Comet ISON, Comet of the Century in March 2013

  COMETS A comet sailing through the inner solar system make its closest approach to the sun and will be at its brightest at sunset tonight, but the glare of twilight may make it tricky to see, NASA says. The Comet Pan-STARRS will be 28 million miles (45 million kilometers) from the surface of the sun when it swings around the star today, and should be bright enough to see without the aid of telescopes or binoculars, weather permitting. But the comet is also appearing low … [Read more...]

WOMAN of ACTION – Caroline Lucretia Herschel

    WOMAN of ACTION   Caroline Lucretia Herschel "Every leisure moment was eagerly snatched at for resuming some work which was in progress, without taking time or changing dress, and many a lace ruffle...was torn or bespattered by molten pitch...I was even obliged to feed him by putting his vitals by bits into his mouth;-this was once the case when at the finishing of a 7 foot mirror he had not left his hands from it for 16 hours..." -Caroline Lucretia Herschel accomplished while taking … [Read more...]

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