Incredible Pixelated Crop Irrigation Photo

Posted on 06 May 2008

Oh to to be able see in the infra-red! This image is a composite of pivot irrigation systems near Garden City, Kansas is a false-color composite image made using near infrared, red, and green wavelengths. To get the most out of this image you have to click on it and…

Space Telescopes on Google Earth

Posted on 01 May 2008

Continuing my series of posts regarding Google Sky and Google Earth, here is a KMZ file that will let you find some of the prominent and interesting space telescopes and satellites on Google Earth. This file includes real-time position tracking and 1 hour flight paths for 9 different space telescopes and satellites.

10 Most Hilarious Sky Mall Products

Posted on 25 April 2008

If, like me, you’ve been lucky enough to have flown with an airline that stocks the Sky Mall catalogue then you’ll know it’s brilliant. This is a magazine specially designed for people who have been sitting on an aeroplane for hours and have nothing to do. Why else would you buy…

China Satellite Debris in Google Earth

Posted on 21 April 2008

China’s Fengyun 1C satellite, which was destroyed intentionally by China last year, still presents a risk to satellites and other orbiting bodies. I have created a Google Earth file which will let you track the debris in real-time.

Reviewing Comet Holmes

Posted on 18 April 2008

I had a question via email asking about Comet Holmes. I thought that by answering it on the blog, maybe others would also have some questions answered. so, thanks to Marycie for her question.

Comet Holmes was a very dim, and expected comet. Until October last year. During the period…

IYA 2009 Trailer

Posted on 17 April 2008

Trailers seem to be the ‘in thing’ these days. There is a (very long) trailer for the BLAST experiment’s movie somewhere out on the internet. Today, this very nice trailer popped up in my Twitter feed from Stuart at Astronomy Blog. It’s for the International Year of Astronomy, also known…

Top Ten Animals in Space

Posted on 16 April 2008

Many animals have been put into space. Here I list my favourite space critters, including the Orbiting Frogs for which this very blog is named.

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Did Earth Once Have Multiple Moons?

Posted on 11 May 2008

From New Scientist: The ancient catastrophe that gave birth to the Moon may have produced additional satellites that lingered in Earth’s skies for tens of millions of years.read more | digg story

Carnival of Space

Carnival of Space 1st Anniversary

Posted on 01 May 2008

A year of Carnival of Space! Well there you go. Check it out over on the Why Homeschool blog. While you’re there, see if you can tell me why a blog about homeschooling is hosting the Carnival of Space.

News

Orbiting Frog: Recovering

Posted on 07 April 2008

After a brief abuse of my servers by someone or something, I am just about back up and running. Those of you using the 100 Brightest Satellites on Google Earth may have noticed that it’s stopped working. This will be fixed in the next couple of days.

PhD

China Satellite Debris in Google Earth

Posted on 21 April 2008

China’s Fengyun 1C satellite, which was destroyed intentionally by China last year, still presents a risk to satellites and other orbiting bodies. I have created a Google Earth file which will let you track the debris in real-time.

Skynotes

Night Sky Note for May 11, 2008

Posted on 11 May 2008

Tonight: Mother”s DayTonight: The First Quarter Moon is to the west of Regulus and Saturn. Regulus and Saturn are still about 2° apart. Saturn is slowly moving away from the star Regulus. Look for Saturn high in the southwest at dusk.

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Telescopes

Space Telescopes on Google Earth

Posted on 01 May 2008

Continuing my series of posts regarding Google Sky and Google Earth, here is a KMZ file that will let you find some of the prominent and interesting space telescopes and satellites on Google Earth. This file includes real-time position tracking and 1 hour flight paths for 9 different space telescopes and satellites.

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