Didn’t see the comet a couple of weeks ago? Neither did I, although I did take my dad comet-hunting. It was just too clouded and light-polluted. However! Brian posted one of Jamie’s excellent pictures of it, for 3D viewing! (Remember Venus? I’m making cards of these now). So print it. Get an OWL, preferably. And [...]
Category Archives: Astronomy
Apr
21
2013
Citizen Science – paper by Duke, M. (2012).
As I was just catching up on some things on this lovely Sunday morning, I found this paper in my mailbox. It’s from October last year and both Chris and I were quoted in it. I thought you’d find it interesting, as it’s on Citizen Science. You can download the pdf from the Digital Curation [...]
Mar
14
2013
The Reopening of Sterrenwacht Limburg
Last month I attended the reopening of the only stargazers facility in Limburg (the county in the southeast of the Netherlands, where I live). It’s located in the beautiful Brunssummerheide forest, where I grew up, and so it’s very dear to me. I had already heard a new group of astronomy enthusiasts were making sure [...]
Mar
12
2013
Remembering Patrick
Monday the 4th of March marked Patrick’s 90th birthday, as I’m sure most of you readers out there know. With this ‘page out of my diary’, I’ll not go into great detail (as some memories are best kept in the heart rather than on the interwebs) but we did celebrate his life in Selsey. Together [...]
Feb
21
2013
Hart van Nederland II
As promised here! Source: Hart van Nederland. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d3709′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });