After a quick business meeting and annual election of officers, Donald Rethke (aka "Dr. Flush") gave a wonderful inside look at "Life after liftoff" at the monthly meeting of the Astronomical Society of New Haven. Now retired, Donald spent over 40 years at Hamilton Standard (now Hamilton Sunstrand) engineering enviromental systems, and life support systems for the Lunar … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2008
Memberships to the Connecticut Science Center
The soon to be opened Connecticut Science Center is now offering several different memberships that you may purchase. The Season Pass, and the Premier Membership are now available, and, if you join the Science Center before November 30th, they will give you an extra 3 months as a bonus. What a great Christmas gift idea for anyone who enjoys science! Check out their website for … [Read more...]
Are your Sciurus fattening up?
What bettter way to get rid of your Cucurbita (Pumpkin), than to leave it out for your Sciurus Carolinensis, (grey squirrel) friends. We always leave our pumpkins out on the edge of the woods in the backyard so animals can enjoy them. This squirrel looks like he's packing it on for the upcoming winter months. … [Read more...]
I Love Leaves…..I Hate Leaves.
It's the annual love hate relationship that most homeowners go through, including me. If you have a yard with any trees at all you love the greening of spring. You love the shade that the leaves give in the summer, and you love the colors they give off in the fall. Then it comes..."I HATE LEAVES!" Thousands and thousands of these remnants of summers past invade our lawns, … [Read more...]
Bountiful Block Island
For those of you following my blog, several weeks ago I spent a few days on Block Island doing several videos. I tempted you with a few pictures that I captured while I was working. Well, now I have finally caught up with all of my work, the elections are over, and now I can post some of the best shots of the island. Go the "My Travel Eye" section and click on Block Island. The … [Read more...]
The beauty of a bubble
The weather lately has been extremely good for astrophotography. So, as soon as the ghosts and goblins made their last run at the Milky Way Bars (is there any other candy astronomers give out) that we were giving out, I headed to the backyard to try to get Messier object M 52 (an open cluster) and the Bubble Nebula. Both located very close together in Cassiopeia. While nibbling … [Read more...]