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CAST 2010 Day 1
Yesterday was the first day of the Texas state science teacher conference CAST and my first time to attend. I like conferences. There is this sense of excitement about seeing many colleagues and experts all gathered together. I also appreciate … Continue reading
Posted in asteroids, Astronomy, astronomy eduction, exoplanets, Houston, solar system, stellar astronomy
Tagged astronomy, CAST, CAST2010, exoplanets, meteorites, spectroscopy
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InOMN @ Bellaire HS Rain or Shine!
The clouds won’t keep us from celebrating International Observe the Moon Night tonight from 7pm – 9pm at Bellaire High School. We have a large space reserved for some virtual moon observing inside the school. I have booked the multipurpose … Continue reading
Posted in amateur astronomy, Astronomy, astronomy eduction, constellations, Houston, Lunar Exploration, Lunar Planetary Institute, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, moon, NASA, observing, robotic astronomy, Social Networking, solar system, space, Student Astronomy, urban skies
Tagged #InOMN10, InOMN
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Lunar Research Project
Bellaire will be participating in the Lunar and Planetary Institute lunar research program which gets students involved in actual lunar science research work and a chance to publish the results. This program is designed to get high school students involved … Continue reading
Free Astronomy Tools
My latest Houston public library sidewalk astronomy event was moved indoors to the “program place” on the 4th floor so I thought I would throw together some free and easy astronomy tips to share. When the weather won’t cooperate there … Continue reading
Posted in amateur astronomy, asterisms, astronomical history, Astronomy, astronomy eduction, constellations, Houston, Lunar Exploration, Mars, meteor shower, moon, NASA, observing, robotic astronomy, sidewalk astronomy, solar astronomy, solar system, space, star names, stellar astronomy, Student Astronomy, sun, urban skies
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Summer Stargazing at George Observatory
On Sunday August 1st 2010 Houston had a rare and fantastically clear, low humidity night. I headed out to the George Observatory with a few other members of the Fort Bend Astronomy Club to take advantage of a rare chance … Continue reading
Posted in amateur astronomy, asterisms, Astronomy, constellations, Houston, observing, software, space, star names, stellar astronomy, urban skies
Tagged asterisms, constellations, star names
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Unknown Moon Day 4
The lights in the LPI Great Room are placed such that they look like Taurus and the single red light represents the red giant star Aldebaran. Note the V shape in the image from LPI and in this image from … Continue reading
Posted in astronomical history, astronomy eduction, Education, Houston, Lunar Exploration, Lunar Planetary Institute, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, moon, NASA, observing, robotic astronomy, solar system
Tagged Comparative Planetology, ice signature, lunar permanently shadowed craters, Mini RF, Paul Spudis, president's vision for space exploration
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Unknown Moon Day 3 – LRO has evidence for water on moon?
Another excellent talk about The Lunar Poles from Ben Bussey Jonhs Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. Hot off the presses Mini-RF data from LRO. Sweeeeeet. It looks like LRO has confirmation of what looks like water in some of the … Continue reading
Unknown Moon Day 2 ZOMG REAL MOON ROCKS!
Apollo Moon Rocks Vault – Remote Sensing 101: Chandrayaan M^3 found water – Lunar Evolution from an expert Continue reading
Posted in astro blogs, astronomical history, Astronomy, astronomy eduction, Houston, Lunar Exploration, Lunar Planetary Institute, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, moon, NASA, Planetary Society, solar system, space, Universe Today
Tagged Apollo Landings, boing boing, Chandrayaan-1, lunar evolution, lunar formation theory, moon map, moon rocks, M^3, remote sensing
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Unknown Moon Day 1 – You can see IR with a camera phone
You can see IR with a camera phone. Hadley rille images from Apollo are deceptive, ALTA boxes are great for teaching reflectance. Continue reading
Sidewalk Astronomy Daytime Edition 7-19 & 8-16 at HPL Central
Sidewalk Astronomy at HPL Central July 19 and Aug 16th. Continue reading
Posted in amateur astronomy, Astronomy, astronomy eduction, Houston, Library Science, Lunar Exploration, moon, observing, sidewalk astronomy, solar astronomy, solar system, space, stellar astronomy, Student Astronomy, urban skies
Tagged Houston Public Library, HPL Central, moon, sidewalk astronomy, sun
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Unknown Moon at the Lunar and Planetary Institute
Starting tomorrow and running through Friday I will be attending an education workshop called Unknown Moon at the Lunar and Planetary Institute near Johnson Space Center. NASA and Houston have a history. The fact that LPI and JSC are the … Continue reading
Posted in amateur astronomy, astronomical history, Astronomy, astronomy eduction, Education, Houston, Lunar Exploration, moon, NASA, observing, sidewalk astronomy, solar system, space, urban skies
Tagged Apollo Landings, clementine, human spaceflight, Johnson Space Center, LCROSS, lpi, LRO, moon, my moon, president's vision for space exploration, selenology, todd the moon, unknown moon
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Great W’Kana – silly name but great Indian food.
Somer and I love Indian food. We’ve had many types. So when we saw that a failed Great Wraps had been converted into Great W’Kana a self-proclaimed Indian food boutique – we were intrigued. The place has some growing to … Continue reading
Posted in Houston, indian food, restaurant, reviews, Social Networking
Tagged Great W'Kana, indian food, Meadows Place, restaurant review, yelp
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