Most of you already know about my deeply-rooted passion for astronomy and telescope optics, and this passsion has really helped me cope with the wicked summer heat and humidity we have had this year! This picture is of one of my medium-sized telescopes at Oeyama, a beautiful mountain hill station in Northern Kyoto Prefecture near […]
Guess Where This Is Part 4! — Another Great Date Place
Anyone interested in art is bound to guess where this is. I took this picture while having a rest, more like a nap, actually, at the most recent major exhibition: The Focus of Viennese Art in 1900. This is the waiting and reflection area at the mid-point and the atmosphere is very relaxing here. Given an opportunity to reflect on […]
JAXA Kaguya Lunar Mission Part 2
This is the second installment on the JAXA Kaguya Lunar Orbiter mission and I offer a detailed summary of its important mission accomplishments. Have a look back at my July 5th posting on both the JAXA Kaguya and Hayabusa missions for the background on this. A critical fact carried over from the NASA Apollo missions of 1967 […]
