Sky Watch

As an average amateur astronomer avidly seeking information or entertainment, Crumby’s favorite regular newspaper item or feature is Sky Watch. Sky Watch is a product of the Morrison Planetarium, California Academy of Sciences. Yes. Sky Watch is part of a missionary program spreading enlightenment toward these parts. The Sky Watch article is always located on the last page of the Metro&State section of the paper. It is situated with the rest of the regular environmental information. Typically, the environmental page is the only page (actually it's half a page) of the Falangist Daily that is always worth a looksee.

Today’s Sky Watch is typical for its entertainment or information value. Like: If Earth were a tennis ball, the moon would be a grape 8 feet away.

So if you know that, you can figure out just about anything. Like: If Earth were a golf ball, the moon would be an English pea 2.5 feet away.

Yes. Consider the many possible combinations of sports balls, fruits and vegetables. Yes. There are a great many of a spherical shape. A person could go crazy considering all the potential combos whirling in space. Whoa! Mercy!