For the next week or two a comet will be visible in the evening sky's over NJ. Look to the east after 7pm and next to the bright "star" which is the planet Saturn, comet Lulin should look like a greenish smug.
Binoculars will show a sort tail or "halo" around the comet Lulin which is about 38 million miles away. For more information go to skyandtelescope.com
A third small earthquake to strike Morris County in less than 3 weeks hit this morning. The quake occurred at 1:42 in the morning on Wednesday the 18th. The epicenter to this quake was located only about 1/4 of a mile east of CCM underneath Route 10. this was very close to the first quake on February 2nd.. For exact positions go to the USGS Web Site linked to the right on this page. 
The magnitude of the quake was reported at 2.3.
On Bruce Springsteen's new CD, Working on a Dream, he writes a love song from an astronomer's point of view. Now that may be a first!
On track 6 of the album is, " This Life," which goes in part...A bang then stardust in your eyes, A billion years or just this night, Either way it'll be all right, A bla
ckness then the light of a million stars..(it continues)...
At night at my telescope alone, This emptiness I've roamed, Searching for a home... A beauty in the neighborhood, This lonely planet never looked so good...(the song ends with the line)...This life, this life and then the next, I finger the hem of your dress, My universe at rest.
Well, in my point of view it beats lines like, "Ground control to Major Tom." Give it a listen.
A Small Earthquake struck Northern New Jersey on Monday Feb 2 at 10:34 pm. The Earthquake had an MM intensity of II-III . It was felt thoughtout most of NW New Jersey. The epicenter was just off Route 10 and Franklin Rd about two miles East from County College of Morris.
Binoculars will show a sort tail or "halo" around the comet Lulin which is about 38 million miles away. For more information go to skyandtelescope.com
