Astrovelo

The inflation came down compared to last June but, that doesn’t mean prices will come down. The prices will stay the same or go higher in a smaller increment as inflation gets lower. We will never see the prices of goods same as December 2021 unless we get deflation.

Check this out…. My photo of Elephant Trunk nebula was featured here.

The Pleiades (M45) aka The Seven Sisters aka Subaru is an open star cluster ~444 light years away. It is the nearest star cluster to us. The reflection nebulae around the young stars are left from the time of their formation about 100 million years ago.

70 min (35x2m) total exp.

There weren’t any great commercials on SuperBowl broadcast last night. I thought the phone hold music beer commercial was the best. But, there were so many beer commercials that I don’t recall what brand it was.

Why were there so many ads for Fox TV shows? Couldn’t they get enough adverisers to fill up all these super expensive ad slots?

Those scan me digital NFT ads were the worst.

At a USASWIMMING swim meet this morning - first in 3 years and most probably, the last ever. So many great swim meet memories over the years.

New lock screen for the phone.

“I just don’t know what I’m gonna do

I was alright ‘til I fell in love with you” 🎶🎶🎶

As I look at this picture again, it feels like I see an old friend there, whom I haven’t seen in a long time, is raising his arms for an embrace.

The results came out this morning and my son was selected to play viola in Connecticut All-State music festival. Now, that is 3 for 3. He made it in all the music festivals he auditioned for. Very happy to see how nicely this caps off his high school music journey.

When my kids were younger I tried to get them interested in Astronomy but, it seemed like it didn’t catch on. They’d quickly look through the telescope to observe the Moon or Jupiter and go back to what they were doing. Last year, I was totally surprised when my daughter decided to take “Intro to Astronomy” class in college. Now, in the second half of high school senior year, my son has a self-study class where he had to select a topic to study on his own and he chose astrophotography. He made a proposal to learn different photography techniques and make a portfolio of images by the end of school year. It is convenient that he has access to all my photography equipment and knowledge which will make this easier for him. Still, it makes me happy that when he could have chosen anything else under the Sun, he decided on astrophotography. I guess it was a good idea to pull them away from their TV watching to show them the constellations and those views through the telescope.

There was a time when our lives revolved around swimming. When kids were younger, they’d go for swim meets almost every other week in Fall and Winter. Then during high school swim season, there used to be 2 swim meets per week (one at home and one away) before Covid. Couldn’t imagine life without swim meets. Now, with my son’s last high school swim season, it almost feels like we have checked out already. Last Friday and Saturday, he went for 2 swim meets and we decided not to drive for these “away” meets. Now, there are only 3 or 4 more swim meets left for him depending on if he qualifies for the state championships or not. Thankfully, these meets are going to be closer so, I’ll make every effort to attend in person and root for him.