Hubble Predicts the Future of Omega Centauri
[/caption]Using four years of data from the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, astronomers have made the most accurate measurements of the movement of stars in the globular cluster...
View ArticleWeekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: May 14-20, 2012
[/caption]Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Dark skies mean galactic studies and this is going to be a terrific week for sacrificing Viginis. But, hang on to your socks... Because it's solar eclipse time!...
View Article12 Star Party Secret Weapons
We’ve all been there. Well OK, all public star party telescope operators have been there. You’re set up and you've got a stunning view of Saturn centered in the field of view. But then the first member...
View ArticleVirtual Star Party – April 26, 2014- Hangoutathon Special Edition!
This week’s Virtual Star Party was a special 2-hour Saturday night version recorded as part of the Cosmoquest Hangoutathon. The Star Party at this link starts at 1 hour in – we’ll get an edited version...
View ArticleVirtual Star Party – May 4, 2014: It’s Galaxy Season!
Hosts: Fraser Cain and Scott Lewis Astronomers: Gary Gonella, Andrew Dumbleton, Stuart Foreman, David Dickinson, Shahrin Ahmad and special guest Henna Khan from Bombay, IndiaTonight’s Views: the Moon’s...
View ArticleGoing Low for Omega Centauri: How to Spot a Southern Hemisphere Jewel from...
47 Tucanae... the Coal Sack… Magellanic Clouds large and small… sure, it can be argued that the southern hemisphere sky has got all the “good stuff.” We’ve journeyed below the equator half a dozen...
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