Comments on: Griffith Observatory apparently OK

By: Update on the fire around Mt. Wilson observatory | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:04:58 +0000

[...] That’s not good. Many of the observatory buildings were designed to be fire-resistant, but that doesn’t mean there will be no damage, or no severe damage. It’s just too early to tell. But it looks like the fire will sweep past the observatory sometime later tonight. I just hope it goes through quickly enough that it does minimal damage. I don’t want to see Mt. Wilson go through what Mt. Stromlo did in Australia in 2003. [...]

By: Australia’s new chief scientist | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:42:02 +0000

[...] Cool: An astronomer has just been named as Australia’s new Chief Scientist. Penny Sackett, who ran the rebuilding of the Mt. Stromlo observatory after devastating fires in 2003. [...]

By: Antnie

Antnie — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:13:48 +0000

I found the “Centered in the Universe” show at the Griffith Observatory to be a big disappointment! With all the new information, images, footage from the current mission to Mars, Saturn, Pluto Shuttle missions ect… for a planetarium to show images of a desk and fake twilights emerging from a piece of paper is nothing but theatrics that belong in movie theaters. There is so much fact and good science that could have been presented. They instead choose to fluff up the show with a lot of “There is so much we don’t know yet” to try to amaze us. A great place with a bad show.

By: Russ Brown

Russ Brown — Fri, 11 May 2007 08:43:46 +0000

Great to hear you had such a good time in Oz, Phil. Hope you’ll be making the trip again sometime soon. Come and visit – I’ll buy you a pack of Minties! Now there’s hospitality!

By: Mark Skarr

Mark Skarr — Fri, 11 May 2007 04:50:41 +0000

Are you moving to Colorado or just visiting? I’d love to get a chance to meet the Great Bad Astronomer! (I just can’t aford to make it to TAM.)

By: Chris Ho-Stuart

Chris Ho-Stuart — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:14:39 +0000

Great story; and thanks for a moving obituary for the Mt Stomlo observatory.

Good usage of the vernacular as well…

By: icemith

icemith — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:26:03 +0000

Ooops, even with the best *planing*, the plank is not as the plans required! It may improve with better *planning*. Or better proof-reading!

Sorry for the typo.

Ivan.