Sunday 18th October, 2009

A bit on the side

Posted by at 10:20 pm in Astrostuff, Shiny new kit.
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It took a while to summon up the courage, but eventually I got myself a little frac. It's easy to mount and fits in nicely beside the big black 8-incher!

😯

 

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Wednesday 14th October, 2009

Gie us an aw day tae the toon

Posted by at 6:10 pm in In the News.
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Need a job?

Earn yourself 140 notes a day.

😎

Tuesday 13th October, 2009

Global dimming

Posted by at 10:13 am in In the garden, Pics.

This morning there wasn't a single cloud in the sky. It wasn't that clear, though:

All of that white fluffy stuff is due to contrails. Oh, and there's a Moon in there somewhere.

Here's an interesting article about the global effects of contrails.

Thursday 8th October, 2009

What else do you want? ANOTHER Moon on a stick?

Posted by at 9:27 pm in Astrostuff, Pics.
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I refer the honourable reader to the post that I prepared some time ago - https://beardedgit.com/?p=436

Monday 5th October, 2009

xkcd science

Posted by at 1:21 pm in Blog on Site, Just for fun.
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Schrödinger:

Kepler:

Centrifugal Force:

Gravitational Mass:

For more stuff like this, start at http://xkcd.com/1/

Sunday 4th October, 2009

Every cloud has a silver lining

Posted by at 8:59 pm in Astrostuff, Pics.

The Moon at its most glorious time - Lunar light on silver-lined clouds.

Words and pictures by Anna.