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New stuff1 comment

Matt Wedel wrote 3 weeks ago: Here’s something that you need, or even if you don’t need it need it, you’ll proba … more →

Tags: Free Stuff, Galileo, sky maps, Small Telescopes

She Blinded Me With Lasers!

nationalspacestudiescenter wrote 1 month ago: New Scientist reports that astronomers are concerned about restrictions on the use of lasers.  Astro … more →

Tags: Air Force Space Command, Lasers, satellites

Chinese Guardian Lions

Omar Upegui R. wrote 2 months ago: One of the main characteristics of Chinese culture is the decoration of its buildings with statues o … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous, Panama, Tourism, Culture, Panama Canal, Statues, bridge of the americas, Chinese Guardian Lions

Mt Wilson in the clear?1 comment

Matt Wedel wrote 2 months ago: Martin Mars tanker flies over the dome of the 100-inch Hooker telescope on Mt Wilson. Yes and no. No … more →

Touch and go at Mt Wilson

Matt Wedel wrote 2 months ago: Good news is that the air is cooler, humidity is up, and firefighters are back on the mountain. Unse … more →

Mt Wilson may burn1 comment

Matt Wedel wrote 3 months ago: I took these moon pictures about an hour ago. The sky over my house is covered with clouds of smoke, … more →

Tags: Moon

Mount Wilson Threatened by Fire

halfastro wrote 3 months ago: Historic Mount Wilson Observatory in California is being threatened by wildfires.  The mountain staf … more →

Observing Report: Mt Wilson!4 comments

Matt Wedel wrote 3 months ago: The LA Basin from Mt Wilson. The yuckiness is partly fog, partly smoke from forest fires, and partly … more →

Tags: Galileo, Hubble, planet, Jupiter, Planetary nebula, Observing reports

Success!4 comments

Matt Wedel wrote 3 months ago: Up far too late, but I couldn’t turn in without posting these. Full report to follow. I took b … more →

Tags: Teaser, planet, Jupiter

What we lose if Fremont Peak Observatory closes:

astrogeek wrote 3 months ago: In a blog post back in May the Frog Mom in California posted about visiting Fremont Peak State Park, … more →

Tags: Blogging, FPOA, astronomy, Astronomy Outreach, fremont peak, fremont peak observatory, fremont peak state park

Observatory trip preview: A night on Mt. Wilson1 comment

Matt Wedel wrote 3 months ago: View from the Mt Wilson towercam. One of the perks of living in California is being close to several … more →

The Cepheus Model - the best yet model for the stellar evolution theory

vhbelvadi wrote 3 months ago: Ptolemy’s 20 century-old constellation, Cepheus, seems to have been reserved for long hours of … more →

Tags: Science, Astrophysics, NASA, x, cepheus, b, Ptolemy, stellar, Evolution

Fremont Peak impending closure1 comment

astrogeek wrote 3 months ago: In an effort to close California’s significant budget gap, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has … more →

Tags: Astronomy News, Astronomy Outreach, Commentary, FPOA, Budget, California, closure, fremont, fremont peak

Planet X, Nibiru, Smoking guns, 4 images compared, orb near sun, observatory sunrises, sunsets3 comments

setiorganization wrote 5 months ago: We are seeking some straight answers on the orb seen near the sun. Videos  and photos from around th … more →

Tags: aliens, astronomy, camera, Earth, intelligence, light, NASA, nibiru, planet x

Darjeeling: On the laps of Himalaya

Babu wrote 5 months ago: Forget about famous Darjeeling tea; forget Darjeeling Himalayan toy train, still this place has so m … more →

Tags: Darjeeling, Nature & Wildlife, Tourism, Darjeeling, Monasteries, tiger hill, Tea, Himalayan, Toy Train

Vicuña, Chile--One of Those "Magical" Places

Trip to the Outhouse wrote 6 months ago: Valle de Elqui (The Elqui Valley)--if you look closely you can see the tops of some of the buildings … more →

Tags: Geography, Maps Geography and Places, Travel, Andes Mountains, Argentina, Bauer Tower, Capel Pisco, Chile, Elqui Valley

Around the World in 80 Telescopes

bellatrixorionis wrote 7 months ago: Around the world in 80 telescopes has now put the archived videos on the web for your viewing pleasu … more →

Tags: astronomy, 100 Hours of Astronomy, Telescopes

dada went to palomar and all i got wuz to stay home with mama21 comments

Dennis the Vizsla wrote 7 months ago: hello nice reederz its dennis the vizsla dog hay this weekend dada and his gests went up to neerby p … more →

Tags: vizslas, Dogs, aliens, Crows, Vampires, snow, ninja hedgehogs, Pacific Ocean, stuffies

Yale 07 Collage

baker Blinker wrote 8 months ago: “Here’s Lucy” Forward | Back | Next | Home … more →

Tags: Yale Series, Yale-Newton Series, 07 Collages, Greenup Gill, Mounds, turning back from, facing towards, Highway signs, D


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