Turned in my last assignment tonight for Astronomy Lab and spent some time talking with Professor Haxton while he was monitoring the others who were making up missed labs. Now it's just a matter of waiting for the college to post the grades for the semester (sometime next week, I hope) and I'll have almost officially ended my time at Howard ( Read more... )

On the writing front, I finished the review of the edits for Redshift yesterday, typed up my notes, retyped a few entries to make them semi-coherent and sent them off to Marco. Now, it's just a matter of waiting until the book comes out in October ( Read more... )

Last night was one of the first times we've been able to go outside when it was warm enough to enjoy using the telescopes. We set up the 8" Dobsian scopes on the plaza outside the class area and waited for it to get dark enough to really see the stars ( Read more... )

Well, I had my second test in Astronomy tonight. Tell the truth, I have no clue how I did. The test was strictly from the book. There was no reason for me to have taken notes the past few weeks, which is frustrating, since I tend to rely on my notes primarily. (My history professors never used the book. If you missed lecture, you were at sea ( Read more... )

OK, I've always thought myself a little jaded when it comes to the realm of space. I am after all a child of the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo years and remember watching Neil Armstrong take those first steps on the moon a few days after my tenth birthday. I remember rovers when they weren't little computerized buggies running around on Mars and Skylab ( Read more... )

The day started out weirdly enough. We were getting school cancellations and workplaces asking people not to come in before a certain time (due to the two inches of snow we got). Got to love Maryland. So, since the place I work as a contractor had specifically said, Do NOT come to work before 9:00am (presumably so they could plow the powder-dry ( Read more... )

Had my second session of the Astronomy Lab. The professor did a great job of explaining how to find the constellations with the naked eye tonight. However, being in the classroom wasn't all he had in mind. So, the class trundled outside this evening and took the elevator to the top of the campus parking garage ( Read more... )