Astronomy Basics

Maynooth University Library Cat Video Update

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For those of you who can’t get enough Maynooth University Library Cat action, I thought I’d share this instagram post ...

Another Day, Another Predator… | In the Dark

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It’s been a while since I reported on a couple of encounters with predatory publishers so I thought I’d do ...

Who Publishes A&A? | In the Dark

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The journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, generally known as A&A, which featured in yesterday’s post, is and has been for some ...

Publishing Stats for Astrophysics Journals

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Somebody asked me about this recently so this afternoon while I was paying rapt attention to a Zoom call I ...

Move shoot move TRIDAPTOR – Cielos Boreales

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CONTENIDO PATROCINADO El mundo de la astrofotografía es muy amplio y podemos complicarnos la vida todo lo que queramos. Desde ...

Thursday May 9 to Thursday May 16

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The First Quarter Moon is Wednesday, May 15.  Comet 12P Pons-Brooks is now visible when the sky is fully dark ...

Open Access in Ecology | In the Dark

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My attention was drawn yesterday to the following blog post about Open Access in the field of ecology. I recommend ...

A Table Alphabeticall | In the Dark

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I’m having a lazy Sunday so instead of writing anything too demanding on here I thought I’d share something I ...

Back to Barcelona | In the Dark

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So, after a brief sojourn in not-Barcelona, I am back in  Barcelona for what is not a Bank Holiday weekend. ...

Carrowmore, County Sligo | In the Dark

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Today is 1st May, so it’s the Labour Day Holiday in Barcelona. Colleagues in Ireland will have to wait until ...