Well, the Quadrantids were a drizzle at best for me – either this “shower” came early, or came late, or didn’t come at all. Haven’t seen other reports yet – but it wasn’t there for me. And now, too late, I discover there’s a new “app” designed by NASA to help you record what you [...]
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Didn’t need a shower cap – nor a special app, though a real neat one’s available now from NASA
Posted in Astronomical tools, meteors, Observations, tagged fireball, meteor app, NASA meteor shoiwer, quadrantids on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Zillions of stars just waiting to ping your brain!
Posted in Astronomical tools, Deep Sky, Galaxies, Uncategorized, tagged binoculars, galaxies, Hubble Ultra, M101, M51, M60, M65, M66, Virgo Cluster on January 3, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Well,I didn’t count them, but that’s what it felt like ths morning – several zillion stars at least and countless aged photons – and all being drawn into mye eyes and mind after a multi-million light year journey to my inexpensive 15X70 Celstrons and slightly more expensive 20X60 Pentax binoculars. Part of the inspiration for [...]
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