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http://virtualcolony.com/blog Essays on astronomy, microscopy and natural history Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:54:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I haven't seen the moon for a while now because San Francisco has been battered by winter storms for the last several days. Tonight the Moon is waxing on it's way to becoming full by the weekend. As soon as the weather clears, I'll be going out on the sidewalk ... http://virtualcolony.com/blog/2007/05/09/sidewalk-astronomer/ I went for a walk along Ocean Beach today. The sun was shining, the surf was sparkling and it was a truly glorious day. I normally take the mile and a half walk down to the beach through Golden Gate Park, however, today I had to return some ... http://virtualcolony.com/blog/2007/03/03/connected/ I didn't have a chance to do any stargazing last night, however, I was able to do a little stargazing yesterday afternoon. My Coronado Personal Solar Telescope (PST) is always set up on a camera tripod in our dining room ready to check out the star that powers ... http://virtualcolony.com/blog/2007/03/03/day-star/ I am fortunate to live just a couple of blocks from Golden Gate Park, the crown jewel of San Francisco. This park covers nearly 1,017 acres, draws 75,000 visitors each day and is dotted with about half a dozen lakes. One of my favorites is Stow Lake. ... http://virtualcolony.com/blog/2007/03/02/a-drop-of-water/ The skies were clear last night and I took my little Celestron 80-ED Apo refractor telescope over to Polk and Broadway on Russian Hill. This is a great spot for sidewalk astronomy as it's very busy and most people are very friendly and appreciate. I always setup at ... http://virtualcolony.com/blog/2007/03/02/3/