Archive for September 22nd, 2006

Midseason autumnal equinox

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So on Saturday September 23rd at 04:03 a.m. (or Friday night at 9:03 p.m. for me in the Pacific time zone) the Sun will cross from the northern celestial hemisphere to the southern one, and most people will say it’s the start of autumn in the northern hemisphere.

I don’t say that, I say it’s the middle of autumn. But I have to explain this four times every fracking year, so instead of saying it again I’ll just point you to the blog entry I wrote in the spring about seasons and equinoxes and eggs.

Tip o’ the artist’s beret to BABloggee Steve Kluge for the great diagram!

September 22nd, 2006 4:52 PM by Phil Plait in About this blog, Astronomy, Cool stuff, Science | 28 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >

Holy… well, holy something.

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For your Friday amusement:

Best.

Pareidolia.

Evah.

Via Pharyngula. Please keep the comments clean, folks.

Update (mar 26 2008): The link has been updated, since the old one is now 404.

September 22nd, 2006 11:52 AM by Phil Plait in Antiscience, Cool stuff, Debunking, Humor, Skepticism, Time Sink | 45 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >

East Bay Skeptics

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On Monday at 6:30 p.m. I’ll be in Oakland, California talking Bad Astronomy smack to the Bay Area Skeptics. You can get more info on my calendar page or on the the BAS page for the talk. I’m pretty sure it’s free, but then, you get what you pay for.

September 22nd, 2006 10:22 AM by Phil Plait in Antiscience, Astronomy, Cool stuff, Piece of mind, Rant, Science, Skepticism | 3 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >