Represent ♥’s Everyday Tweeple – Meet @fikiswa
We gots to represent the young tweeples in South Africa that go out of their way to inspire and uplift our super talented youth… or we wouldn’t be doing our job right. Our next edition of Represent ♥’s Everyday Tweeple is representing all the boffins out there. Meet @fikiswa Majola, she’ crazy about stars (not the trashy ones), she knows how to strip (wires), she does it at night (she’s an astronomist) and she has birthday cakes with little astronauts on them. This star-shaker she can tell you the morning star is in fact the planet Venus and not a star… and … and… Well anyway, we love a super brainy scientist, and now you can too: Name: Fikiswa Majola Bio: Slightly insane, love astronomy, love science and education outreach. Yeah and music feeds my soul!! Who’s Katrina and why is your brother hating on her? ••••Hahahaha! It’s quite a story, well not really. I was listening to some Louis Armstrong and then my little brother moaned and said “Gosh, I feel like I’m in New Orleans!” Eventually he sent me a text message (he was right next to me, mind!) telling me to turn off the Katrina (New Orleans -> hurricaine Katrina) noise! He isn’t into jazz music at all so you can imagine his pain. :-)•••• Tell us about your love of stars ••Stars!! Now you’re talking!! 🙂 What can I say- I’m just fascinated with astronomy. It is something that all of us have experienced one way or another and there are some many questions that we probably ask in our everyday life, the answers to which have something to do with astronomy. The moon, the stars, the sun, the seasons… I just find all that fascinating- and that isn’t even the tip of the iceberg! I can’t say how long I’ve been bitten by the bug for- but in the past 3 years the itch has gotten worse. It’s one of those bites that one feels they have to share, otherwise other people won’t know how good it feels- which is what I try and do as often as I can. The only not so good thing about my love for stars is that it’s a night-time typa habit and so it gets difficult sharing but I try 🙂 What are Canis major and canis minor and where do we find them? ••••Ah! Canis major and canis minor are “dog” constellations. In Greek mythology, canis major is represented as one of the dogs following Orion. The brightest star in the night sky, Sirius, is in this constellation and it is known as the dog star....
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