Category: Time
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The Three Marys
I’ve found myself, once again, thinking of Betelgeuse this week. I last wrote about Betelgeuse in my post Night as bright as day? back in January 2011, and the speculation that it is due to go supernova sometime soon. Betelgeuse makes up part of the Winter Triangle, or the Great Southern Triangle, with Sirius and…
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Guess Who?
I was looking through some old photographs the other day, and came across a couple of class group photos, from, I think, the first and third year of secondary school, and then, even earlier from the sunny days of the infants school that I attended. The secondary school photos were both dour and grey (with…
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And?
It’s very strange the information that you come across when looking for something completely unrelated. One thing that I learned tonight, which seems so obvious I don’t know how I hadn’t realised it before, came to me while I was researching something to do with sleep for my post today. I think I must have…
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The First of the ‘Bers
The final third of the year has begun today. The First of the ‘Ber’ months as I call them. I know that winter is just around the corner now. The days are starting to get lighter later, and don’t stay light as long in the evening. The days are still warm at present, with forecasts…
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The Meteorite of 1642
An earth-shattering event – well, not exactly earth-shattering in the true sense of the word – occurred on 4th August 1642. The town of Aldeburgh in Suffolk, England, or Alborow as it was spelled back then, played host to this astronomical escapade. A 4lb meteorite fell from the sky at 5 O’clock – five of…
The Mansionic Perspective 