Category: Astronomy
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A few more cold days. Then analyzing the chance of snow on Friday night.
We are into day 2 of our first cold snap of the winter. Watch for frost and black ice. Also, if you have a clear view of the horizon (ie. not encumbered by Mt. Arrowsmith or fog) check out the moon before the sun rises! And if you can’t, then do the next best thing…
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Heat Warning Ended – Go Catch Mars before the clouds come.
Environment Canada just ended the Heat Warning that has been in place for a very long time. And the strong southerly wind that is blowing right now is not only a good indication of the change in weather to come, but it might just blow away the smokey skies we have had to deal with…
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Winter Solstice right…. NOW! Happy Winter! Possible Strait Effect Snow on East Coast Friday
Winter Solstice occurred exactly when this post was published, at 8:28AM Pacific Time. Happy First day of Winter! Yesterday was the shortest day of the year… it’s all good, expanding hours, of sunshine from now to summer! 🙂 But that’s not the only reason for this post. We may see strait effect snow start up…
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FAREWELL CASSINI – And Toy Run Weekend
For every science and space geek out there, there is really only one thing of importance happening today…. actually… that has already happened… today. The fiery end of the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn. It burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere in about 3:30AM PST this morning… and in the process delivered the first data ever directly…
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Cereal Box Eclipse viewer! Eclipse Starts 9:08, Max 10:19, End 11:35
Update: Well it is getting to be almost over. I was lucky enough to see it through official University of Toronto (??) glasses directly. Though even with the glasses my eyes feel tired. But I think the coolest way to see it was on the ground through the leaves of a tree! https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/899683852452376576 And on…