into how a distant, Earth-like alien world would appear to us". Deep Impact was the spacecraft that sent an impact...
At one time I had really big plans for the Sun and this blog, gonna post a lot of images and such, but alas the Sun has not been co-operating, nothing going on, little or no Sunspots, flares or prominences. I took the image of Sunspot 0999 above over a month ago. The image below is what was on Spaceweather.com today, actually been the same blank Sun for going on 6 weeks now.A little bit of solar ba...
Got a call from a nice man, Doctor Tony at 1:00 am Saturday morning."Hi this is Doctor Tony Phillips calling with a space weather alert. A geomagnetic storm is in progress. The interplanetary K index has increased to a value of 6 which means auroras are possible in your area now. Be on the lookout for northern lights. Please check Space Weather dot com for further updates and more information."We l...
Saturn, Mars, Regulus and Moon Saturday July 5, 2008Saturday July 5 just after Sunset there was a real pretty celestial gathering of Saturn, Mars, Regulus and the Moon and almost all in a straight line, very nice. 6% of Full Moon Friday July 4, 2008Getting a little antsy here, running out of major conjunctions to watch for, the next one isn't till August 2, 30 minutes after Sunset if you look low i...
July 4 was my one year blogging anniversary and what an adventure it has been. I remember my very first comment from Mighty Morgan and what a thrill it was, first it made me think "wow, someone is actually reading my stuff", but it also made me think , "crap someone is actually reading my stuff", never counted on that.All I ever wanted to do with this blog is somehow try to put into words the feeli...
Bob is an excellent writer and photographer who shares his photographs of the stars (astrologically speaking). His entries are an excellent read and his photographs are not to be missed!
Bob has certainly come a long way from his begging blogging days. His theme is nice and clean and though I don't know a lot about astronomy one can always count on learning something at Bob's blog. Did I mention I just love his photos?
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