Sorry but that is what it's called.
Informative and interesting website recommendations please.
by nicolaou 22 Replies latest jw friends
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Village Idiot
TED Talks on You Tube are also interesting. They cover a wide range of subjects and are relatively short in length. -
OrphanCrow
I love watching the space station move across the sky. Here's when and where to spot it.
Xanthippie:
Me too! I signed up at the NASA site several years ago and I receive email notifications of when the ISS is passing overhead.
I managed to get some good sightings of the ISS when I wasn't living in the midst of city lights - it was quite thrilling to watch it pass overhead - I would stand outside and wave at it!
I had this program installed on my other computer and I loved it:
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
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Xanthippe
OrphanCrow, yes my garden is very dark with very little light pollution. When I first saw the ISS I couldn't believe how bright it is and how fast it moves. -
LisaRose
I have a kindle and get The Washington Post, their articles seem very well researched and much more informative that the usual internet news sources. -
OrphanCrow
When I first saw the ISS I couldn't believe how bright it is and how fast it moves.
Yeah...my most memorable sighting lasted six minutes on a cold, clear winter night in Northern Canada. I could actually see the shape of it as it passed - it wasn't just a light in the sky. I tried to use binoculars but was unsuccessful - that sighting happened when repairs were being done to the outside of the ISS and I wanted to see the guys hanging out there. But, I didn't see anybody - way too hard to do with binoculars.
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jwleaks
As I kid I used to sit in front of the fireplace and read our families 40 year collection of National Geographic magazines. Now, as an adult, I can sit in front of the fireplace and read my National Geographic articles on an iPad.
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Hortensia
I like earthsky.org and slooh.com
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wannabefree
Thanks for the interesting links.
I learned that a comet passed by Jehovah's house yesterday.
http://earthsky.org/todays-image/comet-lovejoy-passing-near-the-pleiades
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talesin
Coursera has free courses from universities all over the world, in every subject. It's an amazing site, and no matter what your interest, you can find something there, from the Uni of Edinburgh to Peking, Johns Hopkins to Yale. It's all free for non-credit status, although if you want credits towards a degree, you can choose to pay.
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