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On the Blog Post The Night Sky: Comets of 2013
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On the Blog Post The Night Sky: Comets of 2013
Rick Bria
7:26 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Jaimie,
Sadly yes…Tonight is no good…Perhaps Wednesday or Thursday night.Rick
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On the Blog Post The Night Sky: Comets of 2013
Rick Bria
4:20 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
ReplyHi,
The westport astronomical society is near you. Try contacting them. They are a good group of Astro-People. Someone there must know of a good observing site near you.Good Luck... Rick
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On the Blog Post The Night Sky: Perseus, Algol and the California Nebula
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On the Blog Post The Night Sky: Perseus, Algol and the California Nebula
Rick Bria
10:29 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Thanks Joe… I’m with you. If I were looking for planets I wouldn’t check a binary star system… too chaotic. I just read that Uranus and Neptune swapped orbits in the past, Imaging the chaos in a binary star system. The stars in the Kepler-47 binary system must be far apart and the planets close to one of them. I’m sure many discoveries will come out of the Kepler data for years to come. It is very exciting to think of what we’ll learn about planetary systems in general. Steve's question is something a lot of scientists are hoping to ansewer.
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On the Blog Post The Night Sky: Perseus, Algol and the California Nebula
Rick Bria
8:41 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Nightfall… one of my favorite Sci-Fi books! I still have it. I thought it was seven suns but I could be mistaken. Anyway, I was always under the impression that double or multiple star systems would probably NOT have planets.
But the Kepler telescope found two planets in a binary star system, and one planet is in the goldilocks zone!
Google Kepler-47 for info.Be well,
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On the Blog Post The Night Sky: Geminid Meteor Shower-Cygnus
Rick Bria
2:25 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012
Yes, I saw one out the windshield of my car driving near central Greenwich Thursday Night!
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On the Blog Post The Night Sky: Geminid Meteor Shower-Cygnus
Rick Bria
2:25 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012
The best place in this area is Ward Pound Ridge Reservation. See link below.
A parking lot called 'The Meadows' is where the Westchester Astronomers have
their observing sessions.But this Shower is well past its peak...
Rick
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On the Blog Post Me, My Mayan Calendar & I
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On the Blog Post The Night Sky: The Perseid Meteor Shower
Rick Bria
7:57 pm on Sunday, August 26, 2012
For the record, I DO know the difference between there and their. I also know the difference between an error and ignorance. Trolls like Shred should not be allowed to ruin hard work with graffiti from a spray can of prejudice and hatred. This was a blog about science, not about class warfare. Shame on PATCH for not removing this coward’s off topic reply.
Rick Bria
Rick Bria
7:27 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Kenneth,
Try Wednesday or Thursday night… and bundle up…it may be clear on those days.
Rick