... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Suppose a star explodes into a supernova at a distance of about 100 lightyears. ... Supernovae are very bright, and they put out light at all different wavelengths. ... For a typical supernova to be as bright to the human eye as the Sun, it would have to occur at a distance of about a light year from the Earth. ... For a supernova to be as bright as a good solar flare, it would have to be at a distance of about 5-60 light years or so away. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Kent Observatory, near Toowoomba, Australia, in April 2006. ... Lyman, the supervisor at Hidden Hollow Orchard, where grafts are being grown of Isaac Newton's Flower of Kent apple tree. ... Sometimes every few minutes there is a plunk ... plunk ... plunk. ... In his youth, when galloping through the orchard he would sometimes decide to turn, leaving his rider going straight ahead to learn about motion and gravity. ... Back to John Kielkopf's Homepage . ...

... The Triplet Lenses are manufactured by LOMO PLC of St. Petersburg Russia, one of the world's largest and most advanced optical manufacturers. ... This day the official web site of St.Petersburg company, lomo.ru, became accessible. ... LOMO VOTING PAPERS PROCESSING COMPLEXES TESTED SUCCESSFULLY . On December 16, 2001 during elections to Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Region, Russia, pilot pieces of the new Voting Papers Processing Complex created at LOMO PLC were used for the first time. ...