Looking back at an eclipsed Earth
The shadow of the moon (during a solar eclipse) projected onto the earth, with Saturn and Jupiter off in the distance. This one of the last pictures taken from the Mir space station, which was deorbited in 2001. A pretty clear idea of how small the area needed to see a solar eclipse is. I'll have to pack my bags in 2017.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Observations: all-nighter
present at the lunar eclipse meeting from 1 am to 4 am. Was Conscious from 1 am to 3 am. Hibernated remaining hour. Lasted long enough to see the eclipse reach its peak.
John Frederick William Herchel works sited
Gillispie, Charles Coulston. "Herschel, John Frederick William." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Detroit: Scribner, 2008. Print.
"John Herschel." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 06 Jan. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Herschel>.
"John Herschel." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 06 Jan. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Herschel>.
Monday, December 13, 2010
APOD 2.5
Supercell over Montana
Beam me up, Scotty. A supercell, a multi-kilometer storm, over Montana (although it does look akin to war of the worlds). Torrential downpour and very fast winds, with the possibility of tornadoes. Still debating if that's better weather than the cold we've been having as of late.
Beam me up, Scotty. A supercell, a multi-kilometer storm, over Montana (although it does look akin to war of the worlds). Torrential downpour and very fast winds, with the possibility of tornadoes. Still debating if that's better weather than the cold we've been having as of late.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
APOD 2.4
Home from above
Nice view. Our home planet viewed from the international space station, 350 kilometers up, with the horizon clearly curved. Clouds are still plainly visible, and if we could see more of it we would probably see another hurricane attacking Louisiana. Living in zero gravity must be an interesting experience, to say the least. Curious though about what that astronaut is thinking. She certainly isn't looking out the window. Also an interesting fact: she's also the lead vocalist of Max Q. Because going to space isn't enough to show off these days.
Nice view. Our home planet viewed from the international space station, 350 kilometers up, with the horizon clearly curved. Clouds are still plainly visible, and if we could see more of it we would probably see another hurricane attacking Louisiana. Living in zero gravity must be an interesting experience, to say the least. Curious though about what that astronaut is thinking. She certainly isn't looking out the window. Also an interesting fact: she's also the lead vocalist of Max Q. Because going to space isn't enough to show off these days.
Friday, November 12, 2010
APOD 2.3
two views, two crescents
Now that Venus is visible in the morning, it can be seen with the waning crescent moon, at least for a few days.
What's nice is that in the second picture Venus does appear as a crescent even at first glance. What I am curious about though, is why in the first frame the planet appears as a gibbous, rather than the crescent in the right. not entire sure how the geometry is working there.
Now that Venus is visible in the morning, it can be seen with the waning crescent moon, at least for a few days.
What's nice is that in the second picture Venus does appear as a crescent even at first glance. What I am curious about though, is why in the first frame the planet appears as a gibbous, rather than the crescent in the right. not entire sure how the geometry is working there.
Friday, November 5, 2010
APOD 2.2
Ghosts of the Cepheus Flare
the mass of dust appears to have two humanoid figures, running and ghost-like. These strangely shaped clouds happen to be in the constellation Cepheus, the king. Pretty good timing now that we've started reading Hamlet (not that the late father and king makes much of an interesting apparition). Odd that space could, by blind chance, yield such images via gravity and tossing a few dice. Still doesn't make me want to read Hamlet, though.
the mass of dust appears to have two humanoid figures, running and ghost-like. These strangely shaped clouds happen to be in the constellation Cepheus, the king. Pretty good timing now that we've started reading Hamlet (not that the late father and king makes much of an interesting apparition). Odd that space could, by blind chance, yield such images via gravity and tossing a few dice. Still doesn't make me want to read Hamlet, though.
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