From the USM Southworth Planetarium
“So, crates are your speciality, eh?”
THE DAILY ASTRONOMER April 29, 2009
Minotaur
On March 30, the DA posted the first installment in a series called “Nothing without Theseus.”
The second installment, entitled “The Lying Witch and the War Robe” is turning out to be much longer than any previous DA. Consequently, [...]
Archive for April, 2009
[DA April 29, 2009] Minotaur
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[DA April 17, 2009] Laser Quiz!
Posted in Daily Astronomer on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the USM Southworth Planetarium
“Now comes the exuberance of vitality after a period of long constraint.”
THE DAILY ASTRONOMER
April 17, 2009
Laser Quiz!
One more day!
Only one more day until the beginning of Laser Fest April!
Are we excited? You bet your kidney, liver and Lesser Antilles, we’re excited! We’re as excited as an electron in [...]
[DA April 16, 2009] The Astronomy of Howard Stern
Posted in Daily Astronomer on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the USM Southworth Planetarium
“Spectres in the dark”
THE DAILY ASTRONOMER
April 16, 2009
The Astronomy of Howard Stern
We’re going to preface this article with a profuse apology. Compelled by a springtime deviousness, we engaged in a bit of shameless marketing. The fact is that very little of this column will pertain to that pious paragon [...]
[DA April 15, 2009] The Aliens Said What?
Posted in Daily Astronomer on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the USM Southworth Planetarium
“Out there…”
THE DAILY ASTRONOMER
April 15, 2009
The Aliens Said What?
One fine evening in the future on Aldebaran 7:
“Goruhtyeu, come quickly!” Pog cried. “Our favourite show from
planet Dingbat is almost on!” Pog clicked the remote and
reached for a nearby beverage. “And, don’t forget those
yummy ligament snaps!”
Tossing the remote aside, Pog [...]
[DA April 14, 2009] Law of Averages
Posted in Daily Astronomer on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the USM Southworth Planetarium
“A tiny smidgeon of ha ha in a porridge full of harumph”
THE DAILY ASTRONOMER
April 14, 2009
Law of Averages
Let’s assume that you move into a new house and on the first day of residence, a neighbor introduces himself to you and says the following: “The Realtor might not [...]
[DA April 13, 2009] The Practical Star Gazer: Greek Letter Sky
Posted in Daily Astronomer on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the USM Southworth Planetarium
“Unaccountably exuberant.”
THE DAILY ASTRONOMER April 13, 2009
The Practical Stargazer: Greek Letter Sky
We understand Walt Whitman’s distress. We know how unaccountably he became sick at the projection of those lines and meridians upon a sky: the magnificence of which was diminished by the human imposition of its own dissecting constructs. [...]
[DA April 10, 2009] DA Quiz Catch Up
Posted in Daily Astronomer on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the USM Southworth Planetarium
“We love the Universe. It’s great.”
THE DAILY ASTRONOMER
April 10, 2009
DA Quiz Catch Up
For the benefit of those who just walked in through the door, the DA offers a weekly quiz that strives to bring richness, joy and merriment to the lives of those who compose it. With the able assistance of [...]
[DA April 9, 2009] The End of the Universe!
Posted in Daily Astronomer on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the USM Southworth Planetarium
“A boggle of sevens”
THE DAILY ASTRONOMER April 9, 2009
The End of the Universe!
or For Your Eyes Only part II
Warning: Might contain spoilers
How will reality itself come to a conclusion?
This question, which many might deride as an unanswerable query more suited for philosophical conjecture than scientific inquiry, is of [...]
[DA April 8, 2009] For Your Eyes Only
Posted in Daily Astronomer on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the USM Southworth Planetarium
“Let’s do the space warp again!”
THE DAILY ASTRONOMER April 8, 2009
For Your Eyes Only
We’ve said it before. We’ll say it again. And, we’ll command you to inscribe this phrase in blue-flame letters across the pulsing rolls and valleys of your cerebrum. “There’s more to the Universe than meets the eye!” [...]
[DA April 7, 2009] A Cross to Bare
Posted in Daily Astronomer on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the USM Southworth Planetarium
“All well intended”
THE DAILY ASTRONOMER April 7. 2009
A Cross to Bare
The night sky surveyed by southern hemisphere navigators lacks the singular stellar marker that we spoiled northern sky watchers take for granted. Whereas our North Celestial Pole position is approximated by Polaris, the north star, the South Celestial Pole [...]
