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Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Hooray, this week we finally received our 2nd vaccine shot. Resident Astronomer Peggy will get her 2nd shot next week. In the meantime, we watched some great video of Perseverance landing on Mars and sat in on the online AAS Habitable Worlds conference and can provide some brief comments.
Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Well while we waited for the real rover landing on Mars, I had to try out an augmented reality (AR) version of the rover.
Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Well, this week's prediction by Heavens-Above, showed good observational opportunity of Starlinks in the OC area from 5:32 to 5:37 am, Feb 14.
Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Well my social media site reminds me of past events and this time was when we were at Kennedy Space Center for the first launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy with Starman aboard Elon's red Tesla.
Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Well this week we listened to some interesting discussion on on E(8) symmetry and Theories of Everything and Starship SN9 finally makes a test hop, but first this Resident Astronomer got in line for his first COVID-19 vaccine injection.
Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Well the night sky is still a bit cloudy and rain and even some hale have struck here in Orange County. But the clouds can be good thing in bringing beautiful sunsets.