# Bad Astronomy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomy/137334>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 18, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomy/137334 "2002-11-18T17:33:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomy/137334/1 "2002-11-18T17:33:13Z")

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I see that [Bad Astronomy](http://www.badastronomy.com) is a [Yahoo Pick of the Week](http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/) for 17 Nov. Can this be our own Bad Astronomer?

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomy/137334/2 "2002-11-18T17:50:17Z")

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Yep - same guy. And, if you’re interested, his book is a great read.