Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Health & Wellness Channel 
Photo Credit: PhotoGraham
In all the posts about tonight’s lunar eclipse, it’s easy to get the impression that you need to go out tomorrow night to see it.
While technically that’s true, it is on Tuesday, you’re gonna need to go out tonight to see it. For people in North America at least, the eclipse […]
I admit I don’t take as many meteor showers as I should, they’re cold, sometimes damp, and they make me very sleepy, but there is one coming up that I’ll have to take: the Aurigid meteor shower.
If you live in the western U.S., Canada or Mexico then you can take a shower with me. […]
Oh sure, we can all go outside this weekend and look at the Perseid meteor shower, but how many take the time to listen to them?
Here’s a cool recording of a Leonid meteor shower over Australia in November 2000:
Each time a meteor crosses the atmosphere, it leaves behind a short trail of ionised particles. This […]
Photo Credit: Paul Moody
(But it won’t REALLY be any bigger than any other full moon)
Right around the time of the summer solstice, the full moon’s are always a little interesting. There’s this illusions that happens, most noticeable near the summer solstice, when the moon looks very large as it rises over the eastern horizon.
The […]
Yay! Stellarium now works in window mode!
Thank the Gods! (sorry Andy) I just installed and started using the latest release of Stellarium and I’m doing my little happy dance.
Stellarium is a great (and free) planetarium program that I find very useful in showing me what’s up in the sky on a given […]
Venus has been really amazing to watch in the western sky lately. From Colorado, it has been a blazing pinpoint of light high above the mountains after sunset. Because of the position of Venus in its orbit relative to ours, this has been an extraordinarily good time to view Venus in a telescope […]
Well, spring is in full swing and soon, it will be summer. Of all the seasons, summertime is probably the worst for looking at the night sky. Not only is there less of it because the days are longer, but afternoon heating causes atmospheric turbulence and lots of thunderstorms.
The best time to look […]
Regardless of how this blog may read, I consider myself relatively mentally healthy. I say relatively because as I look around me, I see I’m the only one not wearing underwear on my head (oh, wait a minute… How did that get there?). I’m also the only one in the room, but never […]
First Thursday of the month means SciHealth Channel Theme Day and this month’s theme is emergency preparedness.
So, like Smokey the Bear, Tony the Telescope will point you the way to a safe, happy and fulfilling night at the telescope. Remember, Tony the Telescope is a professional, you must listen to everything he says, he […]
I just found this site and have been messing around with it today: skymap.org. It’s an interactive sky map ala Google Maps which allows you to browse the night sky in a pretty trivial manner. It also has a SDSS mode for showing images taken with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Here’s a […]
A Dozen Steps
A Hearty Life
Alzheimer's Notes
Autism Vox
Breaking the Mirror
Breastfeeding 1-2-3
Diabetes Notes
Eating Fabulous
Genetics & Health
Grounded Fitness
Health and Men
Healthbolt
Help My Hurt
Kids Health Notes
Lively Women
Mental Health Notes
Pink Ribbon Review
Veggie Chic
Weighting Line
Womb Within
