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In the Sky This Week – April 21, 2020

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Bob TrembleyApril 21, 2020

This entry is part 143 of 148 in the series In the Sky This Week

I lost my brother Victor to COVID-19 on April 12th. Please, everyone take precautions and stay safe! The triple-planet conjunction of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn continues in the southeastern predawn sky. Venus, Aldebaran and Rigel form a temporary triangle asterism in the western sky at dusk. The Moon appears near Aldebaran on the evening of April 25th, and near Venus the next evening. The star Vega and the constellation Lyra appear above the northeastern horizon at midnight. The Moon is a waning crescent, visible low to the east before sunrise. The new Moon occurs on April 23rd. After April 23rd, the Moon will be a waxing crescent, visible toward the southwest in early evening. Moon News Made in isolation, depicting isolation. Here's how Earth looks from the Moon & how Moon looks from Earth, April 2020: showing accurate phases and rotations. CGI based on real NASA imagery, lunar topography (exaggerated for fun), using NASA data (see it 4K https://t.co/EQ2fdR0u95) pic.twitter.com/YwO6GG5B4D … Continue reading →

In the Sky This Week – August 13, 2019

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Bob TrembleyAugust 13, 2019

This entry is part 109 of 148 in the series In the Sky This Week

The past couple days have certainly been a “voyage of discovery” for me. It started when I saw this tweet showing a massive release of energy from the Milky Way’s central black hole: Sagittarius A*. For those who are interested in the details of our observations of Sgr A* this year (including this one), see our recently accepted paper in Astrophysical Journal Letters. Read the pre-print of the paper here: https://t.co/cqqinNSKxK — Tuan Do (@quantumpenguin) August 12, 2019 The outburst took place over the short span of two and a half hours! WOW and then some! I stopped everything I was doing and went upstairs to show my wife, who also said WOW! I showed the tweet to some members of the Warren Astronomical Society at last Sunday’s Perseid Party at Stargate Observatory – they said WOW too… and then they cajoled me into presenting something about it at the W.A.S. meeting Thursday night – so go me! Dr. Do … Continue reading →

Juliana Boerio-Goates June 1, 2020 at 7:10 pm on Pentecost or the Tower of Babel – Faith, Science, and The Powder Keg That Is Our WorldFr. James. I am glad that you returned home safely and in good health. I, too, share your stress during these times. Your statement "We are in need of a Spirit driven, unifying voice that is not merely an ideology or a placard, but a unifying voice of peace to...
Joseph Listerman June 1, 2020 at 4:52 am on ⓜ Announcing the Full Moon Meetup!Exciting, will definitely try and make it!
Kate Savage May 29, 2020 at 2:10 pm on ⓜ Announcing the Full Moon Meetup!I will try to remember but I usually am working at the time of the day. Yikes on the moths!
Bob Prokop May 26, 2020 at 10:48 am on In the Sky This Week – May 26, 2020Thanks to your heads up, I went out yesterday to some athletic fields near my home that had an unobstructed western horizon. I spotted Mercury (through binoculars)at 8:12 PM, but mistook it for Venus. So I kept scanning the skies between it and the Moon, looking for Mercury. By 8:30,...
Katie Steinke May 25, 2020 at 4:09 pm on The Great Debate of 1920HI Bob! I am late with this comment but wanted to make sure you know how much I appreciated your article - at least the parts I understood.... As a volunteer now at Mt Wilson Observatory (folding t-shirts mostly) I have learned a bit about the Debate and Hubble. Thanks...
Fernando Comeron May 23, 2020 at 4:58 pm on You-Know-Who, the Coronavirus, and Science Denial HypocrisyThoughtful and brilliant. Thanks a lot!
Richard Gabrielson May 23, 2020 at 7:34 am on You-Know-Who, the Coronavirus, and Science Denial HypocrisyI think science deniers and "new atheists" use very similar methodology. The anti-authoritarian thread is in itself hypocritical, since it's really just an exchange of one authority for another. Another factor is assigning ulterior motives to the authority one rejects. Borrowing from Chesterton, it seems that now science, like religion,...
Franca Gallucci May 23, 2020 at 5:13 am on You-Know-Who, the Coronavirus, and Science Denial HypocrisyWhat a fabulous post, Chris! It marks this week’s 100th birthday of JPII, who wrote to Fr. Coyne saying “Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.” Where do we go from here? The challenge feels more daunting today when prominent...
Fr. Jeffrey Madley May 22, 2020 at 1:31 pm on Action Sun MemoriesDeirdre: You've got some very bright kids there. Good work. I think it's great to use art to teach children about astronomy. It'll stay with them.
Br. Guy Consolmagno May 21, 2020 at 9:44 am on ⓜ A world of faithI knew more than one grad student whose first tries at a thesis turned out to not work out. The challenge of faith is that sometimes it is misplaced. That's what makes faith, like love and hope, so exciting... and challenging... and ultimately worthwhile. There's no fun in playing a...
Ed Yepez May 21, 2020 at 9:12 am on ⓜ A world of faith"Science depends on Faith"...... "If it turns out that your beliefs were justified, you’ve got yourself a thesis. If any of those beliefs were misplaced, well… those are the ones who didn’t make it to this ceremony" Very Good. I've been lucky to go thru a couple of these ceremonies....
Br. Guy Consolmagno May 21, 2020 at 8:28 am on ⓜ May daze… Diary of 16 May, 2020Please e-mail me a copy of that photo; I knew that someone had taken it but I couldn't find it!
Christopher M. Graney May 20, 2020 at 9:07 am on Science and Water, Then and NowCool!
Richard Gabrielson May 18, 2020 at 7:07 am on Science and Water, Then and NowLast fall with fellow members of my engineering professional society I had the privilege of visiting Mission San Jose, cruising the river in downtown San Antonio, and touring the facilities at the upstream end of the flood control tunnel. We did see the top of the 150-foot vertical inlet tunnel...
Katie Steinke May 17, 2020 at 1:00 pm on ⓜ May daze… Diary of 16 May, 2020Hi Guy - So very sorry to hear about Anne. She was such a strong supporter of the Vatican Observatory and fascinating lady. After years of correspondence and phone calls I was very lucky omg finally met her in person in Ann Arbor in 2017. In fact I found a...
Fr. James Kurzynski May 12, 2020 at 3:30 pm on Sabbatical Journal Six: Stewardship or Survival – What Covid-19 Has Taught Me About Care For Creation.Beautiful reflection Bob! You are experiencing what the spiritual masters described as detachment. It's a key movement of being drawn closer to God. Keep letting go!
Fr. Bruce Wilkinson May 11, 2020 at 10:15 am on Final Sabbatical Journal: What World Am I Entering?It’s been a while since I visited the retreat center in Arizona. Your article put a thirst in my heart to go once the Covid19 crisis eases. Thanks for the blessing of your words.
Jim Cook May 7, 2020 at 7:31 am on A Humid Place on the MoonIt seems where that first link centers you depends on the dimensions of your browser window. So if you don't see boulders and boulder tracks after zooming in, use that second link to find them: https://bit.ly/3ccw8dR In fact, if you zoom in another step, you'll find boulder tracks all over...
Jim Cook May 7, 2020 at 7:15 am on A Humid Place on the MoonSo many of the posts here on Sacred Space Astronomy will lead me to wander off onto places on the web, spending time looking into one or another thing mentioned in their texts. And your posts, Rik, are no different. In your case, I'm often led to the LROC Quick...
Bob Prokop May 4, 2020 at 9:37 am on Sabbatical Journal Six: Stewardship or Survival – What Covid-19 Has Taught Me About Care For Creation.Such a beautiful posting! This pandemic has also given me (perhaps too much) time to think about how I've approached the world about me - specifically my activity as an amateur astronomer. I miss terribly our star parties and the camaraderie of hanging out for hours under a cloudless sky,...

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