“They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.” – Francis Bacon

“I will preach with my brush.” – Henry Ossawa Tanner

Beta Cygni is a single bright star to the naked eye. About 420 light-years away it marks the foot of the Northern Cross, famous asterism in the constellation Cygnus. But a view through the eyepiece of a small telescope will transform it into a beautiful double star, a treasure of the night sky in blue […]

PM Light Rain today! With a high of 11C and a low of 11C. 74 Humidity. 7 C currently. 10 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

This image from 2020 shows a flame that was one of many ignited as part of the Flame Design investigation on the space station. via NASA https://ift.tt/x5sN7l8

“Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.” – Stephen Gardiner

“I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.” – Jackson Pollock

What will the huge Green Bank Telescope discover tonight? Pictured, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) on the lower right is the largest fully-pointable single-dish radio telescope in the world. With a central dish larger than a football field, the GBT is nestled in the hills of West Virginia, USA in a radio […]

Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 12C and a low of 12C. 91 Humidity. 7 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Melba Roy Mouton (1929-1990) was a mathematician and computer programmer in NASA’s Trajectory and Geodynamics Division. via NASA https://ift.tt/pawedYi