Happy Valentine’s Day
A Happy Valentine’s day to all my readers. I hope you all have someone to hug.
astronomy
Video (in Spanish) about star tourism on La Palma
La Palma’s tourist board has released this video about astro tourism on the island: Turismo de las Estrellas
Astronomical viewpoint at La Muralla
The astronomical viewpoint in Tijarafe is now open. It’s easy to find, right beside the main road (the LP1) at km 83, which is about 2 km north of the main village of Tijarafe, right beside a restaurant with a good reputation. It’s not the darkest viewpoint, but it must have a terrific view of the sunset. Each astronomical viewpoint on La Palma has information panels, and those at…
Coming Soon
My ebook, “A Breathtaking Window on the Universe: a guide to the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory” will be on sale in few months. It explains why the observatory is on La Palma and how a telescope works, and gives details of each telescope, plus many anecdotes and over 60 photos. You can get full details on this site as soon as they’re available.
Will the world end in 2012?
Happy New Year. Are we all going to die? Yes. That was certain as soon as we were born. But is the whole world going to end? No. Well there’s always the small chance that some crazy person will do something incredibly stupid with nuclear weapons, but that’s about the same every year. Is the Earth going to collide with planet Nibiru? No. If there was anything that big…
