by Sandy Eulitt | Feb 22, 2012 | Involvement, The Sky Tonight
I like to walk at night. Anyone who knows me, knows this. I enjoy just getting out at the end of a day, and having the relative peace and quiet to sort my head out, go over the day, plan the next one, and just relax. Tonight I received an unexpected visitor. As I was...
by Sandy Eulitt | Feb 4, 2012 | Involvement
Credit to Dr. Mike Gaffey of the University of North Dakota for this one: If the Sun was the size of a dime (~0.7 inch / 1.6 cm), then: The Earth would be a tiny dot (1/6 mm) located ~6.3 feet (1.9 m) from the Sun. Jupiter would be 32.7 feet (10 m) away. Pluto would...
by Sandy Eulitt | Feb 4, 2012 | Involvement, Telescopes and Astronomy Gear
My very dear friend, mentor, colleague and former professor Katherine Meyer-Canales, Co-Chair of the Saddleback College Astronomy and Physics Department and Advisor to Saddleback’s Astronomy and Physics Club, has recommended this home planetarium software...
