Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Jay Pasachoff

Born: July 1, 1943
Died: November 20, 2022 (aged 79)
Bio: Jay Myron Pasachoff was an American astronomer. Pasachoff was Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams College and the author of textbooks and tradebooks in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and other sciences.
Known for:
- The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium (2001)
- Astronomy, from the earth to the universe (1979)
- Contemporary astronomy (1977)
- The complete idiot's guide to the sun (2003)