Comments on: 100 hours of astronomy! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/ 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. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:11:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 100 Hours of Astronomy! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-171724 100 Hours of Astronomy! Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:59:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/#comment-171724 [...] if your kids love astronomy, like mine do! Astronomers around the world have been organizing 100 hours of astronomy activities for the public! And if you’ve missed the beginning, it’s not quite done yet [...] [...] if your kids love astronomy, like mine do! Astronomers around the world have been organizing 100 hours of astronomy activities for the public! And if you’ve missed the beginning, it’s not quite done yet [...]

]]> By: Blizno http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-171702 Blizno Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:55:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/#comment-171702 A gay marriage story gets two hundred responses while an earlier, serious astronomy story gets only a dozen responses, including mine? We've already beaten the marriage issue to death. Let's explore the universe, shall we? Looking inward, we see blood and bowels. Looking outward we see.....everything! A gay marriage story gets two hundred responses while an earlier, serious astronomy story gets only a dozen responses, including mine?

We’ve already beaten the marriage issue to death.
Let’s explore the universe, shall we? Looking inward, we see blood and bowels. Looking outward we see…..everything!

]]> By: Jack Mitcham http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-171471 Jack Mitcham Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:33:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/#comment-171471 I really wish it wasn't so cloudy. There's a star party about 1 mile from my house at the local community college, but I doubt they're having it when it's completely overcast. I really wish it wasn’t so cloudy. There’s a star party about 1 mile from my house at the local community college, but I doubt they’re having it when it’s completely overcast.

]]> By: Scott Kardel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-171375 Scott Kardel Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:18:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/#comment-171375 We are primed and ready at Palomar to end the show Saturday morning at 1:40 am PDT (8:40 UT). It should be fun. We are primed and ready at Palomar to end the show Saturday morning at 1:40 am PDT (8:40 UT). It should be fun.

]]> By: lisaleese http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-171271 lisaleese Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:53:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/#comment-171271 Phil - just saw you make a cameo on the broadcast in the introductory video for the Swift telescope! Phil – just saw you make a cameo on the broadcast in the introductory video for the Swift telescope!

]]> By: Nemo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-171264 Nemo Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:44:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/#comment-171264 I wouldn't say you missed it -- you mentioned it and linked to it in "A million galaxies in a hundred hours". I wouldn’t say you missed it — you mentioned it and linked to it in “A million galaxies in a hundred hours”.

]]> By: Brenda http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-171248 Brenda Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:11:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/03/100-hours-of-astronomy/#comment-171248 Canada Post chose this week to issue its new IYA commemorative stamps: http://victoria.rasc.ca/events/iya2009/archive/2009.04.02-IYAstamps.htm Canada Post chose this week to issue its new IYA commemorative stamps:

http://victoria.rasc.ca/events/iya2009/archive/2009.04.02-IYAstamps.htm

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