2018 Conference Badges; Science Breakthrough of the Year; Neutrino detection; CPT-Symmetric Universe; Quantum Computing Information Flow; Christmas Celebrations; Ghosts, 3 Spirits and practice Toasts

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Well, we have been busy celebrating this Christmas season and holidays and the wind is really gusting now so not much sky observing at this time.  But, there is plenty of news to report.

What to do when the Delta IV Heavy launch is scrubbed, again? Using gamma ray measurements to estimate star formation history; Some hydrgen atome energy transitions and principle quantum number n

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Well three times now we have been ready to watch for the rocket launch only to have it scrubbed.  So, what to do?  Let's review some recent observations using gamma rays to get star formation history.

Watch for the Delta IV Heavy Launch; Riccardo DeSalvo at OCA meeting; Why merging black holes have similar mass? Clear skies for more comet 46P/Wirtanen images

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Well this time we have some discussion of the last OCA general meeting and more images and analysis for the Comet 46P/Wirtanen, but before that we should mention

Predicted Light Curve for Comet 46P/Wirtanen; Poor to fair weather limits night observing; Reading sort of history of quantum mechanics, "What is Real";Maybe just shut up and calculate and have a martini! Resident Astronomers celebrate thirty year anniversory

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Well, we are still trying to fit in some observing of comet 46P and also report on coping with spooky action at a distance.  But first, we

OLLI Lecture on Science Breakthoughs of 2017;Coherent Neutrino Scattering; Oak Ridge Neutrino Generator; Clouds redeem themselves with beautiful sunset

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Well this week we can talk about an interesting discussion of coherent neutrino scattering and impact on dark matter searches, but first,

AAVSO 2018 Flagstaff group photo; Dark matter (or not) in diffuse dwarf galaxies; Dragonfly telescope array; Hooray, another DSLR chance at comet 46P/Wirtanen

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Well the weather is improving so we can report on some more DSLR image trials of comet 46P, but first some other news and some discussion of diffuse galaxies, some with and some without dark matter.

Found: Art of Chesley Bonestell book; Non-redundant Masking to improve telescope resolution; Comet 46P/Wirtanen makes DSLR appearance; Cloudy night skies but great morning rainbow!

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Well, we finally found the lost copy of "The Art of Chesley Bonestell", which we have enjoyed re-reading, but for this week the blog concentrates on other astronomy topics.

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future; Remembering Earth vs. the Flying Saucers and looking to the sun for a warning

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This week has been a bit cold and rainy so we left the scopes inside and were glad to take in a documentary film screening about the legendary, but not well recognized, space artist, Chesley Bonestell.