{DA November 30, 2009] December 2009 Sky Calendar

From the USM Southworth Planetarium “Recovering” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER November 30, 2009 December 2009 Sky Calendar So, we’ve decided on our resolution: to provide more details in our monthly sky calendar. After all, like most planetariums that haven’t traded in their integrity for prosperity by replacing their star machines with slots, the Southworth Planetarium is [...]

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[DA November 27, 2009] Football Quiz

From the USM Southworth Planetarium “Shish boom bah bang bing bash bam!” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER November 27, 2009 Football Quiz Yes, you may send a quiz! This policy, based on community involvement and our personal indolence, allows subscribers to contribute their own questions and sometimes quizzes to the Daily Astronomer. Author Jane Raeburn wrote today’s [...]

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[DA November 26, 2009] (R) Turkey Thermodynamics

From the USM Southworth Planetarium “The Universe never rests” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER November 26, 2009 Turkey Thermodynamics You can it lazy. We call it efficiency. Today’s Turkey-Day DA is a repeat of last year’s Turkey-Day DA. We’ve even left the same title. Honestly, we don’t like repeats. They make us squirm and wince because we [...]

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[DA November 25, 2009] Sun Stuffing

From the USM Southworth Planetarium “The last place in the world you’d want to install a jumbotron” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER November 25, 2009 Sun Stuffing ************************************ The holiday season is baring its bicuspids and will soon bite into our ankles. Enjoy the feeding frenzy with the Southworth Planetarium for its annual holiday show “Season of [...]

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DA November 24, 2009] Jupiter Planner

From the USM Southworth Planetarium “A decklehaus of dozens” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER November 24, 2009 Jupiter Planner Observers might have seen Jupiter near the crescent moon on Monday evening. These two bright celestial sights, separated by four angular degrees on Monday, presently occupy the southwestern evening sky. The fast Moon won’t linger long here, but [...]

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[DA November 23, 2009] Professor MacGregor’s Astronomy

From the USM Southworth Planetarium “Dome dwellers” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER November 23, 2009 Professor MacGregor’s Astronomy Professor MacGregor’s nodded toward Row 8, Seat 1, whose occupant cleared her throat, lifted her paper, and spoke initially in low tones. “Many astronomical observations supported….” “Louder please! We don’t want the gentlemen in the back row to be [...]

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Have a ‘Close Encounter’ Dec. 5

THE USM SOUTHWORTH PLANETARIUM SCI-FI Saturday:   “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” Saturday, December 5, 2009 12:00 NOON Join us for one of the most famous alien movies ever made! Before ET…before War of the Worlds…Steven Spielberg directed a highly successful film about the first interaction of humans and beings from another world.    We [...]

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[DA November 20, 2009] Quiz: The Body Universe

THE DAILY ASTRONOMER November 20, 2009 Quiz: The Body Universe *********************************** If you like quizzes, we invite you to try: www.freerice.com This web-site offers quizzes about English vocabulary, English grammar, famous paintings, world geography, foreign languages, and other topics. Every time you answer a question correctly, 10 grains of rice is donated to the World [...]

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“Solstice Dawning” Celestial Poetry Evening Dec. 18

SOLSTICE DAWNING Friday, December 18, 2009 7:00 p.m. The Southworth Planetarium presents its next evening of celestial poetry on Friday, December 18, 2009 at 7 p.m. Local writers read poetical works (theirs and of others) about the Universe, night sky, nature, love, the stars, and more. While they read, a variety of images will often [...]

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[DA November 19, 2009] Space Smoke

From the USM Southworth Planetarium “Out of sight” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER November 19, 2009 Space Smoke Tedious? Certainly. Time-consuming? Undeniably. Hideously boring to observe? Depends upon your idea of a good time. Worthwhile? Depends upon what kind of day you’ve had and how that has affected your view of humanity. We are discussing the creation [...]

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