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Hubble Space Telescope – 22 years and going Strong.

Posted on 2012-04-24 by BeeManDave

   Greetings and Salutations;      Perhaps one of the most useful pieces of scientific equipment launched by NASA was the Hubble Space Telescope         Amazingly enough, as of today (April 24th, 2012), it has been quietly orbiting the Earth … Continue reading →

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A frustrating Astronomical Moment

Posted on 2012-04-22 by BeeManDave

     Greetings and Salutations;      Hum…And folks say that Nature is a mindless force, with no sense of humor!   The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaked last night, but, I had no chance to see even a hint of … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Meteor Showers…

Posted on 2012-01-05 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations…. We had a shotgun blast of cometary fragments hit the Earth this last Tuesday morning, although, alas, I saw none of it. The Quadrantid shower came blasting through in the vicinity of 2:00 EST to 3:00 EST … Continue reading →

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Iapetus…moon of mystery…and nuts?

Posted on 2010-12-13 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations…. Well, The universe continues to offer strangeness. I must admit that I was not aware that Jupiter’s moon Iapetus had a very tall ridge of peaks around its equator until I ran across this story on The … Continue reading →

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