tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237717040426546706.post4150220305725218419..comments2023-04-27T11:25:20.966+03:00Comments on The Astronomer's Wife: Tu B'Shvat 2010: Harmony on earth, and Mars aboveTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04806175287799612440noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237717040426546706.post-81478399330535894072010-01-31T09:27:51.861+02:002010-01-31T09:27:51.861+02:00Sue - I love your blog. It is very well written an...Sue - I love your blog. It is very well written and provides a lovely perspective on astonomy.<br /><br />For those who were wondering about Gadi's comment above, when he wrote "Pullex", he presumably meant Pollux, one of the two bright stars in Gemini. ("Pullex" is a Swedish brand of bar puller used in automated machining. :-))Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213933508627614446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237717040426546706.post-41302258917130831932010-01-28T21:06:27.898+02:002010-01-28T21:06:27.898+02:00Good point Gadi. I'll be looking for that back...Good point Gadi. I'll be looking for that backward wandering. -tomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04806175287799612440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237717040426546706.post-82310776320392772932010-01-28T15:52:47.229+02:002010-01-28T15:52:47.229+02:00Ps2: One really must pay attention to the retrogra...Ps2: One really must pay attention to the retrograde motion of Mars and the fact that it will be much closer to Pullex in few weeks before going back east.Gadi Eidelheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05997388579144578874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237717040426546706.post-42079784486415013072010-01-28T15:51:32.077+02:002010-01-28T15:51:32.077+02:00Cool. However The photo is rotated, probably due t...Cool. However The photo is rotated, probably due to the photographing not through a prism. the ice pole is at Mars north (Up!).Gadi Eidelheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05997388579144578874noreply@blogger.com