Subject: Did you observe the Lunar Eclipse and the Planet Uranus?
Did you observe the Lunar Eclipse and the Planet Uranus?
October 9th, 2014 at 2:49 pm EDTHello Friend, Celestron employee, Kevin Kwai, who does a great deal of public outreach for the organizationtook this splendid image of the Lunar eclipse the other night, and with an added bonus: The planet Uranus was visible in the image. You can che ...
Some people will believe anything
October 8th, 2014 at 12:17 pm EDTHello Friend, Book upon book has been written about UF0's, and government conspiracies to cover them up. Some people love to believe in aliens landing on the earth, abductions, and cow mutilations and all kinds of crap like that. Some of the rubbish ...
Get ready to photograph the Lunar Eclipse on the morning of October 8th
October 6th, 2014 at 2:03 pm EDTHello Friend, Are you getting ready to photograph the Lunar Eclipse on Wednesday morning, October 8th? This one is going to be visible for a good part of North America. Here are a few tips for you: 1) You'll need to find a western horizon with a rela ...
Why Bill Nye the Science guy carries a Canadian $5 bill in his wallet
October 4th, 2014 at 12:44 pm EDTHello Friend, "What's in your wallet?" That's a good question to ask Bill Nye, the science guy. Bill was in Toronto this past week, and gave a splendid presentation of behalfof the Planetary Society, of which he is CEO. It's a great organization that ...
It's telescope trade-in time again, and how to be smarter than the average bear
October 3rd, 2014 at 1:18 pm EDTHello Friend, I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The fall is one of my favorite observing times of the year. The weather is still relatively pleasant; it get's dark earlier, and you can see some interesting Winterobjects, if you stay up late ...
Houdini is not coming back from the grave on Halloween
October 1st, 2014 at 12:45 pm EDTHello Friend, I practiced magic tricks when I was a youngster. Was inspired by a magician I saw on TV, when I was about 8 years old. Wrote him a letter, and he encouraged me to keep practicing. Not only that, he would send me letters and postcards fr ...
Observe elusive Mercury in October
September 30th, 2014 at 3:02 pm EDTHello Friend, The planet Mercury is pretty elusive for much of the year. So the opportunity window to see it, while a small one, still gives youthe chance to check it out under favourable fall skies. October will give you the best window of opportuni ...
Stoopid questions to ask a female Russian Cosmonaut
September 28th, 2014 at 11:58 am EDTHello Friend, At a recent pre-launch press conference, female Russian cosmonaut, Yelena Serova was asked a question bya reporter. Note, she was present at the conference with two male astronaut counteparts. Here is the question she was asked: "How wi ...
"Exterminate! Exterminate!
September 27th, 2014 at 11:46 am EDTHello Friend, One of the hardest working people I know in this industry is Rock Mallin. I mean, he's in the dungeon, concocting all kinds of amazing stuff. This dude is constantly at work, designing better products,for amateur astronomers. And now be ...
India's successful Mars orbitor Mission, and the do gooders that would kill it
September 25th, 2014 at 11:05 am EDTHello Friend, Mars to India, over and out...... After journeying 10 months, India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has now arrived at the planetMars and is successfully orbiting it. Think about it though. This was a high risk mission! Why, you ask? The s ...