Archives for April 2010
NEVER means DO NOT TRY!
Published on 30 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 30th April 2010
NEVER NEVER LOOK AT
OR NEAR THE SUN
THROUGH BINOCULARS or TELESCOPES !
PERMANENT BLINDNESS WILL RESULT EVEN
JUST QUICKLY LOOK AT THE SUN.
NEVER means DO NOT TRY!
I have to say that to remind you because I have stopped one adult with his child, were trying to look at the Sun with their exciting new [...]
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Solar Dynamics Observatory – Got an answer.
Published on 29 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 29th April 2010
Coronal Rain
Encircled are two plasma streamers, one hitting the sun’s surface and another incoming behind it.
See the feature movie for a magnetic filament erupts on April 19th that for the first time Solar Dynamice Observatory (SDO) provides an answer :- “The rain appears to be brighten by a cushion of hot gas [...]
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Space Shuttle – preparing for May 14th 2010.
Published on 28 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 28th April 2010
Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-132)
Space shuttle Atlantis will deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier and a Russian-built Mini Research Module (MRM-1) to the International Space Station.
See the photo imagery of the STS-132 crew members prepare for their mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Atlantis to be launched target for Friday 14th [...]
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Big, Bigger, Biggest, Large, Larger, Largest
Published on 27 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 27th April 2010
Enjoy the following comparison, starting with a “big” object, from our Moon to a large, larger, largest star.
The Biggest Stars in the Universe by ScienceMagazine.
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Mizar and Alcor (Double Stars)
Published on 26 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 26th April 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
In both Ireland and Great Britain, this pattern is known as the Plough.
View the middle star of the Great Bear’s tail – it’s the visual double star (Mizar and Alcor).
Of the seven stars that make up the Plough in the constellation of Ursa Major (The Great [...]
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British Deaf Astronomical Association
Published on 25 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 25th April 2010
Yesterday I was invited by British Deaf Astronomical Association for the talk about `Observing the Universe`, I was delighted to be a presenter for the deaf members of British Deaf Astronomical Association at Bedford School in Bedfordshire.
See my Derekscope’s video clips.
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Venus and Seven Sisters
Published on 24 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 24th April 2010 @ 21:00 / 9pm
Venus in brightest and Seven Sisters (Messier 45)
Catch Venus in an evening twilight conjunction with the `Seven Sisters` (Pleiades – star cluster). As the `Seven Sisters` slips lower in the sky it shares the evening with the brightest planet – Venus in the west. (A Great photo opportunity!)
See [...]
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Moon, Saturn and Mars
Published on 23 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 23rd April 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
Click here for enlarge image.
The Moon is south of the Star Regulus in the constellation of Leo (The Lion) between the Ring Planet (Saturn) and the Red Planet (Mars), making a great photo opportunity. (for example)
Meteor Showers :- The Lyrids
Published on 22 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 22nd April 2010 @ all nights
Derekscope BSL Video
Looking at the northeast for The Lyrids come courtesy of debris shed by comet Thatcher. As we pass through the debris each year, we get an increased number of meteors. They are named the Lyrids because their trails will all point back to the so-called radiant in [...]
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Solar Dynamics Observatory – New images of the sun.
Published on 21 Apr 2010 at 20:06.
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Wednesday 21st April 2010 @ 19:15pm / 7.15pm
Launched on February 11th from Cape Canaveral, the observatory has spent the past two months moving into a geosynchronous orbit and activating its instruments. As soon as SDO’s telescope doors opened, the spacecraft began beaming back scenes so beautiful and puzzlingly complex that even seasoned observers were stunned.
For [...]
