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The ISS toilet working or not, just as a humorous note some of those beautiful meteors we see in the night sky as many of you know, but for anyone who doesn't , they very well might be solid waste ejected from the ISS for burning up as it enters our atmosphere. Yes poopy meteors. Not all human waste...

BMAONE23, Your right in saying the second of two full moons in one month is the Blue Moon, except it happens every 2.72 years. If it happened in February Leap Year thats 28 days from the 1st to the 29th. In sidereal time with respect to the still stars the moons orbit is 27.3 days. But, the moon pha...

Case, I have to ask, it seem by the way you described you viewing experience that you were at Goldendale. It sounded that way by the description of rural, and wind, and the list of favorate objects popular for public sharing. Just curious. Hope you enjoyed it. I spent 4-5 months there. Dark Clear Sk...

For TA152HO, Get yourself a decent telescope, dont need to spend an enormious amount if it's your first. Get a reflector like a dob at least or a newtonian on a equatorial mount in case you like it enough and it seems like you do, so you can track and maybe get a CCD and save/share images, actually ...

So if there is intelligent life oh say another million years distant a million years from now will they see it if its bright enough to travel that far? Now I know if we travel that direction the speed of light the light will still pass us the speed of light so I know we cant catch up with it, even i...

Hello AJ, I know its late as your post is almost 4 months ago. I was curious about the Celestron Nexstar 114 GT tracking performance. I do about the same thing ( Astrophotography ) up in the Northwest on Marrowstone Island northwest of Seattle very near Port Townsend Wa. I used different equipment, ...

I thought a Blue Moon was two full moons in any calander month. We had two full moons ( a Blue Moon ) in June 2007. There may be different beliefs on this, But I spent a half year living and working at the Goldendale Observatory, and the town of Goldendale celebrated this event while I was there. Ma...