As we left a New Year’s Eve party, I looked up in the eastern sky and saw a beautiful red star. When I wondered out loud if it was Mars, our host pulled out his iPhone, which has a nifty app to identify objects in the night sky. Sure enough, it confirmed my guess that it was indeed Mars. A few minutes later, as our host and my wife both stared at the screen to identify other stars and constellations, they missed an enormous shooting star that passed right in front of us. It seems to me there are still a few advantages to being as technologically challenged as I am.
You can probably leave your iPhones at home (although a supply of wolfsbane to fend off werewolves may be in... more
You can probably leave your iPhones at home (although a supply of wolfsbane to fend off werewolves may be in... more
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