This article originally appeared on Sky & Telescope’s website On November 8–9, 2011, the Earth-crossing asteroid 2005 YU55 will speed past us at a distance closer than the Moon. With a diameter of about 400 meters, it will be the largest object that’s ever been seen passing so close. It should reach about magnitude 11.2…
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Photometry Needed for the November Asteroid Flyby
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 at
11:41 am
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The Night Sky as We Should Be Able to See It
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 at
3:23 pm
If you live in a city, ever wondered what the night sky would have looked like before all the city lights drowned out the stars? This compelling video shows the night sky from various locations and should remind us all of what we’re missing because of the light pollution that’s being coughed up into the…
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2011
Saturday, September 10th, 2011 at
2:57 pm
Take a look at some of the winning photos with two of the judges from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, astronomy programmes manager Olivia Johnson and public astronomer Marek Kukula. From giant oval storms on the surface of Jupiter to colourful wispy remnants from a supernova explosion and the dazzling green curtain of the Northern Lights…
My Forays Into Astrophotography
Tuesday, March 28th, 2000 at
6:33 pm
I’ve been interested in astrophotography for a number of years and dabbled with it on and off, taking the ubiquitous star trail type images and also using a barn door mount for taking longer exposures. It was only after I bought a telescope that I became any way serious about astrophotography. Below you’ll find a…
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The Sun Now (H-Alpha light) |
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Aurora Oval (Northern Hemisphere) |
Aurora Oval (Southern Hemisphere) |
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