http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/education/tomorrow-the-stars-im-not-waiting/ Photos and Front Porch Musing from Floyd County Virginia Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:46:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/education/tomorrow-the-stars-im-not-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-92897 Lisa Uotinen Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:16:30 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=8835#comment-92897 Wow, those photos got my attention! Enjoying Slow Road Home very much; about one third of the way through. Thank you!

]]> http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/education/tomorrow-the-stars-im-not-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-92882 fletch Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:05:15 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=8835#comment-92882 You might be interested in app called Google Skymap. Not sure if it’s available on iStuff but if not there is probably an equivalent and better app. You simply hold your smartphone up to the sky and it shows graphically the names of the stars, planets, constellations that are on the other side of the phone. It’s a great educational tool and you no longer have to wonder if that bright dot is Jupiter, Mars, or a Boeing. I located the Hubble Deep Field by accident while perusing the Big Dipper. This field is the darkest area of space from Earth, but Hubble found up to 3000 galaxies in this darkest region.
There’s also an app that tracks the ISS and alerts you when it’s about to fly overhead, so you can step out and see the bright white dot race over and wave hello.

]]> http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/education/tomorrow-the-stars-im-not-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-92864 Chris Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:08:24 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=8835#comment-92864 ProCreating? Thanks for that link, nice images.

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