I’m going to be X-Ray scanning a bunch of seasonal themed items for this year’s advent. Here’s the first of them. Answer under the break
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The night sky
Spending the weekend on lake Pokegama (Po- Keg-Ama, not Pokey-Gamma) in Grand Rapids gave a nice opportunity to get some really dark skies for astronomy and astrophotography. The first evening was overcast until well past my bed-time. The second evening was pretty special. Around 10pm, the milky way was glowing overhead, the constellations were hard …
Solar eclipse October 2014
An unexpected bonus of being in the US this October was the chance to see the partial solar eclipse. A simple setup with a nature spotting telescope let me grab this image. A large sunspot group is just visible vanishing behind both the moon and the silhouette of the house on the other side of …
Minnesota
I’m in Minnesota, Minneapolis to be precise for the next few weeks. It’s pretty with autumnal colours.
Science Showoff
A month or two back, looking to publiscise the work I do, I got talking to the university PR people. It was suggested I email Steve Cross at Science Showoff and do a 9 minute stand-up science/comedy set for them. I was skeptical to say the least; but noting ventured, nothing gained. I prepared a …