"A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge." -Carl Sagan
Friday, July 6, 2007
Get out your Telescopes
Fun for backyard observers:
Jupiter is Changing its Stripes Right in Front of Our Eyes
It always pays to keep an eye on Jupiter. According to posters at astronomy forums, these disruptions are visible in medium size telescope. My back is still a bit too tender to risk lugging my SCT (a C-8, made in Celestron's 'PowerStar' era) into the back yard, but I should be able to do so in a few days.
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