Upcomig APS and Mars Conferences; The Far Side of the Moon; CHIME and Fast Radio Bursts; Eurkeka moment and the Multii-Worlds Interpretation; Quintessence

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Well we are still trying to recover from the cold/flu acquired during our late nights in Fairbanks, so though the nights have been somewhat clear of clouds, this week has been full of quiet rest and sometimes paging through the stacks of newly arrived science journals.

Last attempt to see the northern lights before flight from Fairbanks; OC Super Moon peeks through clouds; The Sun has a Spot! Where will you watch the 2020 total solar eclipse?

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Well, as readers of the March 18 will recall, the weather forecast for our final day in Fairbanks, Alaska, showed some mostly cloudy skies from 1:00 AM to about 7:00 AM, and this would be the last chance we would have to see any northern lights.  So just before going to the airport, we

Final days in Fairbanks; Trans Alaska Pipeline; Dogs and Dog sled races and ride; Ice Sculptures, Museums and Martinis

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Well we are coming down to our final days in Fairbanks and the search for the northern lights is just that, more searching, with little success due to the clouds.  But we have had a lot of fun seeing

Going north to Fairbanks, Alaska; Aurora forecast looks good; Martinis look good; Darn Clouds; Physics with your cat!

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Well it is finally time to fly up north to Alaska and continue searching for the northern lights.  From OC to Seattle the snow covered mountain ranges provided a beautiful view from the airplane window.

The Emergent Multiverse; Get your Lagrangians down pat; Keeping up with daylight saving time; Jocelyn Bell Burnell on Discovery of Pulsars

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Well we are busy packing our bags for our upcoming Alaska adventure, but we have some further comments on a foundation of quantum physics book and a neat article on white dwarf cooking and crystallization and on the 2019 UCI Reines Lecture.

Apollo 11 Documentary; Some comments from the Philosophy of Dark Energy Workshop; Chameleon and Fifth Forces? Cloudy forecast for our search for northern lights in Fairbanks Alaska

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Well we are starting to pack our bags for our journey to search for the northern lights in Fairbanks, Alaska, but the weather forecast is looking a bit troublesome.  But in the meantime, we can make a documentary movie recommendation and make some comments from our attendance at the Philosophy of Dark Energy Workshop.

Philosophy of Dark Energy; Going to Fairbanks, cloudy or not; Making measuremens of The Epoch of Reionization; Breakfast with Differential Geometry, Singularities, Soap Bubbles and Black Holes

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Well this week we attended two interesting lectures, which sparked some more investigative work, but before getting into that we should check the calendar for upcoming events.

No OCA observing this weekend; Let's go to Fairbanks for northern lights observing;"The Changing Arctic course begins; Low redshift observations show universe isotropic to 1%

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Well we had hoped to do some nighttime observing at the OCA star party, but again the cloud forecast is not looking good.