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Comet 8P/Tuttle - My Coolest Comet Photo Yet

Comet 8P/Tuttle on 1/3/08 Rather than have the software track on a star like I normally do, I decided to have it track on the comet instead. Boy am I glad I did. I’ve seen these kinds of photos… more »

Flintstone Stargazing

AUGUST 2: PRAGUE PER4MANCE w/ PORK COMETS

riklimonard wrote 1 day ago: I am happy 2 announce another per4mance: A per4mance with the funky Czech band the PORK COMETS (h … more »

Tags: Special Dates, Diary, Rik, limonard, Groovy, Czech, Performance, August, Prague

I just watched a WNBA game — 1 comment

the other shammgod wrote 3 weeks ago: Well, the end of one.  It was a great game.  Mixed emotions though. -So I turn it on.  Im like, … more »

Tags: Becky Hammon, houston, Houston Comets, San Antonio, silver stars, WNBA

Are you looking up enough?

fyngyrz wrote 1 month ago: This is a collage of some of my photos of the skies. Nothing used but a camera; no telescope or trac … more »

Tags: Meta-Fyngyrz, Photography, Astro, Astonomy, sky, Skies, photos, Pictures], collage

Jammin' On The Jam Cam!

hannahnotmontana wrote 1 month ago: This has nothing to do with hockey whatsoever. But it’s so funny, I have to post it. Enjoy! … more »

Tags: Totally Not Hockey Stuff, Basketball, jam cam

Lifehavens - A secure shelter from natural disasters. — 1 comment

probaway wrote 1 month ago: This is an impact simulation of Chicxulub asteroid I don’t worry about natural disasters dest … more »

Tags: Lifehaven, survival, Asteroids, cern, Chicxulub, Chixulub, Disasters, Doomsday, Homeland Security!

Love Must Return

rimofheaven wrote 1 month ago: … more »

Tags: Random Thoughts, Faith, Poetry, Poem, Poems, writing, Love, Thoughts, Life

Lyrids Meteor Shower

hyakutake1957 wrote 3 months ago: The Lyrids meteor showers will occur this year during the nights of April 21 and April 22. The radia … more »

Tags: Science, astronomy, Meteor Showers, Lyrids, Lyra, Vega, Thatcher, Big Dipper, Lyrid fireballs

If It Doesn't Fit, Forget It! — 1 comment

katiesmith wrote 6 months ago: Powdery Puffballs…  Even if you are not into comets this video is well worth watching. It … more »

Tags: Electric Universe, Science

Comet 8P/Tuttle - My Coolest Comet Photo Yet

Ed wrote 6 months ago: Comet 8P/Tuttle on 1/3/08 Rather than have the software track on a star like I normally do, I decid … more »

Tags: Observation Journal, Astrophotography, astronomy, comet, Comet 8P/Tuttle

Update on Comet Ed

Ed wrote 7 months ago: Alright - I was just pointed by a commenter on flickr (who commented on my simulation below) to a … more »

Tags: astronomy, comet

Το αστεροσκοπείο Α.Σ.Π.Ρ.Ο.Σ. αποκτά μπλογκ

vossinakis wrote 7 months ago: Το εργαστήριο Α. Σ. Π. Ρ. Ο. Σ.  (ΑΣΤΕΡΟΣΚΟΠΕΙΟ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΙΚ … more »

Tags: astronomy, OFA

Phaethon Cometh

Jason Adams wrote 7 months ago: One of the dark horses of the inner solar system makes its closest approach to Earth since it was di … more »

Tags: Asteroids, astronomy, Celestia, geminids, Meteor Showers, Meteors, phaethon, Space

The thrill is gone

doctroid wrote 8 months ago: Well, I’ve seen Comet Holmes again, tonight. The sky was clear enough in the early evening to … more »

Tags: astronomy

What a difference two days makes...

Ed wrote 8 months ago: Comet 17P/Holmes on 11/19/07 Comet 17P/Holmes continues to develop more of a “proper” t … more »

Tags: Observation Journal, Astrophotography, Messier Objects, astronomy, M31, M42, M43, Comet 17P/Holmes, Andromeda

The Impactor

LOTGK wrote 8 months ago: Sounds like a good title for an X-Rated movie. NASA has begun the beginning of the end to civilizati … more »

Tags: Random shots, Grassy Knoll, lotgk, Humor, Funny, Entertainment, Random, NASA, Asteroids

Leonid Meteor Shower — 1 comment

Jason Adams wrote 8 months ago: This weekend will be the peak time for the Leonid meteor shower. It is so-named because the meteors … more »

Tags: astronomy, Leonids, Meteor Showers, meteor storms, Meteors, Pittsburgh, Saturn, snow

Comet 17P/Holmes on 11/13/07 — 1 comment

Ed wrote 8 months ago: Comet 17P/Holmes on 11/13/07 Here’s tonight’s comet image. I really didn’t think … more »

Tags: Observation Journal, Astrophotography, astronomy, Comet 17P/Holmes

The Holmes comet

timdodds wrote 8 months ago: A friend pointed out the Holmes Comet in the night sky at the weekend [reported HERE & HERE by t … more »

Tags: Lightwater, Night Sky, satellites

Comet 17P/Holmes on November 10th — 5 comments

Andrew wrote 8 months ago: It has been quite a while since I was able to get a decent view of Comet 17P/Holmes.Actually,it has … more »

Tags: solar, Photo, astronomy, Astrophotography, Photography, Space