telescope

Eclipses And The Southern Cross – Australia Day 2009

by podblack on January 26, 2009

For February Scientiae – “your ideas, your dreams and your work toward a better, more equitable society”. It’s Australia Day. Today I’m going to be celebrating by doing some actual stargazing at the Southern Cross – during a solar eclipse, funnily enough! As noticed by the ‘Hoyden About Town’ blog, the Australian of the Year [...]

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Little Kitten – Seriously SETI!

by podblack on April 2, 2008

I love SETI. I still allow my computers (SETI@home) to merrily search for extra-terrestrials (or any useful items they might pick up whilst crunching away during down-time) after installing the program a few years back. It might not be Ellie of Contact, but eh. Does its part. And here’s a great video, just released! Is [...]

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A Day of Visions

by podblack on November 5, 2007

Today, I got the final confirmation of my thesis – all cleared by the ethics committee. I’m on my way. There were a few items in the news that caught my attention, but I have a particular fondness for telescopes. This began with my first tertiary science unit, where we were given random challenges – [...]

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