Some astronomy stuff :)
Feb. 26th, 2009 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stellar_muddle2009 being the International Year of Astronomy (here for the NZ based version), there are a bunch of things going on.
100 hours of astronomy
Cosmic Diary for blogs of 65 astronomers from all around the world including NZ astronomer John Hearnshaw. I like his post on Mt John Observatory - about a week a month for 2 1/2 years was plenty of time up there and it is a great site. I also like the diary entries from Greenwich, based on the working Journals of the Astronomer Royal and Chief Assistant of the Royal Observatory from 1894.
There is also currently Comet Lulin in the skies, but it requires binoculars and is apparently fairly fuzzy* and not nearly so impressive as Comet McNaught the year before last.
Yes, still looking up. Don't recommend doing it while crossing the road, but still looking up :)
* Haven't managed to spot it here yet, but haven't looked hard yet.
100 hours of astronomy
Cosmic Diary for blogs of 65 astronomers from all around the world including NZ astronomer John Hearnshaw. I like his post on Mt John Observatory - about a week a month for 2 1/2 years was plenty of time up there and it is a great site. I also like the diary entries from Greenwich, based on the working Journals of the Astronomer Royal and Chief Assistant of the Royal Observatory from 1894.
There is also currently Comet Lulin in the skies, but it requires binoculars and is apparently fairly fuzzy* and not nearly so impressive as Comet McNaught the year before last.
Yes, still looking up. Don't recommend doing it while crossing the road, but still looking up :)
* Haven't managed to spot it here yet, but haven't looked hard yet.
