“A Brightly Lit Killing Field…” A wrap-up in Washington, DC of a series of talks dealing with the problems in modern-day astronomy of light pollution, radio interference and space debris. Much of the information has been pondered for two decades now.. But, the eloquence with which the problems were presented, are daunting. On the problem…
Month: March 2023
April Skies
April Skies The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools Day, But why the people call it so, Nor I, nor they themselves, do know. Poor Robin’s Almanac, 1760 No one knows where the tradition of “April Fools” came from. It’s origin has been wrapped in obscurity for a long…
The Vernal Equinox
The Vernal Equinox aka The First Point of Aries The March Equinox occurs In Corvallis, Oregon on Monday, March 20, 2023 at 2:24 pm PDT This corresponds to Monday, March 20, 2023 at 21:24 UTC. What do you get in Springtime (or thereabouts; that’s how we define it), when the Earth rolls around in its…