Ever drive out into the countryside and marveled at the big strip of the Milky Way arching across the sky and thousands of stars shining everywhere, then wondered why you couldn’t see that from downtown Geneva or from your own driveway? No, the air is not clearer. There’s simply less lights. The splendor of the [...]
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The Great Vanishing Act (of the Night Sky)
Posted in stargazing life
Posted by DougReilly on September 29, 2009
http://punkastronomy.com/2009/09/29/the-great-vanishing-act-of-the-night-sky/
How to look through a telescope
Last night I went to a lecture at HWS by Robert Bowman, a former Air Force colonel who was in charge of the “Star Wars” program under Reagan in the 1980s. He spoke about his road from warrior to peacenik. Very interesting talk. Anyway, I thought there might be a good crowd, and I figured [...]
Posted in outreach
Posted by DougReilly on September 4, 2009
http://punkastronomy.com/2009/09/04/how-to-look-through-a-telescope/
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