Tag: Stars
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Another Cloud Covered Night for Starwatching
Those Perseids have eluded me again Sigh. I’ll have to wait until next year now! One day – ONE DAY – I WILL get to see them, in person, with my very own eyes! However, coming soon to the skies (around October 7th) are the Draconids, when the constellation of Draco (the Dragon) will be…
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The Perseids… again
Once again, it’s time for us to fly through the Perseid Meteor Shower. The major part of the shower reached its peak earlier today, but there are still some meteors out there that we’ll be passing through again tonight. It’s funny how we only go through them at night, considering we’re all sharing the same…
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The Valentine Nebula
Hidden deep within the Quadrans Muralis constellation lies this tiny tiny nebula. Tiny by nebula standards, but still immense where the Universe is concerned. Some of those stars are hundreds of times larger than our Sun, and they are all light years apart from each other , so you can imagine the size. Made up…
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The Planets Align
Look out into the morning sky this January, and cloud cover permitting, you may get a chance to see – through your own eyes – Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter dotted along the sky. Depending upon the angle at which you manage to see this fabulous array of planets, Saturn should appear in or…
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The man who was almost Batman
He hated the attention. He hated the pointing, the laughter, the jeers, the “Where’s Alfred?” comments. He hated knowing that the latest movie was due for release, as it would all start again, although it had never really gone away. He tried to get away, but was always spotted by someone. He wasn’t a very…
The Mansionic Perspective 