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Posted on March 11, 2025March 12, 2025 by Guy Worthey · 1 Comment

I Computed Sky Positions of the Sun in the Flat Earth Model

There. Done. The python program can be easily changed for different-sized disks or different solar altitudes. That is, any flat earth model that vaguely resembles the Rowbotham one can be accommodated. So, there you go, flat-earthers: here are the geometrical consequences of the most popular flat earth model.

Posted on February 16, 2025March 10, 2025 by Guy Worthey · 4 Comments

10 things flat-earthers never do

This picture makes many predictions. Many of those predictions are easy to measure. And yet, flat-earthers never measure them.

Posted on December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 by Guy Worthey · 4 Comments

How to Upgrade the Active Electronics in an Ibanez SR506 Electric Bass

I plugged my "repaired" bass into an amp. It STILL sounded super weak and slightly distorted.

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Guy Worthey · 2 Comments

A glimpse inside Hubble Space Telescope

Yes, HST is a rainbow machine.

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Guy Worthey · 3 Comments

A python vs. fortran smackdown

For the same algorithm, the fortran version took 66 seconds to run, while the python version took 33,900 seconds (9 1/2 hours).

Posted on July 18, 2021July 20, 2021 by Guy Worthey · 2 Comments

Crater Markham

Venusian craters larger than twenty kilometers are named after noteworthy women.

Posted on March 21, 2021March 21, 2021 by Guy Worthey

Harry Potter Astronomy

J. K. Rowling drew upon star lore to name some of her characters, and this seems like a great excuse to talk about a few of the sky's wonders.

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Guy Worthey · 2 Comments

Weeping Weeping Willow

As I pass under their canopy, cool air braces me and a spritz of moisture douses my face.

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Guy Worthey

Crash Landing

He fired the landing rockets and began to deploy the landing gear, but too late.

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Guy Worthey · 1 Comment

What a space week!

Ultima Thule is the first known "contact binary" small body in the solar system.

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