Wife: Whatcha up to? Me: Looking at a daytime crescent Moon...just above that tree over there..see it? Wife: .......No. Me: Okay, look at the top of that pine over there and then a little to the left...see it? Wife: .......No. Me: .
Topics: Daytime Crescent Moon, Moon Pleiades Conjunction, Zodiacal Light

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Old Shanghai Observatory Star Theater Something special and new for you this this time round. Karen Schweitzer will be doing a guest post. Karen is the About.com guide to Business School . Karen also writes reviews of Online Colleges for...
Topics: Online Astronomy Courses

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As far as I'm concerned there is nothing more pretty then a celestial gathering of the Moon and Pleiades . We just had one August 14. Next groupings of the two are September 10, October 7, November 3, and December 1, do yourself a favor and look...
Topics: Moon Pleiades Conjunction

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The night we arrived in Shanghai we were treated to an awesome lightning show. I took the image above from the balcony of my hotel suite the eve of the Total Solar Eclipse , with a grim weather forecast for eclipse day my thought was if I wasn't...
Topics: China, Total Solar Eclipse

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I'm going to take another break before I wrap up my China adventures to tell you of a couple of National Geographic Channel premieres coming this Sunday August 23rd at 9 and 10 pm EDT. First off at 9:00 pm EDT Alien Earths . Join a team of...
Topics: Maglev, National Geographic Channel

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