by Jeffery Battersby | Jun 5, 2012 | Asides
Not looking too good for those of us living in the Northeast. Too much cloud cover. But, if you’re interested, Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory is streaming the Venus transit. Check it out here or you can go directly to the Vanderbilt news site. Stream starts...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 23, 2011 | Asides, Featured, On miPod
My dear friend Rocky Alvey, the wise astronomic maven of Nashville’s Dyer Observatory, is a gifted songwriter who, to celebrate his 52nd year on this planet, is releasing one song a week for 52 weeks. This week’s edition of Rocky’s 52, a song called...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 6, 2010 | Asides
Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory Live Sky View. Quite live and amazingly beautiful. You’ll need to refresh your browser every two minutes to see the latest image. From Dyer’s Rocky Alvey: Thanks to our PhD candidate Billy Teets, the Dyer allsky...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 11, 2008 | Commentary, Wanders
There’s no doubt that I’m an idiot when it comes to astronomy. While I can point out the big dipper, find the north star, and show you where Orion is, I’d never be one to claim that I knew much more than that, with one small exception. Venus, the...
