The year 2009 winds down, and the decade comes to an end. This means that the International Year of Astronomy is also ending. Officially the IYA will not end until the official ending ceremonies which will take place January 9th & 10th in 2010.
But let us look at what the IYA has accomplished:
The […]
It is a new awesome astronomy picture every day! The best of the year 2009. It is the Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2009. Every day from Dec 1st to the 25th a new astronomy photo will be revealed! Enjoy!
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OK, we are a little bit behind on this one, but it is still worth mentioning. You might have heard of the Kepler Mission, a little space mission with a very, very sensitive photometer. Its sole job is to watch an area of stars for long period of time and notice tiny drops in their […]
Back in May, several improvements were added to the darn-near-close-to-being-abandoned-as-junk Hubble telescope. Yesterday, those improvements, mostly vastly upgraded cameras and other equipment, were demonstrated for the first time! NASA’s announcement was made here.
That’s just the announcement of the release photos, what you want to see are some pictures!
More pics can be found here
There is also […]
To remind you that it was 400 years ago this day (8/25) that Galileo first presented his telescope to the merchants of Venice.
This was just his public presentation, mind you. It was not when he actually observed the heavens or wrote his famous publications.
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Continued from Part 1
OK, Now you can look at the Moon!
OK, having gotten a quick glimpse you can take your telescope to the Moon! If you’ve chosen wisely, the Moon will only be half full, waxing or waning. The Full Moon looks like it might be a great target, but it lacks the shadow detail […]
So you read our telescope buyer’s guide, you did even more online research, you chose a telescope, you took it home, you went managed to put it together, you aligned the finderscope, heck you may have even taken the time to collimate it if you got a reflector! Now the skies are clear tonight and […]
….if you are on the opposite side if the world from where this is being written.
That right, if you haven’t heard there is a total eclipse taking place this evening at 8:50 EDT. Sadly for us, it is visible in India, China, and other nearby nations.
So for the rest of us, no Eclipse for […]
Tomorrow, March 20th, 2009 is Sun-Earth Day. Started in 200, it was a date set to popularize knowledge about the Sun. This year, as part of the International year of Astronomy NASA will have a podcast at 1PM on March 2oth discussing daytime astronomy, recent satellite work with the sun, and much more. You can […]
In less than one month, one of the keystone events of the International Year of Astronomy will take place: 100 hours of astronomy. This takes place from April 2nd through the 5th, which is some of the best viewing times for astronomy. During this 100 hour period new and experienced amateur astronomers alike are encouraged […]
