Did you see this in the sky tonight? Well, not this exactly. This picture was taken with a high powered telescope. It looks more like a huge star with the naked eye. If you missed it, you can still look for it tomorrow night.
Get ready for the night of the comet.
Comet Lulin, a strange, backward-traveling, greenish-hued ball of ice and gas, will make its closest approach to Earth on the evening of Monday, Feb. 23.
It'll still be 38 million miles away, but should be visible with the naked eye in dark locations, and with binoculars or a telescope in more lit-up locations.
Skygazers in North America should look to the west-southwest, where Lulin will be just a bit to the right of Saturn, between the constellations of Virgo and Leo.
This week will probably be humanity's only chance to see Lulin, which was discovered in 2007 by Chinese and Taiwanese astronomers. The comet appears to be on its way out of the solar system for good
(taken from FOXNews.com)
Monday, February 23, 2009
Comet Lulin
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Fun in the snow
The kids wanted to play in the snow today so we thought we'd head up to Oak Glen and see if we could find a good spot. We ended up at Los Rios Ranch, the only place we came across that had a good amount of snow and was open to the public.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
The Living Desert
Kyle's class and a few others went to The Living Desert this past Wednesday. I didn't get to go as a chaperone this time but Ernie did so we were able to get some pictures. I was a little disappointed because I have gone on every field trip since Kyle was in kindergarten, but a last minute notice from the school and being short staffed at work that day prevented me from going.
If you live in the area and haven't been there before, it's a really neat place to visit. It's a zoo of desert animals and plants on a very large piece of property and you can easily spend an entire day there. Because the temperature during the summer months can get into the 110s, I would recommend taking alot of cold water with you if you go during that time of the year.
