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- No Comet For You!
I had hoped that the darker skies near San Simeon on the central California coast would have made it easier to spot Comet Lulin, but no such luck. First the clouds rolled in around sunset. I checked around 9:45 and they’d cleared enough to see very clearly out toward the ocean, but the lights of […]
- Leo, Saturn… and Comet Lulin?
I figured I’d try spotting Comet Lulin from my back yard. I found Leo and Saturn easily enough, but just couldn’t see anything that looked like a comet. It should be a little to the right of Saturn, going by Sky & Telescope’s chart. Too much light pollution, I guess. And unlike the Bad Astronomer, […]
- Tin Star
Found this on the side of the road when I went out to take the “snow” picture. Actually it reminds me of some broken amulet in something I read, or something I watched. Not the Ring of Erreth-Akbe, but something else. I can’t quite place it.
- Look! Up in the Sky!
On Sunday, I participated in the Great World Wide Star Count. The idea is to track light pollution and get people (especially kids) stargazing. They ask you to look at either Cygnus (northern hemisphere) or Sagittarius (southern hemisphere) about an hour of two after sunset, and match what you can see against a set of […]
- Stars
I used to see thousands of stars on frequent camping trips out in the desert. These days, living in a hazy well-lit suburb, I can typically see a handful.
- Mauna Kea Star Trails
Today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is an incredible long-exposure picture of star trails above Mauna Kea: I think the picture says it all.