Good-News Update re: StellarCatalog.com
May. 31st, 2025 10:38 amThat website is back online, if you're interested!
Is there an authoritative list of such things somewhere the public can look through?
Making Sense of Myself
Apr. 18th, 2025 08:52 pmOne more piece falling into place, maybe.
https://thinkingautismguide.com/2024/05/what-makes-a-home-feel-safe-for-autistic-people.html
https://thinkingautismguide.com/2024/05/what-makes-a-home-feel-safe-for-autistic-people.html
Vaccinations
Apr. 4th, 2025 10:20 amI got the first dose on my shingles vaccinations yesterday.
Aside from the hopes of averting that disease itself, apparently there's some small degree of benevolent knock-on effect against dementia too.
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/03/shingles-vaccination-dementia.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/shingles-vaccine-dementia-wales-1.7500368
You'll certainly want to do some additional digging into this on your own to be more certain.
Aside from the hopes of averting that disease itself, apparently there's some small degree of benevolent knock-on effect against dementia too.
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/03/shingles-vaccination-dementia.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/shingles-vaccine-dementia-wales-1.7500368
You'll certainly want to do some additional digging into this on your own to be more certain.
This is disgusting news:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/14/australian-university-sector-accuses-trump-administration-of-blatant-interference-in-research
I'll bet that it's happening in many other places as well as in Australia. It's meddling of an evil sort and the rest of us shouldn't (be told to) tolerate it.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/14/australian-university-sector-accuses-trump-administration-of-blatant-interference-in-research
I'll bet that it's happening in many other places as well as in Australia. It's meddling of an evil sort and the rest of us shouldn't (be told to) tolerate it.
Star Trek Mapping: Persephone
Jan. 7th, 2025 10:13 pmI don't think that 42 Ursae Majoris is a good candidate for the Persephone system. It looks like a potential neighbour when you view the galaxy from above/below, sure...
How difficult can it be to find a star at a particular set of X-Y coordinates in this galaxy - within our own Orion Arm - with a neighbour that's 0.67 pc/2 ly away?
More difficult than I expected.
More difficult than I expected.
Trying to Find a Font Match
Dec. 23rd, 2024 06:55 pmI'm trying to find a font that's a good match to Breakaway because I'm looking at these Japanese words in kanji and kana...
宇宙
Uchū
アウタースペース
Autāsupēsu
宇宙
Uchū
アウタースペース
Autāsupēsu
I finally learned about data accuracy grading in SIMBAD a couple of nights ago. They have a five-level scale currently, going from A (best) to E (worst), and that letter is usually at the back end of the "Spectral type:" line item in any given star's profile data. For example, "F5V C". "F5 E" for another.
Of course, I'm making do with the data I have and the published and aired location data from the episodes and movies of the various branch series of Star Trek here...
Of course, I'm making do with the data I have and the published and aired location data from the episodes and movies of the various branch series of Star Trek here...
COVID-19 News/Resources: MoriartyLab
Oct. 21st, 2024 12:19 pmI believe that one of the more trustworthy Canadian info sources online at the moment re: COVID-19 is Tara Moriarty. Her main social media presence is still the Hellbirdsite, although she does maintain a Mastodon/Fediverse account as well.
https://x.com/MoriartyLab
https://mastodon.social/@MoriartyLab@med-mastodon.com
Excuse me while I politely ask her to resume cross-posting to the latter...
https://x.com/MoriartyLab
https://mastodon.social/@MoriartyLab@med-mastodon.com
Excuse me while I politely ask her to resume cross-posting to the latter...
So I thought that V442 Ursae Majoris might be a good candidate for Amleth (Memory Alpha) (Memory Beta). Five stars in the system and all that?
Turns out that it's a bit further rimward than I want for it.
I think I'm just going to settle for something close to the published X-Y coordinates. If anyone here knows of something good enough...?
Turns out that it's a bit further rimward than I want for it.
I think I'm just going to settle for something close to the published X-Y coordinates. If anyone here knows of something good enough...?
ASTRONOMY: Lalande 8 AKA...?
Aug. 25th, 2024 09:28 amI went looking and it turns out that Jérôme Lalande's star catalogue has been preserved and translated to English.
Having since discovered by such means that Lalande 8 - from John M. Ford's Star Trek novel The Final Reflection - is in fact a real star, I am now trying to find out what names or catalogue numbers that star is currently best known by. Any suggestions on the matter? Apparently, as of 1847, it was deemed to be in the constellation Cassiopeia?
Having since discovered by such means that Lalande 8 - from John M. Ford's Star Trek novel The Final Reflection - is in fact a real star, I am now trying to find out what names or catalogue numbers that star is currently best known by. Any suggestions on the matter? Apparently, as of 1847, it was deemed to be in the constellation Cassiopeia?
NORAD and Project 2025: Consequences?
Jul. 25th, 2024 07:20 pmI am thinking that there will be consequences if that nightmare gets put into operation in the USA, and that they won't be good for Canada in any way. Not seeing any informed commentaries on the subject yet, though.
Arm Pains II
Jun. 23rd, 2024 09:39 pmPartly at ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
flamingsword's urging and partly because of a rescheduling of last week's appointment with my GP, here's an imperfect description of my left arm troubles, sometimes all at once, other times in parts:
- "pins and needles"-like numbnmess starting at either elbow or wrist, extending to fingertips
- warm ache in the "inside" of the elbow
- warm/locking ache around the shoulder blade, usually from below
- ache inside the clavicle region
- muscle ache in the upper arm
flamingsword's urging and partly because of a rescheduling of last week's appointment with my GP, here's an imperfect description of my left arm troubles, sometimes all at once, other times in parts:- "pins and needles"-like numbnmess starting at either elbow or wrist, extending to fingertips
- warm ache in the "inside" of the elbow
- warm/locking ache around the shoulder blade, usually from below
- ache inside the clavicle region
- muscle ache in the upper arm
So this was published in the Astronomical Journal this month:
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad34d5
I found out via TrekBBS. As I noted in one of my replies: we still need to keep in mind that Star Trek is as much alt-history as space adventure. All those extra nebulae, the existence of ETI confirmed, and so on...
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad34d5
I found out via TrekBBS. As I noted in one of my replies: we still need to keep in mind that Star Trek is as much alt-history as space adventure. All those extra nebulae, the existence of ETI confirmed, and so on...
I wanted Artaleirh and Augo in there. Seemed like, after adjusting for the smaller version of the known great powers, alpha Hydri and iota Centauri were the respective best fits, based on the text of The Empty Chair.
Exoplanet Count
Mar. 15th, 2024 07:21 amAs of this date?
NASA Exoplanet Archive: 5,599
Exoplanet.eu: 5,649
I suspect that both services will break the six-thousand mark this year. Just not sure of exactly when that will happen for each of them.
NASA Exoplanet Archive: 5,599
Exoplanet.eu: 5,649
I suspect that both services will break the six-thousand mark this year. Just not sure of exactly when that will happen for each of them.
Edge of Midnight: Base Map Progress XVII
Mar. 8th, 2024 08:47 pmAre there any stars within 1-5 ly of a direct spline between GJ 9247 (Satterfeld) and UCAC2 12366750 (Colil)?
Yes, this is probably a question for players of Elite Dangerous at the moment, or someone who knows their way around Gaia Sky or other planetarium-software much better than I.
There's a thing from a favourite fanfic webcomic series that I want to work into the map.
Yes, this is probably a question for players of Elite Dangerous at the moment, or someone who knows their way around Gaia Sky or other planetarium-software much better than I.
There's a thing from a favourite fanfic webcomic series that I want to work into the map.
