Multiple Images of a Solar Eclipse
2017-08-07 – It was probably 1994. I don’t know that for sure, but when I look for partial solar eclipses in the Chicago area, May 10, 1994. I was working […]
Tag Archives: Astronomy
Tonight’s Super Moon Celebrates the Anniversary of EightOh9
2014-08-10 – Yesterday was the second anniversary of the current version of my EightOh9 blog. My original blog started on January 22, 2004. But after three years, some family events […]
Phases of the ISS
2013-11-14 – I am on a mailing list to receive notices of when the International Space Station will be visible from where I live. The ISS is generally visible for […]
Asteroid Fall
2013-02-17 – The rock that fell in Russia the other day—I’m glad it didn’t fall on my head. But folks are talking about asteroids as the greatest ignored threat that […]
Present at the Dawn
2013-01-21 – I am very aware of seasonal changes in the sky. I walk to the train every morning and the first part of my walk goes through a park […]
Modern Stonehenge
2012-09-14 – The folks crossing Madison Street this morning in Chicago were squinting when they looked toward the east for cars. With barely a week to go before the […]
The Morning Star
2012-08-20 – On the Jewish calendar, this is the month of Elul. I don’t really keep track of Jewish months in the same way that I know, every day, what […]
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