AstroEvent for the week of June 30th-July 7th, 2008.
June 30, 2008 by David Dickinson
Filed under Weekly Astro-events
And now for a difficult challenge…
I give you a New England Occultation.
A Star about to be Occulted by a an Asteroid: A Simulated View.
(Don’t expect the Asteroid to be visible!)
First up, I’d like to apologize for the short notice on this week’s featured event, which occurs seconds before midnight tonight June 30th over New England and [...]
Sci-Fi on T.V. & Movies-The Good, the Bad, & the (Alien) Ugly!
June 26, 2008 by David Dickinson
Filed under Off Topic
The Day the Earth Stood Still. (Credit: 20th Century Fox.)
Like most of my generation, I was raised on a steady diet of 20th century science fiction.
Astro Event of the Week: 24-30 June, 2008
June 23, 2008 by David Dickinson
Filed under Weekly Astro-events
(The Moon Occulting the Pleiades M42 Open Cluster, about 3AM EDT. Credit: Stellarium)
Early morning risers next Monday are in for a treat; a rare occultation of the star cluster, the Pleiades, by the Moon.
Hunters of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson.
June 19, 2008 by David Dickinson
Filed under Great Science Fiction Novels
The Dune universe has spawned yet another series…
First, let me start off this post by saying I do indeed love the Dune universe. It spawned so much of Science Fiction as we know it today; I’ll probably read everything and anything concerning Dune ever written.
Astro-Event of the Week, June 17th-24th 2008
June 16, 2008 by David Dickinson
Filed under Weekly Astro-events
The Summer Solstice: time to set those sun dials!
This week marks the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere, a yearly event in which the sun pauses at its farthest passage north as seen from the Earth and begins its long trek south. This is not a spectacular observational event, and the summer solstice itself only [...]
When You Wish Upon a Star: the Truth About Star Naming.
June 10, 2008 by David Dickinson
Filed under The Debunker
The 4 meter dome in Cerro Telolo, Chile (Credit: Roger Smith).
We have a pet peeve here at Astroguyz. Every great once in a while, most astronomers get asked by a well meaning member of the public to locate a particular star. This is not a problem, even without the benefit of a “Goto” mount; right [...]
