Archives for the 'Features of Interest' Category
Studying the Universe
Published on 28 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 26th November 2010
Derek Rowley @ Piazzi Smyth Observatory
British Deaf Astronomical Association (BDAA) was running a series of short courses in Astronomy at the Bedford School during in November 2008 with a super supporting by Bedford Astronomical Society.
Taking an astronomy course – variety on offer covering all age groups and levels of experience, to help [...]
Clear Skies tonight?
Published on 27 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 27th November 2010
www.sat24.com
Sat24.com provides realtime satellite images. The images provide an excellent view on the clouds in the sky and an indication of the meteo weather over the European continent.
The website provides for a specific zoom for countries and regions like France , Germany , Netherlands , Spain , Swedenand Scandinavia, the UK , Italia , Greece , etc.
Especially in the [...]
Radio Telescope?
Published on 22 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 22nd November 2010
What is a Radio Telescope?
Some objects can not be seen with an optical telescope, but the radio waves that give out can be detected with a radio telescope – Karl Jansky built the first radio telescope in 1932 in USA.
Fact about Karl Jansky
He was an American physicist and radio engineer who in August [...]
What is a Coronagraph?
Published on 20 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 20th November 2010
Coronagraph
A coronagraph is a telescope that can see things very close to the Sun, click here for more reference about it.
Above image from SOHO Coroagraph
A bright comet just discovered on Wednesday 17th November 2010 by Polish comet hunter Michal Kusiak is about to disappear forever that problem is, it is diving toward [...]
Season Constellation
Published on 14 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 14th November 2010
Winter Sky
Why the constellations change through the yearly?
Because the Earth spins on it’s axis so we see the constellations differently – this is also why we have seasons.
See the movie of seasons.
Click here for the Sky Map of :- Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn.
EPOXI Mission to Comet Hartley 2
Published on 4 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 4th November 2010
This artist’s concept shows us the first time Deep Impact encountered a comet – Tempel 1 in July 2005.
Deep Impact, now in an extended mission called EPOXI, have flown to Comet Hartley 2, today at 02:00 / 2pm.
See Mission News :- EXPOXI Mission.
Click here for NASA to host live news.
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Trick or Treat
Published on 31 Oct 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 31st October 2010 – Happy Halloween!
Trick or Treat
Trick
Backyard stargazers with binoculars or telescopes — and dark, clear skies — should be able to see a tricky Comet Hartley 2 this week. The comet will have passed through the constellation of Gemini (The Twin), continuing its journey across the night sky in the direction of the [...]
How are spacecraft launched?
Published on 20 Oct 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 20th October 2010
How does a rocket work?
If a balloon is filled with air and then released, it speeds along – a rocket works in the same way but it’s a mixture of hydrogen gas and oxygen fuel explodes all the time to push hot gas out of the back of the rocket and propelling [...]
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Become an Astronomer?
Published on 17 Oct 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 17th October 2010
That’s me – I always wish!
Can anyone be an astronaut?
When Space travel first began, astronauts were all specially trained aeroplane pilots. Now, however, astronauts can be experts from different sciences who are sent into space to carry out experiments. However, competition is so fierce that as well as being science experts – [...]
Saturn’s moon – Enceladus
Published on 12 Oct 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 12th October 2010
Enceladus
The Enceladus Moon is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel.
In 2005 the Cassini spacecraft performed several close flybys of Enceladus that was revealing the moon’s surface and environment in greater detail. In particular, the probe discovered a water-rich plume venting from the moon’s south polar region. This discovery, along with the [...]
