Category: Non-Fiction

We might be destroying the universe just by looking at it

http://io9.com/we-might-be-destroying-the-universe-just-by-looking-at-1514652112?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Weird on more than one level.

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Huge Sunspot Group Now Observable – Homepage Observing – SkyandTelescope.com

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Huge-Sunspot-Group-Now-Observable-238722851.html

Right about now I’m regretting the decision to return the Dob back to the club. It was great for solar observing.

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See Jupiter at its best | Astronomy.com

http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-events/2013/12/see-jupiter-at-its-best?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_campaign=hootsuite

If it weren’t for the Arctic blast of subzero temperatures tonight I might crack open the binoculars for a gaze at Jupiter.

I think it will still be there in a few days when it warms back up closer to the freezing point.

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