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Musical ramblings from the manager

AstroCal – February 2024

       Has winter finally descended  upon us as of February 1, 2024?  As this is being written, the first true winter-like weather is finally blanketing the Ontonagon area with enough snow to finally cover the mower lines still visible in neighboring yards.  According to Keweenaw Reports, the last time the Copper Country had this little […]

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From the Vaults: The Moon

       The power of the internet is revealed in the things people post and repost without actually considering the source.  I recently saw a post where someone cited NASA astronaut (and second human to walk on the Moon) Buzz Aldrin’s inclusion in Transformers – The Dark Side of the Moon movie (2011) as a kind […]

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FTV: How Did That Happen?

Growing up, we had dogs for more years than we did not. The first one I remember was a purebred Black Lab named Duke. I learned later that ‘Duke’ was a shortened version of his full name that sounded more like a loyal English subject of high ranking, but neither my mother or father could […]

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AstroCal – January 2024

Happy New Year! You can begin your observing for the new year in the early morning hours of January 1 – 40 minutes before sunrise -4.0 magnitude Venus will be shining brightly in the SE. Venus will be at superior conjunction on the far side of the Sun on June 4 so we will see […]

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