[DA May 31, 2010] June 2010 Sky Calendar

From the Southworth Planetarium “The un-antithesis of the un-anti-adversaries of all that is double plus un-good” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER May 31, 2010 June 2010 Sky Calendar Summer arrives this month! The meteorology types tell us that summer commences on June 1st. The contrarian astronomers insist that summer doesn’t begin until June 20th. The rest of [...]

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[DA May 28, 2010] Quiz: Citizens!

From the Southworth Planetarium “We love the Universe. It’s great!” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER May 28, 2010 Quiz: Citizens! The Daily Astronomer offers a quiz every Friday. We’re not sure how long we’ve been giving quizzes, but it’s been awhile. We suspect that the quiz is the most popular article each week. We understand that preference, [...]

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[DA May 27, 2010] MacGregor’s Mythology

From the Southworth Planetarium “Never low” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER May 27, 2010 MacGregor’s Mythology “Do I know the constellations? Well, that is an interesting question that would have a simple answer if somebody else were answering it. But, I don’t believe in simple answers, for ours is not a simple world and what others call [...]

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Telescope Night Tonight!

See a show and then see the real stars with the Southworth Planetarium. At 7:30 p.m., we offer the show “Extreme Planets,” a program about the search for and discovery of exo-planets (planets around other star systems) At 8:30 p.m. (weather permitting), we’ll have telescopes available for night sky viewing. See Venus, Saturn, the Moon, [...]

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[DA May 26, 2010] Two Hour Rule

From the USM Southworth Planetarium “Fun, fun, fun in the Sun, Sun, Sun” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER May 26, 2010 Two Hour Rule What’s the difference between a repeat and a review? A repeat is what we send when the weather’s beautiful and we just don’t have time to write a DA due, of course, to [...]

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[DA May 25, 2010] Hanny’s Voorwerp

From the Southworth Planetarium “If it’s a secret spy plane, why is it making headlines?” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER May 25, 2010 Hanny’s Voorwerp “The physicist learns more and more about less and less; the astronomer learns less and less about more and more.” Despite recent and impressive knowledge advances, this adage is still lamentably valid. [...]

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[DA May 24, 2010] Blue Sky Moon

From the Southworth Planetarium “Mirth and matter” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER May 24, 2010 Blue Sky Moon Blame this one on the children’s literature industry: the cabal of sinister intelligences that craft the invariably mind-corrupting and deliciously entertaining assortment of books strewn about your otherwise clean living room floor. Contained within this bustling universe of rhymes, [...]

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[DA May 21, 2010] A Foolish Quiz (R)

OK, so we’re going to milk this Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society conference for one more day and claim that this conference is proving to be such a time suck that we need to post another DA repeat. Since Friday is QUIZ day, we have to repost a quiz. Deciding which quiz to repeat was quite a challenge. We must [...]

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[DA May 20, 2010] Eris (R)

Yet again, we must offer a repeat DA. This week we’re hosting the MAP (Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society) conference and minutes are at a premium right now. So, in honor of the MAPS conference, and all the joy inherent within, we re-post “Eris: The Goddess of Discord.” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER May 20, 2010 Eris: The Goddess of Discord [...]

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[DA May 19, 2010] Serpent Head

From the Southworth Planetarium “A quick quest into the quark quarry” THE DAILY ASTRONOMER May 19, 2010 Serpent Head Learning new constellations can be a frustrating endeavor, especially if the constellation in question isn’t particularly bright or well known. An effective constellation discovery method involves the “Lilly Pad” principle, by which one first locates a [...]

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