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AstroCal – October 2021

FTV: Never A Dull Moment

FTV: The Himalayas

FTV: Volunteers of America

       While researching information about Woodstock, I hit upon a video of the Jefferson Airplane performing their song Volunteers.  Like any good earworm chorus, the ‘ Volunteers of America’ got stuck in my head.  One thing led to another and the constant recycling of the lyric started touching off random memories connected with the word ‘volunteer’.  The Airplane were specifically singing about the political and social turmoil of the 1960s (‘ Look what’s happening in the streets, counter-revolution, up the revolution’), thus the song was a call to arms for the younger generation.  To be a volunteer, one can make a difference without necessarily becoming (my apologies to Jefferson Airplane) a counter-revolutionary.

AstroCal – August 2021

       August means cooler evenings, a noticeable shortening of the daylight hours as we reach the midpoint between the Summer Solstice and Fall Equinox, and (hopefully) clear skies to provide some  prime sky watching conditions.  It is also the time of year when people eagerly anticipate the annual Perseid meteor shower.  The peak of this year’s Persied’s will fall in the pre-dawn hours of August 12, but increased meteor activity usually occurs several days before and after the peak.  The New Moon will take place just four days earlier on August 8, so the very young Crescent Moon will not hamper viewing.