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Cosmosphere: May 2012
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Thursday, May 31, 2012. Brad's Sky Stuff - Transit of Venus Tuesday. During most years, Venus would be invisible to Earthlings during the passage, because of the blinding Sun. But on rare occasions, Venus, Earth and the Sun line up so that Venus actually crosses the Sun’s face. With a solar-filtered telescope, Venus is visible as a black disc, taking about 6 hours to cross the Sun. And we hope you will join us! Thursday, May 17, 2012. Brad’s Sky Stuff – Annular Eclipse on Sunday. For Kansans the partial ...
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Cosmosphere: May 2011
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Friday, May 13, 2011. Second Saturday Free Tours. Saturday, May 14, the Cosmososphere is offering guided tours in the Hall of Space at noon, 2 pm and 4 pm These tours are free with your paid admission to the museum. This is the first of a series of “Second Saturday” tour days being offered each month. Bring the family and enjoy this added bonus. Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Endeavour Watch Party Monday Morning. The crew members for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission are Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Grego...
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Cosmosphere: Brad's Sky Stuff
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013. The Year of the Comet. As far as celestial events go, 2013 may very well be a year for the history books. Two comets swing into the inner solar system this year, one next month and the other at the end year. Both comets have the potential to reach naked eye visibility. But the second may be bright enough to view during daylight. What exactly is a comet anyway? The real showstopper comes toward the end of 2013 in Comet ISON. Discovered last fall as a very faint object in the...
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Cosmosphere: March 2013
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Thursday, March 7, 2013. Brad's Sky Stuff - How to See Comet PanSTARRS. Last month, Comet PanSTARRS delighted Southern Hemisphere observers; steadily brightening and forming a wispy forked tail. Now it’s our turn in the Northern Hemisphere as the icy rock swings around the sun into our evening sky. From the middle to the end of March, PanSTARRS skirts low above the western horizon after sunset. Except scan to the lower right of the moon. The comet is visible for about an hour following sunset. Then i...
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Cosmosphere: Brad's Sky Stuff
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Directly above the Hyades you’ll find another star cluster known as the Pleiades. Also called “the seven sisters” the Pleiades are a jewel of the night sky. At a glance these bluish stars look like a fuzzy glob of light. But a closer look reveals individual stars shaped like a small dipper. Binoculars yield the best view of this famous cluster. Tomorrow evening, the 4. You can still catch Jupiter before daybreak also. By that time it will be high in the southwestern sky. Subsc...
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Cosmosphere: How Slow can the SR-71 Fly?
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011. How Slow can the SR-71 Fly? Brian Shul, Retired SR-71 Pilot via Plane and Pilot Magazine, provides an answer. As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the question I'm most often asked is "How fast would that SR-71 fly? So it was with great surprise, when at the end of one of my presentations, someone asked, "What was the slowest you ever flew the Blackbird? And I never did. A year later, Walter and I were having lunch in the Mildenhall Officer's club, and ...
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Cosmosphere: October 2012
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Directly above the Hyades you’ll find another star cluster known as the Pleiades. Also called “the seven sisters” the Pleiades are a jewel of the night sky. At a glance these bluish stars look like a fuzzy glob of light. But a closer look reveals individual stars shaped like a small dipper. Binoculars yield the best view of this famous cluster. Tomorrow evening, the 4. You can still catch Jupiter before daybreak also. By that time it will be high in the southwestern sky.
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Cosmosphere: February 2012
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Monday, February 27, 2012. The Reluctant Blogger: History in 90 Seconds. The countdown of the "Top Ten Most Fascinating Artifacts in the Hall of Space Museum" begins with the Lunasphere from the Soviet Union. This approach would not work. In the end, the list is mine and you are free to argue with it or agree wholeheartedly. I would prefer the latter of course. Friday, February 24, 2012. Awhile a seemingly onerous task brings unexpected clarity. I constantly talk and write about. Monday, February 20, 2012.
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Cosmosphere: Brad’s Sky Stuff – Annular Eclipse on Sunday
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Thursday, May 17, 2012. Brad’s Sky Stuff – Annular Eclipse on Sunday. Welcome to Brad’s Sky Stuff – a place where you can keep up with events that are up there in the sky. If you’re worried about a Supermoon slamming into Earth, don’t be. There is absolutely no danger of such a cataclysmic event. This month’s apogee of the moon occurs on Saturday, May 19 when it is 252,000 miles from Earth. The next day, on Sunday the 20. How does one observe a solar eclipse? It is also possible to safely view a solar ec...
