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Triangle (Moon, Saturn & Spica)
Published on 24 Jan 2011 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 25th January 2011
Click here for the SkyMap to diagram for triangle.
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Spot Venus
Published on 17 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 17th November 2010
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You could spot the Venus in the morning at the Southern East sky from 06:00 / 6am onwards from today, tomorrow, and so on till after Christmas, it’s closest to Spica star in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgins).
See the SkyMap for spotting the Venus in the morning [...]
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.
South Equatorial Belt is back?
Published on 12 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 12th November 2011
Jupiter’s missing stripe (SEB), returning?
Earlier this year when Jupiter’s great South Equatorial Belt (SEB) vanished, researchers urged amateur astronomers to be alert for its eventual return. The SEB had come and gone before, they noted, and the revival was something to behold. Alert: It might be happening now. An energetic white plume [...]
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Sun, Moon and Planets ?
Published on 9 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 9th November 2010
Sun, Moon and Planets ??
Sun in the constellation of Libra (The Scale).
Moon (3.66 days old) moving through in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion), visible in the Western Sky after the Sunset.
Mercury in the constellation of Libra (The Scale), visible in the Western Sky (evening) after the Sunset.
Venus in the constellation of [...]
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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 [...]
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Aurora of Saturn
Published on 30 Sep 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 30th September 2010
Aurora of Saturn
Have you ever seen the Southern or Northern Lights? Earth isn’t the only planet that puts on these beautiful light shows, which are also called the “aurora“. Aurora have been seen at both poles of Saturn, too, as well as at the poles of Jupiter. These “curtains of light” sometimes rise 1,200 miles [...]
Did you see all planets?
Published on 26 Sep 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 26th September 2010
Sun, Moon and Planets to be seen
Sun – in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin).
Moon – moving through the constellation of Pisces ((The Fishes), visible in the sky before sunrise and for most of the night.
Mercury – in the constellation of Leo (The Lion), visible in the Eastern sky before the Sun [...]
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Two planets at opposition
Published on 21 Sep 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 21st September 2010
For planets outside the Earth’s orbit, like Jupiter and Uranus, last night and tonight around Oppositions are the best time to observe these planets.
An opposition happens when the planet is opposite from the Sun relative to the Earth. At Opposition the planet will rise as the Sun sets and will set as [...]
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Jupiter and Uranus
Published on 18 Sep 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 18th September 2010
Jupiter and Uranus
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This map of Jupiter and Uranus, it will help you to find them.
While Jupiter is outshining everything in the night sky all this month (except the Moon), Uranus is barely visible to the naked eye.
It’s a difference of scale: Uranus is almost three times smaller than [...]
