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My last Dieruff astronomy class was small but mighty. Left to right, Karinette M. Sanchez, Xiomarys Guevara “CO,” Gary A. Becker, Amelia R. Tognoli, Jacob R. Johnson, Christian W. Camacho, and Steven W. Fleischmann. |
Spring 2010 Allen High School Class... The last Allen astronomy class before retirement… On the floor from left to right are Lea Silfies, Naomi Melendez, and Jose A. Rivera. Standing (l-r) are Anthony Todora, Daniel M. Mauricio, Michelle E. Simbana, Luis Miguel Serna (my Columbian connection), Jordan Golden, Adrian Minaya, Gary A. Becker, Katherine Salcedo, Freislyn Santana, Orlando Suazo, and Tyler F. Fatzinger. |
Students in my first Moravian College Class, Bethlehem, PA included (left to right) Joshua R. Brown, Kevin Bagar, Christopher Leiby, Megan A. Hughes, Douglas Anglin (Lehigh Uni.), Reynard M. Benschop, Arturo Torres, Jessie L. Ervin, Eddie P. Flaherty, Rebecca Grube, Gaby Haddad, Christina Bonavita, Adam Dart, Kim White, Tom Turcich, Kayla Carson, Leila Chiles, Jessica Cortes, Albert Lazaro, Jonathan Boksan, Dan Belowich, Patrick Cunningham, and Jordan Adams. |
Comet McNaught will be an easy binocular object under clear skies. The map shows the changing position of McNaught for 4:15 a.m. over a 10 day period. The comet will in no way be as bright as the comet symbols on the map. Gary A. Becker illustration using The Sky... |
Uppsala Observatory (left) located at the Australian National Observatory in New South Wales is dedicated to finding Near Earth Objects (NEOs) that could possibly impact onto the Earth. It was here that C/2009 R1 (McNaught) was discovered by Robert McNaught in September of 2009. The comet is currently debuting in the northern hemisphere, but will rapidly sneak south again. Photo (2001) by Gary A. Becker... |