Hello from *~ Lainie~**~ The Star Gazer~*

Please come with me on a fantastic journey through our Solar System, and beyond!.... I am not a scientist, just a novice who learns more and more each day. I have gathered information and photos from many sources, and I would like to thank all the scientists and astronomers for providing me with the information that I have used in this website..I have also included links for KIDS! ..Richard Nugent is our expert Astronomer...Whether you believe in the Big Bang, or Genesis..Everyone is welcome!.. We will be travelling at the Speed of Light - so Hang on!!

Location: South Florida, USA
Latitude_26 31' 13.59"
Longitude_80 09' 34.12"

~Coordinates determined by GPS~

I'm always looking for new information about our Universe.....So come back often!

How to best navigate this website: There are many links, so therefore it would be best if you skimmed thru the different topics and when you have a good overview of this website - you can go back to the beginning and choose the links that you wish..Also you will have to use your back button each time to get back to the main road.

STAR TREK & Science Fiction (Under Construction)

At the end of this website I have added information about the STAR TREK series on TV and the history of Science Fiction. Many consider author Jules Vernes as the father of science fiction. His many stories of space travel in "Journey to the Moon", or The Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" as the forrunner of science fiction..and H.G. Welles' "War of the Worlds" is equally inspiring to many generations.

A Psalm of David - Psalm 19 "The Heavens Declare the Glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His hands."

This is My Husband Bill..He'd rather be playing GOLF..

Bill says that Astronomers are merely observers working in a science over which they have no control and upon which they cannot act.

I dedicate this website to my hero Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

..and to My Husband Bill, My Son Richard, My Daughter Betty, and my Granddaughter Jackie. ..They are the true Stars of My Life.

Global Warming?

ASTRONOMY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Stars in your Eyes * What you will see with Binoculars:

Saturn's rings, Jupiter's Moons, and the

Andromeda Galaxy--so long as you have a good sky chart, such as the one by Astronomy magazine at www.astronomy.com. However, if you look up without binoculars (Naked eye astronomy) you will see the grandeur of stars that number in the billions.
If you are lucky to have clear, dark skies - you will see the Milky Way.

Astronomer Richard Nugent (April 2004)

Richard's new telescope is a Meade 14 Lx-200.

Richard Nugent at the McDonald Observatory

Pictured above is the 107 inch Harlen J. Smith Telescope at the University of Texas McDonald Observatory on Mt. Locke, Ft Davis, Texas. This "scope" was built in 1968.

Here's an amateur observatory

Many amateur astronomers build their own small observatory domes to house their telescopes.

IOTA * Why Occultations?

The International Occultation Timing Assoc. (IOTA) provides predictions, promotes the observation, data reduction and reporting of lunar/asteroid occultations and solar eclipses.

http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/iotandx.htm