The Moon passes Venus on the route down
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One More Device
Becoming aware of the nearest stars is an event that makes the blood tingle; it is like emerging from a hole in the ground. Continue reading “One More Device”
Saturn’s 2017 opposition
The undark nights of summer
For most of June, and into July, the Sun is so far north in the sky that it doesn’t get much below our horizon.
Peter the Great on the banks of the Thames
Tsar Peter was uncommonly tall, but I didn’t know he was this much taller than me.
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The sky scene, May 30 evening
The evening sky is still almost uninhabited by planets.
The rescue boats of Dunkirk
I came upon this spectacle by sheer luck, though it’s only five hundred yards from my door.
Yet again the need for Approval Voting
I’ve received my postal ballot, in advance of the June 8 British election. As with so many elections, it demonstrates, glaringly, Continue reading “Yet again the need for Approval Voting”
Lost comments
Some comments that readers made a while ago have become “unapproved,” Continue reading “Lost comments”
More devices: the Star Bottle and others
Device One was the portable flexible planisphere, which I wanted to call the Star Hat Continue reading “More devices: the Star Bottle and others”