astropixie

the weather finally broke tonight so we could come up to the summit of mauna kea .... woohoo! after driving along the 4-wheel drive only di...

not much to report from mauna kea.... because i'm not on the summit :( i'm stuck at hale pohaku, where visiting astronomers sleep a...

there is a kona coffee festival (world famous, apparently) going on right now that started yesterday!! i'm a big fan of good coffee, ...

what if....

i dont like waking up early, but luckily this sunday night, i'll be up all night anyway at the gemini-n telescope! everyone else.... if...

if youre looking to find some new resources for interesting material about any topic.... or just want to kill time surfin the web... check o...

today was a long travel day, but i've arrived in HAWAII (!!!) safe and happy. it was nice to take a whole day off of work to read my bo...

a friend made the hat many years ago and gave it to me about two years ago with the promise that i would wear it! so this year i made the r...

comet 17p/holmes looks great in the evening sky! night by night it looks more like an extended smudge and less like a point-like star. som...