http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGPcjMe6Qlw
Here is a clip about the "astronomy of 2012" - descirbing a bit about the science behind the Mayan prophesy that the Earth will end in 2012, hence the new action movie 2012. My undergraduate degree is in Latin American Studies so I think that the Mayans are a fascinating people.
I liked the clip because it is a fairly understandable discussion of a facet of astronomy which I ha not considered, and it had some good graphics and even some astrophotography of our own galaxy.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Pix from Flickr
This was posted to Flickr in AndyRob's photos, "Astronomy for beginers" - very nice, really detailed. This is the sort of picture I have been trying to take! Not too easy if you do not have the right equipment. I tried to look for the meteor shower last night but it was TOO windy in Boulder. Saw 1 meteor than got SO cold I had to get home.
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