What is on the horizon in Iceland? Not Starlinks on this horizon in Israel! Still wanting to get back to busy Boca Chica; Some comments on cryptography, digital currency and hashing; Finding the right keyboard size for your smart watch?

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well the early morning skies have been cloudy and I am reluctant to set an alarm clock anyway in order to measure Mercury's retrograde motion, so let's just scan the internet for science type news.

Who knew that Elon could guest host on Saturday Night live? What is Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology? Views of Starship SN15 and how tall are things in Boca Chica; Retrograde motion of Mercury and can we measure it from our backyards?

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Wow, who knew that Elon Musk would be one of the hosts on Saturday Night Live?  Anyway, it was pretty funny.

Upcoming AAS DDA 52nd meeting; Saw the Starlinks string of pearls again; Hooray SpaceX Starship SN15 success!; Inspiration 4 civilian crew; Bouncing Cosmology? Lonely Dashboard?

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

First up, let's update the calendar for the upcoming AAS DDA (Division of Dynamic Astronomy) 52nd meeting which runs from May 17-21, 2021.

Hooray, this is the 500th blog post for Palmia Observatory! LISA Canada 2021 Workshop; LISA might see our cosmic dawn when the very first stars formed

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well, here we are and I am not quite sure how it happened, but this is the 500th blog post from Palmia Observatory, which started seven years ago.

Hooray, Super Moon comes out of the clouds; Carnegie Observatory on Black Holes and Tidal Disruption Events; Hooray, Starship SN15 completes static fire test!

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well the moon arrives at its closest approach at its elliptical orbit about the Earth and appears about 14% larger during this full moon.  But, we had to wait for the clouds to part to get a clear image.