I’ve just left the Florida Fringe Festival, 2012 held in Central Florida, juts a stone’s throw from the Kennedy Space Center. While the headline might make you think otherwise, the masks are used to measure a telescope mirror’s parabolic curve with a Focoult test, while the fringes are actually inerference patterns used to determine surface [...]

Wonderful video - Video: Keck in Motion | W. M. Keck Observatory.

Gone with the grind; RIT student puts new spin on telescope mirrors – RIT News.

OK, OK, my dedicated readers keep bugging me about this stagnant blog. It’s been tough ya know, juggling a new job and all, but here’s the scoop; next week I’m heading to the Florida Fringe Festival (F3), a weekend telescope makers’ get-together an hour north of Cape Canaveral. I’m planning on submitting an article on [...]

By Ally B (10), Chloe R (8), Avery W (10), Emma W (9) & Isabel M (9) This week at Medomak Family Camp, we made Fliskits rockets out of paper. We made all the parts mostly with glue, tape and clay. Were using real engines with engine fuel. They will shoot up and the top [...]