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David Dickinson

About David Dickinson

David Dickinson is an Earth science teacher, free-lance science writer & backyard astronomer. He currently writes and ponders the universe from Tampa Bay, Florida.

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The Birth of a Saros – This Weekend’s Hidden Eclipse

May 21, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter As the first eclipse season of 2013 comes to an end this weekend, an extremely subtle lunar eclipse occurs on the night of Friday, May 24th going into the morning of Saturday, May 25th. And we do mean subtle, as in invisible to [...]

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Seeing the Red of ‘La Superba,’ a Magnificent Springtime Carbon Star

May 17, 2013

The Universe can be a very gray place. But this week, we’ll look at a fine example of a class of objects that defies this trend. Remove this ad

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A Wacky Distorted View of the Recent Solar Eclipse

May 13, 2013

Just when we’d thought that we’ve seen every possible type of eclipse image, we’re happily surprised by the Universe. If you’re like me, you watch the original Star Wars film and wonder what kind of eclipses could be seen from the surface of Tatooine.  Maybe you even wonder what things would look like if an [...]

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An Awesome Annular Eclipse! Images and Videos from Earth and Space

May 10, 2013

A spectacular annular eclipse of the Sun was witnessed across Australia and the southern Pacific region early today. Morning dawned mostly clear across the Australian continent, and those who journeyed out to meet the antumbra of the Moon as the Sun rose across the Great Sandy Desert and the Cape York Peninsula were not disappointed. The [...]

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Amateur Astronomer Catches Record Setting Gamma-Ray Burst

May 8, 2013

Vigilance and a little luck paid off recently for an amateur astronomer. On April 27th, 2013 a long lasting gamma-ray burst was recorded in the northeastern section of the constellation Leo. Remove this ad

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