The bright, long-period, eclipsing binary star epsilon Aurigae is predicted to begin its next eclipse late July or early August of 2009. The AAVSO is participating in a global campaign to record this eclipse as part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 celebrations, organized by the Citizen Sky … Read the rest of this article
Thanks for stopping by! I’ve been running the Night Sky Observer site since 1997 but this sub-blog is intended primarily to document my progress in getting back into astrophotography after a number of years’ absence. I’ll also be posting about other astronomy-related stuff that’s better suited to a blog than the main site. If you want to know more about … Read the rest of this article
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit June 23. The spacecraft has two cameras — a low resolution Wide Angle Camera and a high resolution Narrow Angle Camera. Collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, they were activated June 30. The cameras are working well and have returned images … Read the rest of this article
With NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers now are getting their best look at those whirling stellar cinders known as pulsars. In two studies published in the July 2, 2009 edition of Science Express, international teams have analyzed gamma-rays from two dozen pulsars, including 16 discovered by Fermi. Fermi is the first spacecraft able to identify pulsars by their gamma-ray … Read the rest of this article
A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on July 7, 2009, the second of four lunar eclipses in 2009. This eclipse will only enter the southern most tip of the penumbral shadow and thus will be very difficult to observe visually.
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Penumbral eclipse details from LunarPhase Pro [click to enlarge image]. The light-grey ring shows the penumbral shadow. The moon’s …
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