Posted on: October, 5th, 2019 | in
Astrophotography, Lectures, Meetings, Planets, Saturn, Solar System, Telescopes
Crowded Space Station It was a bit crowded at the International Space Station (ISS) this week. A busy week at the International Space Station (ISS). With nine crew members on board this week, the orbiting laboratory was unusually crowded from Wednesday (25th September) until Thursday (3rd October) when three of […] Read more»
Posted on: September, 22nd, 2019 | in
Earth, Exo-planets, Jupiter, Lectures, Meetings, Moon, Planets, Saturn, Telescopes
Neptune at Opposition This month is a great time to see the solar system’s outermost gas giant planet, if you have a telescope and a little patience. The above image of the planet Neptune was obtained during a test of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope array in northern […] Read more»
Posted on: September, 8th, 2019 | in
Earth, Jupiter, Meetings, Moon, Orion, Planets, Saturn, Solar System, Telescopes
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech Spitzer’s Orion Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula, an immense stellar nursery some 1,500 light-years away. Spanning about 40 light-years across the region, this infrared image from the Spitzer Space Telescope was constructed from data intended to monitor the brightness of the nebula’s young stars, many still surrounded by […] Read more»
