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July 21, 2019  

Did You Know That ‘AOC’, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Has An Asteroid Named After Her?

by Anura Guruge

Donald Trump will be SO, SO livid IF he ever finds out.

So don’t tell him. OK? Our secret.

23238 Ocasio-Cortez (2000 WU111)

Click to ENLARGE and study here. Link to original below.

Link to original.

Click to ENLARGE and read here. Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez

This wasn’t recent either! It was named after her c. 2007 — eleven years ahead of her being elected to the United States House of Representatives.

This is pretty impressive stuff. She got this honor, because as a high school senior (aged 18), from Yorktown High School [Yorktown Heights, New York], in 2007, she won second place in the 2007 ‘Intel International Science and Engineering Fair’ for her microbiology project. Wow.

I really don’t know much about her. Did not even suspect this.

Trump will now want Jupiter renamed after him. But, maybe NOT Jupiter. Mars would be more appropriate and it is a GOOD COLOR match.

The asteroid itself had been discovered in 2000 at the Lincoln Laboratory.

A pretty common or garden asteroid in the asteroid belt. Nothing special. Decent size. Just over a mile across. So, not huge, but not tiny either.

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by Anura Guruge

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July 21, 2019  

Apollo 11 Rocket Launch Projected Onto Washington Monument For The 50th Anniversary — Must See Video.

by Anura Guruge

This is pretty special. I wanted to make sure that YOU hadn’t missed it.

Quite a few videos, of varying length, on YouTube. Take your pick.

Bravo. I am impressed. I am cool for my tax dollars to be used for this.

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by Anura Guruge

June 19, 2019  

Summer Solstice 2019 In New Hampshire Will Be At 11:54 am (Eastern) On Friday, June 21.

by Anura Guruge

Click to ENLARGE.

Pretty close to noon this year.
Kind of neat.
Most of us will be able to watch for it.

IF you pay real close attention
you can feel the Earth making the turn!

Plus 

MY LEAST FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR!

Days start getting shorter — and I hate that.

To I, it means Winter is on the way.

11:54 am Eastern in the USA — 15:54 (or 03:54 pm) GMT.

Click to ENLARGE and study.

Last Three Year.


https://nhlifefree.com/2015/06/17/summer-solstice-2015-in-new-hampshire-will-be-on-sunday-june-21-2015-1239-pm-eastern-1639-gmt-fathers-day-also-2/Related Posts:
 Search ‘Solstice’ or ‘Full Moon’ for posts from prior years. 
 Check Category ‘astronomy’.

by Anura Guruge

June 6, 2019  

Jupiter Over New Hampshire: At Its Closest For 2019, Next Week; Largest Moons Visible With Binoculars.

by Anura Guruge

Click to ENLARGE. Base sky map, AS ALWAYS, from neave.com/planetarium/.

Weather Will Permit.

Click to ENLARGE. From: wunderground.com for Central New Hampshire.

Every year, given the orbital dynamics, the Earth and Jupiter are atypically close for a period of around 3-weeks. This year, Jupiter will be closest to Earth next week, i.e., mid-June, 2019.

When it is this close Jupiter is only 365 million miles away. At its furthest it is 601 million miles out. So, that is quite a variance.

It will be so close that you will be able to see Jupiter’s largest satellites with just binoculars. (Jupiter currently has 79 known moons!) Watching Jupiter’s moons is ALWAYS cool and being able to do so with binoculars is a bonus. Much easier than trying to follow them with an ametuer telescope (and trust me, I have).

The weather will cooperate on at least some of the days. So, make sure to check. Showers during the day and still give us cloudless nights.

Enjoy.

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by Anura Guruge

March 18, 2019  

2019 Spring Equinox In New Hampshire: Wednesday, March 20 at 5:58 pm (Eastern); 21:58 Greenwich.

by Anura Guruge

Happy Spring Equinox 2019.

[It is also called the Vernal Equinox
— that being the Latin for ‘Spring’.]

Click to ENLARGE.

I also share with you “Spring“.

Please enjoy.

Sunrise/Sunset for New Hampshire as of the
 2019 Spring Equinox.

Notice that it is NOT EXACTLY 12 hours of sunlight on the Equinox.
That is mainly because we are so good at measuring time.
It has to do with the so called precession of the Earth’s axis.
Our rotation WOBBLES like a spinning top.

From, of course (where else), ‘timeanddate.com‘.

Click to ENLARGE and view here.
Use link below for original.

Click here for the ‘timeanddate.com’ original.

As is my custom let me also please share some
catching ‘Allegories of Spring’.

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by Anura Guruge

January 21, 2019  

January 20, 2019, Blood Red Lunar Eclipse Over Central New Hampshire.

by Anura Guruge

Despite the HUGE storm we had, clouds cleared around 8pm and the moon was visible.

I took this picture, with my Nikon P900 superzoom, 2-minutes after midnight. It was 0°F (-18°C). It was cold and I was standing there WITHOUT a jacket. The cold affected the Nikon more than I! This is probably way outside its operating temperature. (I haven’t checked.) The autofocus was struggling and it was handheld. Hence the blur. To be honest, I didn’t really care. It was just this dim, orange disc. So, this is the best, I have. Enjoy.

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by Anura Guruge

January 19, 2019  

January 20, 2019, Lunar Eclipse Most Likely Obscured In New Hampshire By Clouds.

by Anura Guruge

Click to ENLARGE and study here. From ‘timeanddate.com’. Easy enough to find.

Click to ENLARGE. New Hampshire Forecast, for Sunday night, January 20, 2019, from ‘The Weather Channel’.

I was worried about this. Then I heard about the big storm. That got me more concerned. The eclipse, however, is going to be late. That might help. But, this is just an early heads up. Don’t get your hopes up. You will see a lot about the eclipse on the media, but clouds might be a real problem for us. OK? Sorry.

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 Search ‘eclipse’.

by Anura Guruge

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