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Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography, Science, Space on May 24th, 2009
I had a few hours free today, and after seeing the solar activity shown on Spaceweather.com I decided to break out the solar filters and scope and start my solar season. After checking out the local weather radar I figured I had about and hour or two before the thunderstorms hit my area. I initally did [...]
With all the talk about the Hubble Space Telescope we often forget that there is another another telescope floating around up there. It’s NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, and it’s original mission has ended on May 15th. Here’s a press release from NASA as Spitzer starts it’s second life. PASADENA, Calif. — After more than five-and-a-half [...]
This rare launch of the Air Force Research LabTacSat-3 satellite on an Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia had rocket enthusiasts up and down the east coast waiting to see if they could see any sign of it. I went out to my dark sky spot in Marlborough about 10 minutes before launch, [...]
Why not build your own? Check out this Hubble site I ran across while I was surfing around. Called the HubbleSite, it is full of information, news, and projects that you can do.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14th, 2009
With all the hub bub this week about the Hubble, did you these interesting facts about the telescope? The Hubble telescope weighs 24,500 pounds. The Hubble telescope cost 1.5 billion dollars at the time it was launched. The Hubble goes around the Earth at 5 miles per second. It orbits the Earth [...]
Posted in Science on May 11th, 2009
It seemed like all of the pieces were coming together at the new Connecticut Science Center for it’s opening in June when state law makers developed a monetary black hole. Governor Rell wants to cut a $1.2 million dollar appropriation to the Science Center by sucking away 83% of it, reducing it to $237,500. You know what [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
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Posted in Astronomy, Meterology, Moon, Nature, Science, Space, weather on May 3rd, 2009
Working at a fever pitch, hundreds of workers are in one of their final phases in making the Connecticut Science Center a reality. Last week, CtCameraEye got a special tour of inside the Science Center to see how the work is progressing. Below are some of the highlights that I saw. [...]
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