Archives for March 2010
Saturn
Published on 22 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 22nd March 2010 - all nights
The Ringed planet – Saturn, reaches peak visibility the night of March 22nd, when it lies opposite the Sun in our sky and remains visible all night and marks the best time of the year to view the ringed planet because it was closest to Earth and thus appears it’s [...]
This morning
Published on 21 Mar 2010 at 10:00.
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Sunday 21st March 2010
The sunlight shining through ice crystal-clouds had produced a bright pair of circumzenithal arc at my home this morning at 09:30 / 9.30am.
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TV Programme – tonight
Published on 21 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 21st March 2010 @ 21:00 / 9pm on BBC2
Wonders of the Systems
Episode three of five :- The Thin Blue Line
Programme :- BBC2 @ 9pm – 10pm
Professor Brian Cox describes how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system.
He reveals how something as flimsy as an envelope of gas – an [...]
Spring Equinox
Published on 20 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 20th March 2010 @ 17:00 / 5pm
Today at 17:32 / 5.32pm when the Earth’s orbit makes the Sun appears to cross the Celestial Equator from south to north, entering the northern celestial hemisphere. It is also known as the Spring Equinox or Vernal Equinox and the First Point at the constellation of Aries (The [...]
Features of Interest ~ Zeta Cancri Star
Published on 19 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 19th March 2010 @ all nights
Features of Interest :- Zeta Cancri Star
Zeta Cancri (Tegmine) star is a lovely triple of yellow stars through a small telescope from 2-inch, it is seen to consist of two stars – magnitude 5.1 and 6.2.
An aperture larger than 6-inch (150mm) telescope will see the brighter component has a [...]
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Milton Keynes Deaf Astronomical Society
Published on 18 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 18th March 2010 @ 19:00 / 7pm
Hunting the deep-sky objects in the constellation of Leo (The Lion).
Everyone is welcome! ~ please text me on 07845319228, if you are coming.
Click here for MKDAS programme 2010.
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Earthshine & Venus
Published on 17 Mar 2010 at 00:04.
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Wednesday 17th March 2010 @ 18:30 / 6.30pm
Earthshine, image taken by Derek Rowley.
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Sunlight reflected by Earth that makes the otherwise dark part of the Moon glow faintly. It’s especially obvious during the Moon’s thin crescent phases.
So tonight keep your eye on the western twilight sky just after sunset that Venus is [...]
Three Messier Open Clusters in Auriga
Published on 16 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 16th March 2010
Find three bright Messier Clusters in the constellation of Auriga (The Charioteer) with binoculars :- M36, M37 and M38.
Just visible with the naked eye and easy to see with binoculars, in the field of 6 degrees by binocular or more that all three can be seen as misty patches.
M38 is the most [...]
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Computers
Published on 15 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 15th March 2010
Computers have made a major impact on every walk of life, and astronomy is no exception. Professional scientists use them extensively to process and analyze data, and to control telescopes that may be far away that all researcher’s work greatly when they are studying such things as how stars or planets form.
Digital [...]
TV Programme – tonight
Published on 14 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 14th March 2010 – 21:00 / 9pm @ BBC2
Wonders of the Solar System
Episode two of five :- Order out of Chaos
Programme :- BBC2 @ 9pm – 10pm
Professor Brian Cox describes how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. He reveals how all the beauty and order we see in [...]
