One of the cool things I found out while at Mt. John Observatory in Tekapo, NZ is that Betelgeuse (one of three stars in Orion’s Belt) has been dimming dramatically over the last few weeks. Now, it could ramp up activity, but so far all signs point to “no.” Now, what does that mean? Well, …
I recently returned from a month-long, “dream trip” to New Zealand. Being an avid picture taker, I decided that I would curate my pictures daily in order to not hate my life when I returned to Vancouver (with what turned out to be ~2,000 photos.) I use Facebook a lot as a way to look …