Hello everyone, I was wondering how long a moon day would take, does it rotate at all? I'm asking because I have this silly idea on building solar panels on...
The Moon does rotate. It rotates once per revolution. This might sound harsh, but you might want to brush up on basics by picking up on an astronomy text book...
Hey, all... Skies in NE Kansas, U.S.A., have been hit and miss (mostly miss), and I have almost missed seeing Comet Tuttle. I saw it when it was near M33, but...
Sorry for asking. But the book doesn't cover the solar panel reflection of sunlight question. Which obviously wasn't very entertaining either, sorry for that...
Greetings, Guess what the APOD today? An image of the ISS with a New Space Station Robot who has asked the astronouts call it "Dextre the Magnificent" Comes a...
Hi all! Some of you know, but I thought that I would mention this here: I've been writing the blog entries for Astronomy Today (astronomytoday.com). I try to...
Greetings folks, Here is a decent but alarming article on the light pollution and its impact. A gist here * "Poorly planned lighting can adversely affect...
SOHO discovers its 1500th comet European Space Agency 27 June 2008 The ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft has just discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful...
Hi all! Just came in from a small gathering of astro-friends who came to my house for some casual observing. After weeks of rain, clouds, flooding, etc... we...
Brenda, whyare you famikliar to me here? I know I have known you from someplace,, hmmm I'm Joe From Wisconsin. if that may ring a bell at your end. Joe...
Hello Joe, good to have you on this list. Brenda has been on the list for a very long time, eight year perhaps. Hello Brenda, we are not blessed with...
Hi, Joe. I've been all over the USA. Wisconsin? I was interviewed at Astronomy Magazine for an editor position once a few (many, actually) years back. If you...
Thinking he had spotted a UFO, a British man immediately called up the cops. As it turned out, the huge, round white thing in the sky was not a flying saucer -...
Manoj Pai, You come up with some of the most clever stories.... Here is a Moon story that happened to me (not a UFO story): One night while I was running the...
To cut a long story short, it appears like you forgot about the "New Moon" part. Manoj ... From: Brenda Culbertson <stargazr@...> Subject: astroclubs...
I would have said pick a spot any spot!! Or had she insisted I would have found something interesting to look at and shown her that....and bin done with...
Paul, I thought about just showing the woman who wanted to see the "old part of the Moon" just any spot, but I try very hard to be accurate. Sometimes I don't...
Manoj, Jupiter looks great! During a small gathering some of us observed Jupiter through a variety of telescopes. We have another public session set up for...
Its clouded out here... would it be possible for you or your observatory to provide us with a live video feed through a video conference or webcast? Please let...
Hi Brenda, Manoj, and Paul. I'm going to take the lady's question literally as I think I can answer it. I do a Science On A Sphere show at the Maryland Science...
I like that! Jim....so in short the good answer would be "It hasn't rolled around yet?" What I don't understand is why someone would ask a question and if...
All, Thanks for all of the help on the "Old Moon" question. Those of you who sent suggestions have been quite nice and given me some things to consider. Manoj,...
Best time to do this is shortly after New Moon, when the "Old Moon is in the New Moon's Arms". To us scientist types, this is when Earthshine is most prominent...
I have been attempting to image Jupiter over the past few days with poor results due to unsteady atmospheric conditions in Long Beach, California. None of my...
Greetings, After the shocking devastation of Katrina in 2005, it appears as per the contents of the news that Gustav is likely to do the same. Hope all...
