Holiday Wishes and Celebrating Sir Isaac Newton’s Birthday
All the best for the holidays to everyone, may you enjoy a fun and frolicsome December 25th, Sir Isaac Newton’s Birthday!Three cheers for gravity, for the laws of motion, for some of the calculus and of course for the newtonian reflector telescope!
In honor of improvements in astronomy, here’s a link to a fantastic short video from NASA regarding seeing the new comet, C2011 W3, Lovejoy, from the International Space Station:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=125774121
Comet C2011 W3 (Lovejoy) as seen from the ISS, photo by D. Burbank / NASA
Many great photos at Spaceweather.com
For the time being Lovejoy can only be seen from the southern hemisphere… with any luck we may be able to view it from North America in mid-January.
In the meantime, I hope you’ll enjoy the holiday season to its fullest. 
