sparkle shower

it's getting to be that time of the year again, time to turn our gazes skyward, catching the celestial dust storm in full swing. The leonid meteor shower is coming up soon. you can expect to see about 40 shooting sparks per minute from north american viewing points. you can learn all about when to watch here

in other news that is close to my interstellar oregon heart... no more dark skies. how many stars can you see at night when you look up? if you live where i live now....you know its like 6 on any given night. that's inexcusable. well the dark-sky movement is here to help. they are an anti light-pollution group, advocating responsible lighting to reduce light pollution into the night and wasting of power. you can check out darksky.org or you can learn all about it really quickly at one of my very favorite blogs about the cosmos. check out alan boyle's cosmic log

what's your favorite star gazing memory?------->