Neil and I set up my telescope in his backyard to catch the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus last night. I must say that taking pictures through a telescope with an iPhone, manually, is a pain in the ass. Here’s the best shot we got. Jupiter’s on top. We got some nice long looks at… Continue reading Close Encounter
Tag: astronomy
An Insomniac’s Pleasures
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronomer, the way Henry Hill wanted to be gangster. I grew up on Carl Sagan, and my Mom took me through a university’s introductory course in astronomy was I was 11. I still have the textbook around here: Jay M Pasachoff’s Contemporary Astronomy, 2nd edition. Much… Continue reading An Insomniac’s Pleasures
Neil DeGrasse Tyson on ID’s Failings
After a 1700 word (!) post yesterday, I thought I’d let someone else do todays talking, so I’ll turns things over to Neil DeGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium and mighty famous scientist, who spends 41 minutes demolishing Intelligent Design. (Thanks to Vandre Bruanzo, who rescued this from Google Video.)
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I noticed on the site stats that there’s been a jump in people finding us through the Google search terms “animal sex”. Undoubtedly this has to do with “Can Anyone Write Rampant Animal Sex Prose” post a few weeks back. I mean, I’d been told that post that included “sex” was good SEO, and I… Continue reading Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
