Astronomy Archives » convexum.net https://convexum.net/category/astronomy/ Ramblings, aimless or otherwise Sun, 12 Apr 2020 22:49:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/convexum.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-convexum_512_512.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Astronomy Archives » convexum.net https://convexum.net/category/astronomy/ 32 32 54405214 Cosmos – Carl Sagan https://convexum.net/2012/12/cosmos-carl-sagan/ https://convexum.net/2012/12/cosmos-carl-sagan/#respond Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:41:19 +0000 http://convexum.wordpress.com/?p=778 I’ve started reading ‘Cosmos’ by Carl Sagan, this is a real classic book, written by one of the great astronomers of modern times. It is a very sad coincidence that as I was writing this I heard the news that Sir Patrick Moore had passed away, aged 89. What an inspiration he was to so […]

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