Showing posts with label planets and galaxies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label planets and galaxies. Show all posts
Friday, September 12, 2025

12 September 25

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On 12 September 1758, early astronomer Charles Messier discovered a "new comet" which turned out to be the Crab Nebula. This obser...
Monday, November 20, 2023

20 November 23

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Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) was born on 20 November. He is called " the Man who Discovered the Cosmos " for his work with astronomy a...
Monday, September 11, 2023

11 September 23

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I'm wearing my planets-and-galaxies tie to help celebrate the discovery of what turned out to be the Crab Nebula , on 12 September 1758....
Monday, September 12, 2022

12 September 22

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 On 12 September 1758, telescope explorer Charles Messier discovered what appeared to be a "new comet." It was what we now call th...
Sunday, September 12, 2021

12 September 21

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Today's tie choice was triggered by this curious description of an event on 12 September 1758: "French astronomer Charles Messier m...
Sunday, August 2, 2020

2 August 20

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To help her choose a tie for me to wear for her FIRST BIRTHDAY today, I showed five colorful possibles to Evelyn Marie Kleppinger, and she p...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

20 November 18

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The stars, planets and galaxies on today's tie honor the birthday of Edwin Hubble (1889-1953). The famous British astrophysicist Stephe...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

12 September 18

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Today's tie choice was triggered by this curious description of an event on 12 September 1758: "French astronomer Charles Messier ...
Monday, November 20, 2017

20 November 17

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Edwin Hubble was born on this date in 1889. The Hubble Space Telescope is named to honor this man who is credited with discovering the firs...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

19 February 17

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Honoring the birthday, in 1473, of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. This is a great opportunity to debut this excellent planets-and-galaxies ...