Sunsets, Stars, West, Wind
Includes all types of publications: books (hardcovers, trade paperback, mass market paperbacks, ebooks, magazines, graphic novels)
http://earthsky.org/space/how-to-spot-the-international-space-station#.Upz_l7BME0M
I’ve seen the ISS a couple of times thanks to the Heavens Above website as well.
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Hangout with Nasa and watch Ison slingshot around the sun.
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Two Comets on a Moonlit Morning
http://tomjmartinez.blogspot.com/2013/11/two-comets-on-moonlit-morning.html
Sharing fellow ASKC member and exceptional astrophotographer Tom Martinez latest Comet Ison photo from earlier this week at Powell Observatory.
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Total War Rome: Destroy Carthage by David Gibbons
DNF (no star rating because I did not finish reading it)
Attempted to read during September, October and November 2013
I wanted to love this book. I read a blurb about it from one of my many book-related newsfeeds, through Tor’s RSS feed. Here’s a link to the article penned by the author: Ancient Rome and the Destruction of Carthage: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made On.
I started reading with high hopes, because I’m always fascinated by ancient history. I’ve read other historical fiction novels set during the time frame of the ancient Roman Empire and enjoyed them. I also enjoy movies that visit that time period.
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Fond memories of one of my first college-era summer employers … Xerox.
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http://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-edwin-hubble-and-the-expanding-universe#.Uozg2rBME0M
Happy Birthday Hubble!
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Just as I was settling down and thinking about making my morning cup of tea, I thought I’d check the eastern sky one last time (see my earlier post about cloud cover on the wrong half of the sky). Surprise! The clouds disappeared, probably due to the wind advisory we’re still under. I could barely see the star Spica just breaking through the bare limbs of my neighbor’s trees.
I went back inside and grabbed my binoculars. I then headed to one of my east-facing second floor bedrooms. Thanks to my kids, the window in the south room has no screen so I can open it and have a clear view above my neighbor’s rooftops.
I work up at 4:11 a.m. (Central Time) this morning. It’s a Sunday. Why am I up so early? I have no idea.
Since I was up early, I checked my Sky Safari app on my smartphone to see when Comet Ison would rise. I was in luck. It was scheduled to rise at 4:22, a few minutes before the star Spica.
Animated Film On The ‘Kamikaze Plane’ Hits A Nerve In Asia
A new Miyazaki film causing some controversy in Asia. Hope I don’t have to wait years for the subtitled or dubbed version to hit America.
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A Princes of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Read in September 2008
I read this as an ebook from the Project Gutenberg edition of this novel.
I found this a very enjoyable read via my BlackBerry on my morning commute and before bed.
I was amazed at how well this novel appealed to me. For a science fiction novel published in 1912 (actually as a six-part serial in a magazine that year), it has stood the test of time quite well. Granted what we know of Mars makes much of the story ludicrous if you look at it strictly from a factual point of view. But if you suspend belief and imagine that Mars is actually not the Mars we know, but an imaginary world or planet of Burroughs devising, then it’s a fine story in an interesting setting.
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