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Posted in Space, Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2009
All meteorite hunters, be on the lookout for a stolen space artifact. Sometime over the weekend a 30 lb. meteorite was stolen from the Dinosaur Place, a popular nature center and retail store in southern Connecticut. The meteorite found in Argentina and valued at $2,000 dollars is the size of a cantelope, and is black [...]
Posted in Astronomy, Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2009
Google, famous for it’s picturesque and unique ways in spelling out it’s name, got Galileo’s telescope out in front today in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the first public demonstration of Galileo’s revolutionary telescope. Alan
Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography on Aug 25th, 2009
Just a few weeks to go until CSP 19 arrives! If you have not registered already, mark your calendars and go to http://asnh.org/slideshow/CSPpicIndex.php and register! The deadline for registration is September 15th.
Posted in Astronomy on Aug 21st, 2009
The crowds were gone, the moon was coming up, and the clouds were moving in. Brooksvale public outreach was coming to an end. Well, almost. The clouds were giving a wonderful perspective of the moon through the atmosphere. I needed a foreground to give the picture a little perspective. I grabbed fellow astronomer Ray and told [...]
Posted in Americana, Boats, Transportation, Uncategorized on Aug 16th, 2009
This was the perfect weekend to be on the water, and thousands of people through Connecticut took advantage of the hot weather to be in or near the water. I took in two events this weekend that can only be called Nautical Novelties. The first was the Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian Festival in Hartford [...]
Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography on Aug 15th, 2009
It was clear. It was August 16th. It was a welcome exception in the parade of bad weather that has marched through Connecticut in the past several months. Taking advantage of this small window of opportunity in the middle of the dog days of summer I geared up and headed for a dark sky site in [...]
Posted in astrophotography, public outreach on Aug 9th, 2009
On Friday August 7th the Astronomical Society of New Haven had a public outreach event at Brooksvale Park in Hamden, Connecticut. About 9 club members were in attendence, while about 40 participants showed up on a nice summer evening. Sponsored by the Friends of Brooksvale Park, Inc., remembered ASNH from provious years and invited us [...]
Posted in Meterology, Uncategorized, weather on Aug 6th, 2009
For the third time this year a tornado has been confirmed in Connecticut. This time it happened on the same day that the Shelton tornado touched down on July 31st just 32 minutes later at 4:28pm. Winds were estimated at around 100 MPH! Here is the information from NOAA! PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE [...]
Posted in Astronomy, public outreach, Science on Aug 4th, 2009
From a Windsor Locks Public Library press release. View the annual Perseids Meteor Shower from the library lawn on August 8th! JPL/NASA Solar System Ambassador Bill Fournier will provide a hands-on demonstration of telescope use and guided viewing of the meteor shower beginning at 7:00 PM. Bring your telescope or binoculars, a lawn chair, bug [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, weather on Aug 2nd, 2009
You would think that tornados are rare in Connecticut. They are not as rare as you think, especially after the second twister of the year formed over Shelton, Connecticut. Confirmed by NOAA, the F1 tornado with winds between 95 and 105 miles per hour touched down at 3:56 p.m. It cut a 100-yard wide swath [...]
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