Archives for April 2010
Moon near Mars
Published on 21 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 21st April 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
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See the First Quarter Moon near Mars and the Beehive Cluster that will be great opportunity for astrophotography to capture the Moon near the Red Planet – Mars and the Open Cluster -Beehive Cluster (Messier 44).
Space Shuttle landing
Published on 20 Apr 2010 at 13:24.
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Tuesday 20th April 2010
Discovery Landed in Florida
At 14:08 / 2.08pm BST this afternoon Space Shuttle Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete the STS-131 mission to the International Space Station after 238 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,232,235 miles.
NASA TV :- STS-131 Discovery landed safety at Kennedy Space Centre.
STS-131 [...]
How can I best view a meteor shower?
Published on 20 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 20th April 2010
How can I best view a meteor shower?
If you live near a brightly lit city, drive away from the glow of city lights and toward the constellation from which the meteors will appear to radiate.
For example, drive north to view the Leonids. Driving south may lead you to darker skies, but the [...]
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Watch sloping to the West
Published on 19 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 19th April 2010 @ 21:30 / 9.30pm
Watch sloping to the west
Watch the constellations of Orion (The Hunter) and Taurus (The Bull) also the `Seven Sisters` sloping to the west this twilight evening.
See the SkyMap that following the blue dot line for three Stars belts in Orion (The Hunter), `The Eye of Bull` (Aldebaran) in [...]
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Constellation :- Crater (The Cup)
Published on 18 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 18th April 2010 @ 22:30 / 10.30pm
Crater (The Cup)
Look South in late evening to explore the constellation of Crater (The Cup), neighbouring the constellation of Corvus (The Crow) and Hydra (The Water Snake).
It contains no objects of interest for observers using binoculars or small telescope, only there are a few variable stars.
See the SkyMap.
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Deep Sky Challenge – NGC 4546 (Flying Saucer)
Published on 17 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 17th April 2010 @ 22;00 / 10pm
NGC 4565 – Flying Saucer
This month’s evening sky lies one of the finest edge-on galaxies in the sky for amateur observers. Though Charles Messier saw most of the very best galaxies, this is one he missed.
An edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s hair), this [...]
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Two events for this evening
Published on 16 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 16th April 2010 @ two events for this evening
UPDATED @ 20:30 / 8.30pm :- The photo is added below.
1) Mars meets Beehive Cluster @ 21:00 / 9pm
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DON’T MISS – seeing Mars at it’s closet approach to the Beehive Cluster (Messier 44) in the constellation of Cancer (The Crab) this [...]
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Milton Keynes Deaf Astronomical Society
Published on 15 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 15th April 2010 @ 19:00 / 7pm
Observing the Virgo which is partiular interest because it contains the nearest large cluster of galaxies as it’s called “The Virgo Cluster” and how capturing image for catching the crescent Moon close to Mercury and Venus in the evening twilight.
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Saturn’s moon transit
Published on 14 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 14th April 2010 @ 21:00 / 9pm
Saturn’s moon transit – Rhea
Tonight is an interesting transit event that you will be able to spot from 10-inch telescope onwards, you may just glimpse them with an 8-inch telescope under a good observing condition.
The transit of a moon across Saturn to spot the shadow of Rhea against [...]
Constellation :- Sextans (The Sextans)
Published on 13 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 13th April 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
Sextans
Look South in late evening explore the constellation of Sextans (The Sextans).
This is faint constellation is south of the constellation – Leo (The Lion) and there have a feature of interest that The Spindle Galaxy (NGC 3115) is an elliptical galaxy (elongated shape), visible through a telescope of [...]
