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The Earth Hour project, promoted by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) , encourages people around the world to turn their lights off for one hour from 8-9pm in their local time zone today, Mar. 29. Even Google (www.google.com) “turned their lights out” for the cause. They simulated the lights being turned out today on […]
Photo Credit: SnoRkel
Many people use green laser pointers at star parties to help point out objects in the sky. I have a small 5mw one that I use and it’s plenty bright enough to see the green line streak up into the sky toward the object I’m trying to help people find.
While I’ve never seen […]
This’ll be the last total lunar eclipse till 2010Photo Credit: atomicshark
The skies were clear, the air was crisp and cold, my breath formed heavy clouds of condensation that floated skyward as I watched the best lunar eclipse to come around in a while.
I hope you all got a chance to check it out where you […]
It’s actually clear here in Champaign! I can see a blue sky and I think it might stay that way, so I’ll be going out tonight to see the eclipse.
Totality is going to last about 50 minutes and most people in the U.S. without clouds hanging over their heads will be able to see it.
I’m […]
Image Credit: tizianoj
To get you all in the spirit of this week’s total lunar eclipse, I’ve devised a little trivial test (mispelling intentional).
Good luck everyone and thanks for playing…
Lunar Eclipses always occur:
During the day
At night
During Hollywood writer’s strikes
At the same time as American Idol
The Moon is ALWAYS in what phase during a lunar eclipse:
Crescent
Half
Liquid
Full
Solid
Gas
Lunar Eclipses […]
We had another snowstorm yesterday that put about another six inches of snow at my house:
I’ve written before that the winter skies are at their best for using your telescope just after a cold front has passed through. In Colorado at least, the following evening brings some of the coldest, stillest air we ever […]
I was playing with Stellarium and noticed this cool little alignment between the Moon and Mars on the 23rd of December, tomorrow night. Click on any of the images below to see a bigger one. All of these images are for the same time each night, from December 22, 23, 24 at about […]
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 […]
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 […]
Well, last night’s Geminid meteor shower was a bit of a disappointment for me in chilly, cloudy Illinois. I was able to see a few meteors, around a dozen or so in the few hours I sat outside (I kept going in and out since I am in the middle of town, there wasn’t a […]
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