
Today is the official birth of Linux day even though it wasn’t available yet. While I wasn’t there in the beginning I have been around it over 20 years now.
Continue reading “Happy Anniversary”Howards Astronomical Adventures
Tales From The Night Sky
Today is the official birth of Linux day even though it wasn’t available yet. While I wasn’t there in the beginning I have been around it over 20 years now.
Continue reading “Happy Anniversary”Sadly my timing was off this year as I was planning on a Thursday night trip out to dark skies for the Perseids. This timing would have put my observing after the usual 140 degree λ⊙ peak but still should have been decent activity. Thursday evening I had things packed and ready to roll but things didn’t work out as planned. Mother nature decided to throw a massive storm event over the area.
The infrared satelite image for 2:00am CST Friday morning
At least the cloud out for the meteor shower was not a total loss. My area really needed rain and by Friday morning 3.8 inches had fallen at my place.