Author Archives: claremcdaniel

Unaccountable Freak: A Story of Halley’s Comet

Posted on April 9, 2014 by claremcdaniel

I’ve been interested in Halley’s comet for a long time. Something about the fact that it always come back, and the times when it will are so utterly predictable while being huge in terms of human conceptions of time, has … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Ganymede Has a Hidden Ocean, and I Think That’s So Cool

Posted on April 9, 2014 by claremcdaniel

Ganymede is my personal favorite moon (sorry, Luna) because it has a hidden ocean inside of it, and I cannot get over that! I mean, sandwiched in between an external layer of icy matters and the core is an entire … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know: Bismuth Edition

Posted on March 17, 2014 by claremcdaniel

Bismuth, a very neat looking little element, is one of those things in life that went largely unrecognized for a long time, until the world wised up and started to take notice. I like that, because it means bismuth was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hipster Lens Flare–From Whence Do They Come?

Posted on February 17, 2014 by claremcdaniel

This photo shows a pretty typical example of a lens flare. In chapter 5, we cover light, the visible spectrum, the three basic type of light, how it moves and bends and what can bend it. Lens flares are a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 9, 2014 by claremcdaniel

My chosen historical astronomer was Galileo Galilei. He was born in 1564, died in 1642, and in between, he was raising hell (at least according to the Roman Catholic church). During Galileo’s lifetime, Guiliano Caccini’s “Euridice” premiered in Florence in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Very First Post

Posted on January 12, 2014 by claremcdaniel

Hi y’all. Dr. Grundstrom left the prompt for this introductory post mostly open-ended, so I assume I’ve been given free rein to say what I please. I’m Clare, and this is my blog for Astronomy 201: The Solar System, taught … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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