Photo Credit: astro-baby.com Getting Started in Visual Astronomy The purpose of this Web Log is to pass on to other members tips that you have learned about visual astronomy. From ...
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. ...
