Prime time for astronomy

Eric, Salinas, CA — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:22:45 GMT

Great party info Alan! And people thought scientists were dull. What a wonderful concept to have so many observatories linked up on the Web to share their beautiful views of space. What a nice thing to celebrate 400 years of Galileo's wonderful little invention, even if he didn't really invent it first. It's so gratifying to see Astronomy gets it just due as people become more interested in it than that creepy astrology nonsense.

In Galileo We Trust!

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Dave F. - Chicago IL — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:36:32 GMT

Awesome!! No doubt that some of these events will help educate the public about light pollution, so that they can save money on their electricity while simultaneously making the stars more visible in urban and suburban areas.

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S.B. Stein E.B. NJ — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:21:46 GMT

I hope that this kind of thing inspires many to take up science research. I hope it also inspires people to think about the future, and where we humans might go when we can explore space.

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L. Ochoa — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:25:13 GMT

How come the position of stars, constellations and galaxies are the same since our sun revolves around the center of our galaxy and our own galaxy also travels in the deep space as well as other galaxies?

[ALAN ADDS: The positions do change ever so slightly, but we don't see the effect because the distance and time scales are so immense.]

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Thomas Ashby, Calgary — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:04:22 GMT

clouds..nothing but clouds !

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bella, new york, new york — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:26:22 GMT

you should write an article on shopping!!

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Elizabeeth Kennick — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:15:24 GMT

4 April 2009 is Yuri's NIght New York celebration: http://www.yurisnightny.net . Advance tix just $16, $25 at door, first 100 guests get ticket for free drink redeemable for Midnight Toast to Yuri. Meet Megan Seals, Teacher in Space, enjoy live performances, DJs, VJs, dancing, late night burlesque until 4am. Doors open 8pm. Prizes for best space-themed costumes! Produced by Space Tourism Society New York, Gemini+Scorpio Events, and Galapagos ArtSpace. Sponsored by SpaceFuture.com, Center for Inquiry, and Space Frontier Foundation.

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lisa willams,mt.vernon,il. — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:01:40 GMT

woo-woo!I love space!

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ccpetersen — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:08:12 GMT

Alan, thanks for putting something up in your blog. I'm astounded that there's so little coverage in the news; when I look at the main news sites online I see news from 2 and 3 days ago, a few headlines about the missile launch and the murders in NY state and incessant bleating about Michelle Obama's wardrobe. Nothing about how millions of people have been stargazing and celebrating 100 hours of Astronomy.

CCPetersen (TheSpacewriter)