by Sandy Eulitt | Apr 29, 2023 | Telescopes and Missions
We don’t normally think of New Mexico as part of an earthquake zone. I am today years old that I’m learning this. The home of the two atomic bombs dropped by the United States onto Japan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, plays a vital part in producing a...
by Sandy Eulitt | Oct 19, 2022 | Space News, Telescopes and Missions, Telescopes and Observing Equipment
The Pillars of Creation, as you may know, is the first widely distributed picture from the Hubble Space Telescope. At the end of the 90’s, I swear, every computer in my department at work used the Pillars of Creation image as its screen saver. In October, 2022,...
by Sandy Eulitt | May 12, 2021 | Space News, Telescopes and Missions, Telescopes and Observing Equipment
I can’t believe we are finally nearing launch for James Webb Space Telescope. In 2004, when I had gone back to school, one of my physics professors tasked us with doing a presentation on a topic covered by his course, in lieu of a lab that week. I chose to do my...
by Sandy Eulitt | May 12, 2021 | Space History and People, Space News, Space Travel, Telescopes and Missions
I am sure I am not the only one when I say I feel oddly proud about Voyager 1’s recent announcement of hearing a hum in interstellar space.https://bgr.com/science/nasas-voyager-1-is-hearing-something-in-interstellar-space-5924806/ I had nothing to do with the...
by Sandy Eulitt | Feb 14, 2020 | Commercial Space Program, Life in the Universe, Space History and People, Special Events, Stargazing, Telescopes and Missions
There isn’t much about this iconic photo that hasn’t already been said. It, more than anything other than the Earthrise photo, defines our place in the Universe. It is for this reason that the photo moves me to tears every time I see it. It is also why I...
by Sandy Eulitt | Nov 30, 2019 | Comets, San Diego Astronomy, Special Events, Stargazing, The Sky Tonight
Looks like I’m going to have to put December 8 on the calendar and break out a telescope. I hope the roads will be passable in and around Mt. Laguna, as that is probably where I will head for observing. I wonder how this will compare with Hale Bopp from 1997....
