Comments on: Back from Dixie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:35:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ron Weber http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/comment-page-1/#comment-23257 Ron Weber Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:52:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/#comment-23257 Want more stereo Mars? http://www.marsunearthed.com/index.html Want more stereo Mars?

http://www.marsunearthed.com/index.html

]]> By: Confuddled http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/comment-page-1/#comment-23256 Confuddled Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:52:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/#comment-23256 I hope you've had a nice trip. In the mean while, listen to what the eggs have to say http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/eggsong I hope you’ve had a nice trip.

In the mean while, listen to what the eggs have to say

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/eggsong

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/comment-page-1/#comment-23255 Gary Ansorge Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:52:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/#comment-23255 Missed you over the weekend. Glad you're back. Didn't know Doc Pournelle had his own web site. Cool! GAry 7 Missed you over the weekend. Glad you’re back. Didn’t know Doc Pournelle had his own web site. Cool!

GAry 7

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/comment-page-1/#comment-23252 The Bad Astronomer Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:55:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/#comment-23252 Oops, yeah, some cutting and pasting must have gone awry. I fixed it. Thanks! Oops, yeah, some cutting and pasting must have gone awry. I fixed it. Thanks!

]]> By: SomeGuy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/comment-page-1/#comment-23254 SomeGuy Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:12:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/#comment-23254 The link to the Pontchartrain Astronomical Society is wrong. Did you mean this one? <a href="http://www.pasnola.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pasnola.org/</a> - B) The link to the Pontchartrain Astronomical Society is wrong.

Did you mean this one?
http://www.pasnola.org/

- B)

]]> By: Infophile http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/comment-page-1/#comment-23253 Infophile Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:05:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/11/05/back-from-dixie/#comment-23253 <blockquote>Oh, one more thing: on Wednesday, Mercury will transit the face of the Sun. This is relatively rare, happening roughly a dozen times a century. I’ll have more tomorrow, with some links to live webcasts and such. The San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers’ page is a good place to start though.</blockquote> Ugh, I guess this means we're going to have a bunch of wackoes pop up and claim this marks the end of world, or maybe "Mercury will be as big as the Moon." Well, I'll keep my BA references handy in case I run into any.

Oh, one more thing: on Wednesday, Mercury will transit the face of the Sun. This is relatively rare, happening roughly a dozen times a century. I’ll have more tomorrow, with some links to live webcasts and such. The San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers’ page is a good place to start though.

Ugh, I guess this means we’re going to have a bunch of wackoes pop up and claim this marks the end of world, or maybe “Mercury will be as big as the Moon.” Well, I’ll keep my BA references handy in case I run into any.

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