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This was taken from the ESA’s Rosetta Spacecraft while enroute to a comet. On it’s way, it passed over the night-side of the Earth and took this image:
Image Credit: ESA
What’s depressing is that how bright the lights are, and how many. This is only a five second exposure, look at all the […]
The guys from HubbleSite.org have put together this amazing multimedia presentation on dark energy. Go check it out!
It’s very well presented and geared toward regular folks. It’s clear a lot of effort went into it. Here’s a screenshot (click on it to see a bigger one):
Screenshot from HubbleSite.org
Oooh, I’m getting all warm […]
Today, the following things happened:
The universe got a little bit bigger, and it did it faster than it did yesterday.
The Andromeda Galaxy got a little closer to us.
The Sun rose in the East this morning, and then set in the West later in the day.
Oh, and radio astronomers found a hole in the universe.
Some days […]
Well, they’re ready! If you’ve been waiting for the GPS option on these new mounts, they are on sale now for $365.00.
No more entering data for you, you lucky bastard. Now you can save those thumbs for entering text messages on your iPhone. Just level the tripod, turn this baby on, and […]
The short answer is no, but they are damn handy.
Most telescopes these days have computers that slew and drive little stepper motors to track the sky. They are able to point to a planet, star, galaxy, nebulae and a variety of other objects at the push of a button.
That’s really, really cool and it […]
Here’s a great perspective (click on the image to get a larger one that’s easy to read):
The description of the Hubble Space Telescope field of view is perfect. It took more than a week to take the Deep Field though.
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For some reason, my sidebar no longer shows the page I had dedicated to the Mars Opposition. Since we’re getting pretty close, I thought I’d put this up again:
Image Credit: John Walker’s Solar System Live
As you can see, we’re catching up to Mars. Where I live, Mars is rising at about 7pm […]
[I wrote this a while back but wanted to bring this to the top of the blog for those who may be looking for a scope for Christmas. Back when I wrote this, I think I had about three readers.]
If you’re looking to buy a new telescope and you know absolutely nothing about the […]
If you think you’d like to get your astronomy buff a telescope this year for Christmas, but aren’t sure what to get, then I’ll list some choices that I think are pretty good.
First, please keep a couple of things in mind:
Magnification is irrelevant. Most telescopes operate between 30 to 70 power for visual use. […]
I get a lot of questions this time of year asking for advice on buying a telescope as a gift. “What should buy?” “How much should I spend?”, things like that.
This is the first year I’ve had a blog during Christmas so I’ll post some general advice here and offer specific recommendations […]
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