Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Good Luck, Good Health, Good Cheer,
Happy New Year!

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

RIP Comet ISON

Comet Ison like Icarus, flew too close to the sun.

Comet ISON, imaged by longtime amateur astrophotograper Damian Peach in the U.K. He used a 4-inch f/5 telescope for 12 minutes of combined exposures on November 15th. Credit: Damian Peach / SkyandTelescope.com / National Geographic




Sunday, April 28, 2013

Earth's Moon Selene, from the Edge of Space

Photograph by NASA Earth Observatory taken above 21.5°N, 113.3°E by International Space Station crew Expedition 13, on July 20, 2006 over the South China Sea.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Earth's Moon Selene wobbles!


Geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2011, at hourly intervals.

For more information, visit nasa.gov/

Monday, November 26, 2012

Just Started Using KompoZer

Just needed something to do some simple editing on an existing html page. I would typically have used Dreamweaver. But, having booted in the Ubuntu Linux environment, I looked for an alternative. Quanta Plus 3.5 looked promising but it wasn't in my Ubuntu Software Centre, so I downloaded KompoZer instead. It seemed to have similar features.


I haven't really tested it of course. Just that one job. So far so good. I preferred at least one of  KompoZer's split coding/design features better than Dreamweaver's. Hopefully, as I keep using it, it will keep on making as good an impression.