January 2012
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January 31 sky event: Asteroid Eros passes within...
On Tuesday, January 31, asteroid 433 Eros will come closer to Earth than it has in 37 years, traveling across the night sky in the constellations Leo, Sextans and Hydra. At its closest pass of 16.6 million miles (26.7 million km) the relatively bright 21-mile (34-km) -wide asteroid will be visible with even modest backyard telescopes, approaching magnitude 8, possibly even 7. It hasn’t come this...
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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is...
– Oscar Wilde (via firstlinedreamer)
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In the field of observation, chance favours only the prepared mind.
– Louis Pasteur
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In January 2012 the Royal Academy of Arts will showcase the first major exhibition of new landscape works by David Hockney RA. Featuring vivid paintings inspired by the East Yorkshire landscape, these large-scale works have been created especially for the galleries at the Royal Academy of Arts. ‘David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture’ will span a 50 year period to demonstrate Hockney’s...