Star hopping with my new Celestron Go To Scope
I recently purchased a Celestron 102 slt 4 inch refractor. My skies leave a lot to be disired because of the sky glow from local businesses. With few stars visible, except the brightest ones, the go to feature is coming in pretty handy. ...The M7 Open Star Cluster in Scorpius
M7 is one of the most prominent open clusters of stars on the sky. The cluster, dominated by bright blue stars, can be seen with the naked eye in a dark sky in the tail of the constellation of Scorpius. M7 contains about 100 stars in ... Woah... I know Astronomy...
They have no idea, but don't care, that each of the stars they see glittering in the sky when they put the cat out for the night is an enormous ball of gas, a sun, like our own, reduced to a point of light because it's so very, ... Google Earth moves to become Google Universe
A fantastic resource for backyard astronomers, the new Sky module lets users explore the planets, stars, constellations and galaxies of the night sky, including high resolution highlights from the Hubble Space Telescope and useful ... ASTRONOMY PIX (4th of JULY STARS AND A STRIPE?)
The supernova was probably the brightest star ever seen by humans, and surpassed Venus as the brightest object in the night time sky, only to be surpassed by the moon. It was visible even during the day for weeks, and remained visible ... Amateur astronomers - Gifted or Cursed..?
But that's out of a population of over 6 BILLION, so for every person like me who has a passion for the sky, and for space exploration, there must be millions of people who couldn't care less about the night sky, the exploration of the ... Doomed Star Eta Carinae
Historical records do show that about 150 yearsago Eta Carinae underwent an unusual outburst that made it one of the brightest stars in the southern sky. Eta Carinae, in the Keyhole Nebula, isthe only star currently thought to emit ... Starlight, star bright: Astronomy simple, inexpensive hobby to s...
A hot night, a breeze, a clear, starry sky and a telescope — ingredients for a fun summer memory for the folks at the Astronomy Associates of Lawrence. On Wednesday, weather permitting, the group will host its third and final Astronomy ... Planets align for Sydney Observatory’s 2008 Festival of the Stars
The view from Sydney at dusk on Friday 4 July 2008 - Venus, the crescent Moon, Mars and Saturn, drawing by Nick Lomb Tonight, Friday 4 July 2008, is our first opportunity to see the bright planet Venus return to the evening sky since it ... Embracing the seventh art
Except for perhaps one or two, the spots of light are galaxies, not stars, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. The photo covers a part of the sky you could cover by the intersection of crossed sewing pins held at arm's ...
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