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»
Posted on: April, 20th, 2019 | in
Meetings, Planets, Uncategorized
Vapour trail caught on camera A screenshot taken from a video sent to SunLive (video: SunLive/Chris & Amber Wyatt) Tauranga Astronomical Society features in a recent article published on SunLive – Tauranga’s Weekend Sun newspaper on-line news department. Last week the SunLive newsroom contacted us via our website. They sent a video […] Read more»
Posted on: April, 7th, 2019 | in
General, Meetings, Solar System
The band of the Milky Way galaxy can be seen at night in areas with dark skies. Here it is seen with several Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Arra (ALMA) antenna. (Credit: ESO/B. Tafreshi Our next meeting is this Tuesday 9th April The Program On-screen presentations – The formation of Our Galaxy […] Read more»
