Dear Steve, I found it very difficult to respond directly to Gilbert’s Letter XV. His world was very different to ours. If I see something like an unusual bird, I’d want to photograph it, and then use the internet to learn about the bird, in the meantime is hopefully working on its nest. Gilbert’s response,Continue reading “2010 – Letter to Steve XV – From Ants to Stars”
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1981 – Asterisms
At the u3a Stargazing session on Monday, we started talking about Asterisms. Beyond knowing they were something to do with stellar arrangements, and didn’t fully understand what an Asterism was. I didn’t know that I had been looking at them most of my life. There are constellations that I have known for a very longContinue reading “1981 – Asterisms”
1977 – u3a Monday
I call it u3a Monday, because I have a morning and an afternoon session, which always happens on the 4th Monday of the month. The morning session is stargazing. At this group, we gather to talk about what we have all done over the last month, what events are scheduled in the month ahead, andContinue reading “1977 – u3a Monday”