Ten Great Astrophotos
Monday, January 5th, 2009Sky and Telescope Magazine has posted a collection of stunning pictures taken by amateur astronomers. Find them |here| and enjoy!
Stars Orbiting Galactic Center
Thursday, December 11th, 2008That short video is the result of a 16 year effort to map the orbits of several stars near the center of our galaxy (The Milky Way). The actual stars move much slower than this (32 million times slower, according to the description of the video). Below is a longer video that offers [...]
Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon
Monday, December 1st, 2008Be sure to take a look at the sky tonight! In the western sky right after sunset, Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon will be grouped together – it promises to be a gorgeous sight. Do wait too long after sunset to take a look, though. The three will set fairly quickly (a couple of hours [...]
Earth, Meet Fomalhaut b
Friday, November 14th, 2008Wow. The picture above is the first DIRECT VISIBLE-LIGHT snapshot of a planet that is in orbit around another star. This planet is circling a star named Fomalhaut, which is 25 light-years away and can be seen from the southern hemisphere in the constellation Piscis Australis. According to
Planet Hunting
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Astronomy is one of my hobbies. I’m not too serious about it, as I don’t have log books and such to write down my observations, like the serious folk do, and I’m not systematic about it in any way. I do have an 8-inch Newtonian reflector, though, that I love looking through. (Surely there is [...]