Observing with Street Lights

Observing with Street Lights
Dark sky sites not always necessary to see the Milky Way (This image was taken ouside of a B&B in Julian, CA)

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Distinctive Voices lecture on Human Lunar Exploration; Sunspot cycle and orbital variation effects; ASAS-SN and search for Gravitational Waves from core collapse supernovas

Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well I am just getting into the 3rd section of Sean Carroll's "Something Deeply Hidden", where he talks about the emergence of spacetime from quantum entanglement, so we have to pause and let that ferment until next time, but for now let's comment on Lunar Exploration, Solar sunspot and orbital effects, ASASSN surveys and search for gravitational waves from core collapse supernova.

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Where in the world are blog readers? Get LIGO data and tutorials; Follow up on using nuclear isomer Hafnium 178 as energy storage component

Greetings from Palmia Observatory

This week our topics are where people who read this blog are located around the world and then a little bit about LIGO and tutorials and data availability so that you can do your own analysis and finally end up with some more comments about using nuclear isomers in energy storage systems.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

MultiWorlds and Conservation of Energy; Minerva - Australis and TESS Followup with high resolution radial velocity measurements; Magnetic protection of astronaughts travelling to Mars?

Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well this week again we had no outside astronomical observing, except to see and enjoy the bight full moon on Friday 13th.  Did you get scared?  Ok, ok lets instead review some astronomical spectroscopy details for radial velocity measurements and some other comments.

Sunday, September 15, 2019

Upcoming JWST and Apache Point Observatory Tours; Help, I'm falling into the Everettian Many-Worlds of Quantum Mechanics; On using nuclear isomers, like Hafnium 178, for energy storage or bombs?

Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well this week we didn't get any astronomical observing done, but can talk about Sean Carroll's exciting newly released book and also explore a little bit about nuclear isomers as an exciting energy storage technology.  But first,

Monday, September 9, 2019

Ruby sees a ghost; Searching for dark skies, mines, glaciers, deer, bristlecones, Area 51, ghost towns, martinis and hams in rural Nevada

Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well this week we packed our bags for a road trip in search of dark skies and the Milky Way.  But just as we were getting ready to go on the road, Astronomer Assistant Ruby discovered a ghost hidden in the road.  Hmm, I hope this is not an omen about our upcoming trip through the Nevada back country!