Pembrokeshire Astronomer: August 2022

Monday, 29 August 2022

"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge".

“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.”

― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Yesterday's giant prominence was still showing well this morning.

Though it does look as if the maximum was sometime in the hours of darkness last night.

Still, as proms go, this is a beauty.

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SOLAR WARNING

Never look directly at the Sun with the naked eye or with any optic (unless you have the proper solar filter).

Permanent and irreversible eye damage may result.

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“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”

― Carl Sagan, Cosmos