Lexicographer Grant Barrett published a list of words that entered into common usage in 2011 that he thinks will be with us for a while. One of them was this: DARK SKY Designates a place free of nighttime light pollution. For example, the island of Sark in the English Channel is a dark-sky island. This is [...]
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Two Self-Portraits (of planet Earth)
Just before the holidays, I had the opportunity to do a little driveway stargazing with a guest from Syria. His hometown is just outside the city of Homs, actually, and if you read or listen to just a little news you know his people are going through a very, very hard time. Getting shot in [...]
Posted by DougReilly on January 3, 2012
http://punkastronomy.com/2012/01/03/two-self-portraits-of-planet-earth/
Astronomy Apps for your Iphone, Ipod or Ipad
In this post I wrote about the sea-change in mobile computing that Apple’s family of i-devices–phones, pods and pads–has thrust upon us, and its potential for changing the way we interact with the night sky in particular. I didn’t want that post to be an app review, but rather an assessment of the wider impact of the [...]
Posted by DougReilly on January 1, 2012
http://punkastronomy.com/2012/01/01/astronomy-apps-for-your-iphone-ipod-or-ipad/
Stunning Time Lapse from the Space Station
This thing is just stunning. One of the unsung benefits of digital SLR cameras–and the almost limitless storage space and ease of processing digital offers–is a resurgence of time-lapse photography. This one was taken from the Space Station. It really gives you a sense of what it looks like out one of the portal windows [...]
Posted by DougReilly on November 16, 2011
http://punkastronomy.com/2011/11/16/stunning-time-lapse-from-the-space-station/
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