Category: Science

Sun Dogs on Snow Day

The day after the Kansas City metro area got nearly a foot of snow dumped on it, I ventured out to return to work.  Most of the local schools and some businesses remained closed that day, but not my employer or the employer of one of my other vanpool riders. On the commute home, I enjoyed watching some sun dogs playing around the sinking sun.  My smartphone camera just doesn’t do them justice:

sun dogs
Click on photo to see rest of Snow Day Sun Dogs album

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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