Only Total Lunar Eclipse for 2019 Visible From Here This Month January 20th 2019 Eclipse Graphic. Photo Credit: Leah Tiscione / Sky & Telescope The only total lunar eclipse for ...
Photo Credit: Michael Broussard This month could see the dramatic brightening of a periodic comet peaking at mid-month. Optimistic predictions expect the comet to become visible to the unaided eye. ...
Photo Credit: NASA Last month NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe, its second deep space mission in 2018. (The other was Insight, destined for a November landing on Mars.) Parker ...
Over a several hour period during these ongoing short summer nights, it is possible to view the four brightest planets of our solar system. Although each is easily visible ...
Fifty years ago this month in 1968 the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) were locked in a race to reach the moon. ...
A lot of times, when sharing views of heavenly objects through a telescope, the question comes up: “How far away is it?” If I know the answer and the target ...
photo credit: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net Astronomy has many inconsequential and over-hyped terms, such as “blue moon” and “supermoon.” As interesting as they may be such things are of no consequential scientific value. ...
Photo Credit: www.universetoday.com There is a potentially impressive meteor shower coming up later. We’ll review the circumstances behind it, where and how to view it for best results. But first ...
Photo Credit: www.sureshemre.wordpress.com There is more to the motion of the moon than literally meets the eye. In July we discussed some basics of the moon’s motion circling the earth. ...
August 21 is the date that amateur astronomers have been looking forward to for years because it is the date of the first total solar eclipse to occur in the ...
photo credit: www.swpc.noaa.gov Next month’s solar eclipse is this year’s big news in amateur astronomy. This month we continue preparations for the eclipse with a discussion of available equipment that ...
Photo Credit: www.JoeDubs.com The currency in the realm of the heavenly “clockwork” are its cycles. From the small scale to the large, cycles are everywhere. The moon revolves around Earth; ...
