Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Two Satellites Spotted Pre-Dawn

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  I was out with Guapo the dog at 5:28 am EST on November 12, 2024.  I looked up and first saw one satellite moving from South to North.  Th...
Friday, November 8, 2024

Using a Photomultiplier THERMATRON to Detect Single Photons

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I've been a fan of Jeroen's YouTube channel for a while now.  He has a very nice approach, combining theoretical knowlege with pract...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Progress Report Video on the SolderSmoke Shack South

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The new shack is coming together in HI7 land.   I will need a shelf for the test gear -- I am looking for something thatcan sit on the main ...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope -- Background Video and Update Article

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The Scientific American video (above) has some really interesting info on how they built the JWST and what its capabilities are.  For exampl...
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Friday, August 5, 2022

SolderSmoke Podcast #239: Hex DX, VFO Temp Comp, DC RX, Polyakov!, DX-100, Wireless Set, Farhan's "Daylight Again" HDR rig, MAILBAG

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N2CQR Hex Beam Aimed at Europe SolderSmoke #239 is available for download:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke239.mp3 TRAVELOGUE :   James...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

James Webb Telescope's Deep Field -- What Would Be Behind A Grain of Sand Held at Arms Length. Click on the Picture

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  NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s Fi...
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Sunday, February 6, 2022

NASA Video of Moon Orbiting Earth (Looks Fake, but Is Real)

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https://scitechdaily.com/this-is-real-nasa-camera-a-million-miles-away-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth/
Saturday, December 25, 2021

A Nice Christmas Gift Out of French Guiana -- The Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope

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  A nice Christmas present from NASA and ESA on the screen early on Christmas morning.   Track Webb Telescope's progress here:  https://...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Homebrew Tiny Space Telescopes from the Netherlands

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It is good every once in a while to step back from our electronic work benches and take a look at what other kinds of builders are making.  ...
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Looking for the Apollo 10 Lunar Module

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https://www.universetoday.com/142505/apollo-10s-snoopy-lunar-lander-may-have-been-found-in-space/?fbclid=IwAR3xwZowaqKwpK46DXW6u_LbfVu_Co86k...
Monday, December 21, 2020

Observations from the Mars 2020 Opposition

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  These are some of the drawings that I made during the Mars 2020 opposition. I would go out to my back porch with my 6 inch Dobsonian Newto...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

SolderSmoke Podcast #227: Solar System, SDR, Simple SSB, HA-600A, BITX17, Nesting Moxons? Mailbag

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SolderSmoke Podcast #227 is available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke227.mp3 Travelogue Mars is moving away.  Jupiter and Saturn clos...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Mars is BACK! 2020 Opposition! Don't Miss it!

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2004  Sometimes waking up a bit earlier when the sunrise is coming later leads you to some interesting things.   It was quite humid ...
Monday, February 10, 2020

Volcano Light in Chile

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This popped up on Twitter today.  It is from 2018 -- the Villarrica volcano in Chile.   Interesting shot. The label said it was taken d...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Aeronautical Mobile Contact from the Dominican Republic

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767 On the morning of January 9, 2020, I was up early, sitting alone out in my open-air tropical hamshack on Bahia Rincon on the Samana ...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Transit of Mercury, 11 November 2019, and a Transit of Venus and Some Sunspots from 2012

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Above:  Transit of Mercury, November 11, 2019 as I saw it from Northern Virginia using a 4.5 inch reflector with image projected onto a...
Friday, April 26, 2019

Nobel Prize winner Joe Taylor, K1JT, Talks to a Radio Club

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Really great to see this session with Nobel Prize winner Joe Taylor, K1JT. I liked his comments on his use of his retirement office at Pr...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

Big New Telescopes

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https://qz.com/1362650/the-latest-in-a-new-generation-of-giant-telescopes-broke-ground/
Friday, June 29, 2018

Two Videos from Other Kinds of Workshops -- Dobson Makes a Telescope, Peter Builds an Airplane

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dobson_(amateur_astronomer) Above you can watch a video showing the legendary John Dobson making a big...
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

ANOTHER Nobel Prize Winner with THE KNACK

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When I heard that the guys who ran the LIGO gravitation wave experiment won this year's Nobel Prize for physics, something told me th...
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