December 19th, 2007
Man, it’s cloudy in Illinois. I’ve seen the sun about twice in the two weeks I’ve been here. Today there is a nice, clear sky, so I may try and see Mars this evening.
Times like this make me miss Colorado…
I hope many of you got the opportunity to go out where you […]
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December 18th, 2007
Get out your scopes, binoculars or anything with a lens in it and take it outside tonight for one of the best views of Mars you’re going to get for a while.
Right now, we are very close to Mars in our orbit:
Image Credit: John Walker’s Solar System Live
So get out there if it’s clear […]
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September 30th, 2007
Or at least I think it will be, I just ordered one so it better be a good one.
Based on last month’s Sky and Telescope review of the DMK 21AF04.AS…
Ok, let me pause a minute and offer that these guys please hire a marketing person to name their products. How the hell am I […]
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September 29th, 2007
I know I’m a little early, but Mars is approaching opposition and will give us some of the best views of the planet we’re going to see for a while, and I want you guys ready.
Mars and Earth will be at their closest on December 18th, so we’ve got a while, but every day until […]
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April 13th, 2007
Sorry guys, it’s just a mountain, or hill (since I live in Colorado anything less than 14,000 feet is a hill). Earlier this week the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter team released this image of the Cydonia region of Mars.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
This image was taken on April 5th, 2007.
The camera that took this […]
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February 13th, 2007
I was just thinking as I am sitting here freezing my buttocks off here in Colorado: “What’s Mars like this time of year?”
Thanks to YouTube I have an answer:
You really need to watch this several times to catch everything. Funny, funny stuff!
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January 6th, 2007
One of the things I like to do is make astronomy videos and I’ve been doing this for a while now on my website DeepAstronomy.com. I just finished one that discusses the Face on Mars, not because it’s controversial, it isn’t anymore - it’s been pretty well established that the face is just a […]
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