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[This entry is from Andrew Cooper from, according to his email, The Keck Observatory.]
A dark sky, a group of curious tourists and a green laser. All you need to truly need to have a great astronomical experience.
Where do all these things come together? High on the slopes of the world’s tallest mountain, a […]
[This entry is from Brian Ventrudo, Thanks Brian!]
If you have a small telescope, you may have turned it toward M57, the famous Ring Nebula in the constellation Lyra. This beautiful object looks like a ghostly smoke-ring set against a dazzling backdrop of summer stars. It’s perhaps the best known example of a planetary […]
Okay, we’re a week into to it and I’ve gotten two submissions so far:
http://www.astronomybuff.com/contest-entry-virgo-coma-cluster-observing/ by Jim
http://www.astronomybuff.com/contest-entry-personal-notes-on-astronomy/ by Brian
There’s one more week left to submit an entry. I’ll accept them in my email (skybuff@gmail.com) until Sunday, January 20th at midnight EST (or anytime till I wake up Monday the 21st. I’m easy.
I’ll post them […]
A few days ago, during the cool-kids camp, HubbleSite released this image:
Image Credit: HubbleSite
This is a very interesting image. On the left, the bright blob in the center surrounded by rings is a galaxy and the gravitational field from that galaxy is warping the light of two more galaxies directly behind it (causing […]
[Here’s a contest entry from Brian Karczewski. Thanks Brian!]
It’s amazing what one show can do to a person. A few years ago I watched The Elegant Universe on Pbs Nova and immediately fell in love with astronomy and physics. The show, which was based on the book and hosted by its author Brian Greene, […]
Right now, all the cool kids are playing astronomical kickball in Austin this week without me. Sure, they get lots of stuffs to post about, new science discovery-thingys to regurgitate. They even get to podcast. I didn’t see AstroProf in the photo guys, he’s there too lurking behind a laptop at the […]
From Jim, who states he wrote this a couple of years ago:
I’ve been working through the StarWatch seasonal windows since I
bought the book last fall. I didn’t really have many problems with
any of the fall or winter windows, but the spring windows are where
the book starts to get into the Ursa Major, Leo, Virgo, and […]
Hi Guys,
I’ve been slaving away writing code for the Dark Energy Survey for the past two days and I finally have a chance to make a post. I’ve received my first entry yesterday, it’s an observing report from one of my readers, known only to me as Jim.
Please keep ‘em coming… If no […]
Have you ever had one of those ideas that when you have them, you slap your head and say, “Of Course!”
Well, I had one of those today. Here’s the train of thought:
I wanted to do a contest for my readers but wasn’t sure anyone would show up. I wanted to offer something really […]
I was watching this video produced by Vern:
and I was reminded of this free software for making star charts on your computer. If you’re interested in learning about the sky, this is a great piece of software. I used it a lot when I was a Windows PC user. Since it is […]
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