Okay, that word makes me giggle. Quasquicentennial. It means 125 years, and that’s how old the McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia is on April 13 (tomorrow)! Many people know it on Grounds as that dome on O-Hill if they’ve hiked or run the trails back there. Other students have been there for aContinue reading “UVa’s McCormick Observatory Celebrates Quasquicentennial!”
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Astronomical Tales to be Told!
So, I just finished watching, and being very entertained by, “The Pluto Files,” a NOVA special by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Go watch it. Seriously! I’ll wait… There was a part where Clyde Tombaugh’s son was showing off some of his father’s homemade telescopes, including one that had an axle of a Buick. And I thought,Continue reading “Astronomical Tales to be Told!”
Ruby Payne-Scott, pioneer of Radio Astronomy
In celebration of Ada Lovelace Day, where bloggers have pledged to write about their favorite woman in technology, I am compelled to share a little bit of the story of Ruby Payne-Scott. It is only in the last few years, due in large part to NRAO scientist Miller Goss, that her great story has comeContinue reading “Ruby Payne-Scott, pioneer of Radio Astronomy”