Price Drops on TV Series and Documentaries About the Moon
Just heard from Amazon that they’ve dropped the price of the From The Earth To The Moon DVD set to $24.99. Most people will have seen…
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Astronaut Neil Young and Other Forgotten Astronauts
I got the news that Neil Armstrong had died late on Saturday night (around midnight) [Aug. 25th, 2012]. I didn’t see much coverage of his death…
Read the articleNeil deGrasse Tyson Railing Against NASA Cutbacks
Astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson was on Bill Maher’s show a little over a week ago, and he had something to say about plans to slash NASA’s…
Read the articleThe SETI Institute Is Back in Business!
Great news about SETI – the SETI Institute which was shut down in April will start operations again soon. The news comes from Alan Boyle’s Cosmic…
Read the articleThe “Sky This Month” Page Updated for June 2011
The Sky This Month page has been updated with this months videos, Moon and Jupiter information and news about this month’s Total Lunar Eclipse.… Read the…
Read the articleAstronomy Podcasts Page Working Again
The Astronomy Podcasts page stopped working a while back but I was only recently alerted to it. It’s up and running again now. Some of the…
Read the articleBack From Vacation
I’m recently back from vacation down in Tenerife: I didn’t get any astronomy done aside from a quick look at the stars on the clear nights.…
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Record the Light Pollution Levels Where You Live!
Light pollution is the bane of amateur astronomers everywhere. The Globe at Night program is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact…
Read the articleTesting Tracking With the LVI Smartguider – First Astrophotos
A few weeks back, I did a test run with the LVI Smartguider. I mounted the LVI in the eyepiece holder of the 80mm refractor that…
Read the articleThe LVI Smartguider Arrived!
It took 4 days for the LVI Smartguider to make its way from Germany to me in Ireland (it arrived on Apr. 29, 2010). All the…
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