tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593270941383452801.post8540163176961555024..comments2024-03-04T00:00:29.886-07:00Comments on The Dusty Musette: Cycle GleaningsVal Garouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959290175163378739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593270941383452801.post-84553750679440263502020-01-30T10:31:22.196-07:002020-01-30T10:31:22.196-07:00I am excited to be counted among Beekman's &qu...I am excited to be counted among Beekman's "growing class of vigorous, intelligent people." Can't wait to find and read this one some day!Victoria Daynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593270941383452801.post-7407304251370302732020-01-26T09:41:57.064-07:002020-01-26T09:41:57.064-07:00Well! That's good to know. You're quite ri...Well! That's good to know. You're quite right about the terminology. Beekman talks about planets, stars, constellations, and the universe (what he calls the Seen and Unseen) but he never uses the term "galaxy" at all.Jasper Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12595817497741389369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593270941383452801.post-74845745591178499152020-01-20T15:25:35.773-07:002020-01-20T15:25:35.773-07:00Cool, seems like a real Renaissance Man. "He ...Cool, seems like a real Renaissance Man. "He sees life in the context of geological epochs and galaxy-spanning distances." Interesting side-bar: Beekman would have had no concrete concept of other galaxies. That discovery wouldn't happen for another 30yrs when Hubble correctly identified Andromeda as one. Previously, galaxies that were visible with the weaker telescopes of the AaronFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221272012974748858noreply@blogger.com