This artist’s concept shows a supermassive black hole surrounded by a disk of gas. via NASA https://ift.tt/3nUvV7l

“The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.” – Joyce Maynard

“The ocean moans over dead men’s bones.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Rain clouds passed and the dome of the Lick Observatory’s 36 inch Great Refractor opened on November 19. The historic telescope was pointed toward a partially eclipsed Moon. Illuminated by dim red lighting to preserve an astronomer’s night vision, telescope controls, coordinate dials, and the refractor’s 57 foot long barrel were captured in this high […]

Cloudy today! With a high of 2C and a low of 2C. 88 Humidity. 1 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds.” – Ruth St. Denis

Shaped like a cone tapering into space, the Earth’s dark central shadow or umbra has a circular cross-section. It’s wider than the Moon at the distance of the Moon’s orbit though. But during the lunar eclipse of November 18/19, part of the Moon remained just outside the umbral shadow. The successive pictures in this composite […]

Mostly Cloudy today! With a high of 1C and a low of 1C. 91 Humidity. 0 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Northeast.

Mounded, luminous clouds of gas and dust glow in this Hubble image of a Herbig-Haro object known as HH 45. via NASA https://ift.tt/3cINMrc