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Posts Tagged ‘astronomy’

What birthday am I celebrating?

September 9, 2013

STAR TREK first began its mission to explore strange new worlds, and so on . . . on September 8, 1966. The link is from Science.com.

Click on this timeline to make it bigger:

This blog is Gunsmoke and KNITTING, so to celebrate the birth of Star Trek, here is a knitting project for your little Klingon. And speaking of Klingons, did you know that Michael Dorn has a role on Castle? (If you are interested, there are a lot of links in the previous sentence.)

See more like this on All She Wants to do is Knit.

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Who am I reblogging?

July 28, 2013

“Don’t know if it’s good or bad that a Google search on “Big Bang Theory” lists the sitcom before the origin of the Universe.”–Neil deGrasse Tyson

Thanks to Mark Sackler at Millenium Conjecture for this reference to the Big Bang – the TV show and the theory.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged astronomy, big bang theory, entertainment, geeky science blogging, humor, NASA, neil degrasse tyson, science, space | 2 Comments »

What am I remembering today?

July 20, 2013

One small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind. Happy anniversary, Apollo 11!

Thanks to Lights in the Dark for the nudge.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged astronomy, geeky science blogging, history, NASA, science, space, travel | 4 Comments »

What is tattoo Tuesday about?

June 11, 2013

I never get tired of looking at the moon and I found this “fun fact” on my iPad Moon app today:

How long would it take to get there?

Car ( @ 60 mph) – 5 months, 22 days, 15 hours, 56 minutes, 48 seconds

Plane (@ 600 mph) – 17 days, 11 hours, 23 minutes, 41 seconds

Sound (@ 761 mps) – 13 days, 18 hours, 39 minutes, 8 seconds

Saturn V (@ 17,432 mph) – 14 hours, 26 minutes, 20 seconds

Light (@ 186,282 mps) – 1.351 seconds

This is because the moon is at (or nearly at apogee) which makes it 251,673 miles away, or 1,350,546 Eiffel Towers away from Earth. The moon’s phase is a waxing crescent.

Here are some moon tattoos.

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Why am I looking up?

June 9, 2013

Reblogged with thanks from Why Because Science.

Ouch.

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Why am I looking up?

April 21, 2013

Here are the top ten astronomical events for 2013. – reblogged from Cloud Lounge.

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Where am I traveling?

April 11, 2013

To Mars – at roughly and virtually 3 times the speed of light.

From Universe Today – click here to take the trip.

Credit for this reference goes to Lights in the Dark

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What am I gazing at?

March 8, 2013

Thanks to HMS Defiant for this link to Comet PANSTARRS that will be visible soon in the northern hemisphere. Visibility here will depend a lot on the weather, but I will be looking for it.

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What am I looking at?

January 24, 2013

This cool video about the scale of things – thanks HMS Defiant.

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What am I celebrating?

January 6, 2013

The Inuvik Sunrise Celebration – the annual celebration of the return of the sun after an absence of about 28 days. A bonfire and fireworks add to this celebration on the Saturday closest to the sunrise.