Astronomy Space Calendar December 13, 2018, 05:25:45 pm For those that like to see what's up .....https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/science/astronomy-space-calendar.htmlAnd an article on how to watchhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/science/meteor-showers-2018.html 1 Likes
Re: Astronomy Space Calendar Reply #1 – December 13, 2018, 06:14:27 pm On a related note, space tourism is almost upon us. Virgin Galactic conducted a successful major test today from the Mojave Space Port::Virgin Galactic's supersonic plane reaches 50-mile line of space - CNN
Re: Astronomy Space Calendar Reply #2 – December 13, 2018, 06:48:25 pm "For those that like to see what's up ....."Wow! Thanks for that post Colddog, you hit my interest spot dead on. Since I was a small boy growing up on my Grandfather's farm in rural upstate NY I have been fascinated with the heavens. No city lights where we lived. That same fascination put me in an astronomy class in Jr. College where I soaked up everything I could learn. I even put my knowledge of electronics to work by fabricating a "Binary Eclipsing Star Simulator", thereby earning extra credits in the class. 2 Likes
Re: Astronomy Space Calendar Reply #3 – December 14, 2018, 09:44:01 am I fell into a rabbit hole (as in Alice In Wonderland) this morning - found this also about what's up and when it will happen......Watch the Sky — Cosmic Calendarglen 1 Likes
Re: Astronomy Space Calendar Reply #4 – December 14, 2018, 12:39:05 pm DW really likes this site. You can subscribe and get e-mail updates on celestial goings-on:EarthSky - Earth, Space, Human World, Tonight 1 Likes