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Diário do Nordeste

FENÔMENO ASTRONÔMICO (19/2/2010)
Ceará é ponto de observação

Ceara back to the point of observation of scientists. This time, the phenomenon being examined is the occultation of a star by Planetoide Varuna, which orbits beyond [...]

On Wednesday night, February 17th, Breno & I were to met Dennis and other CASF members at the observatory of the high school where he teaches, the Colégio Christus.
On the way to the school, we stopped at a restaurant to pick up Dennis, and briefly met one of the three teams representing the Paris Observatory.
 
We [...]

I’ve been busy the past week…
Arrived in Fortaleza about 7:30 on Tuesday (2/16/10) evening and I was met by 7 members of the Clube de Astronomia de Fortaleza. Three club members joined me for dinner after a quick stop at the Holiday Inn to check in and freshen up after 21 hours of travel.
 
I met [...]

Well, here I am in the Aeroporto International de San Paulo. I upgraded my seat to Economy Plus and it was somewhat comfortable, certainly better than the back of the plane that the crew calls ‘The Village’.
I slept for about 2/3 of the 10 hour flight.
It’s now 11:30am and my flight to Fortaleza leaves in [...]

Well, it’s off to Brazil tomorrow on another research expedition to help characterize the minor planet 20000 Varuna. It’ll be visible to us in Gemini just after twilight, or rather it’s shadow will be visible as it occults GSC 1914:301 on Friday night, 23:06UT. I’m still packing so not much time to write now, but [...]

OK, I realize it’s been a while since I posted. I started this blog with the good intentions of posting something once a week, and I have failed. Why? Because I’ve got so many projects going on, and first on that list is finding a full-time job.
I’m happy to share with you a list of [...]

Hoping some readers will join me at the ATMob Observatory to record the occultation by asteroid Ekard. We’re setting up at 4:30.

details at: http://asteroidoccultations.com/2009_11/1108_694_18126.htm

My apologies if you tried to visit here from about 3pm EST Friday to 11am Saturday and found a blank page. I was doing a WordPress upgrade and well, it failed. Thanks to great support from Jennifer at Bizland, my web host of many years, everything’s back up now except for some links and a [...]

I have a good friend – we’ve been buddies for about 5 years now, and his name is Fred. Some of you who are at least my age might remember him from television as Doctor Fred the Weatherman on WNAC-TV Channel 7 in Boston.
Today Dr. Fred is a forensic meteorologist, which his late friend Norm [...]

UPDATE 10.29.09: Although my intentions were pure, I’ve taken down the link because of security concerns. The KML overlay of world-wide observatories on Google Earth is no longer publicly available. If you wish your observatory to be listed in the IAU Minor Planet Center database, or if you wish to correct or obscure the exact [...]