Sunday 19 September 2010

25 September, Smithfield: Die moontlikheid van lewe binne ons eie sonnestelsel

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Plek: Pigout Restaurant

Adres: Smithfield
Datum: 25 September 2010

Tyd: 19H00

Koste: R75 vir volwassenes en R50 vir kinders

Program: Sterre kyk voor die maan opkom en praatjie.

Tema: Die moontlikheid van lewe binne ons eie sonnestelsel

Ingeluit by die toegang: Lekker sop en ciabatta en wyn en koeldrank

130 km van Bloemfontein. Hier is gastehuise waar mense kan oorslaap as hulle wil.

Bring ook julle teleskope saam. Die sterre is baie mooi hier.

Werk wat by die sentrum gedoen word: Radiowaarnemings. Navorsing op die son en Jupiter. Die belangrikste werk is navorsing in die 1.4GHz waterstoflyn waar vir enige tekens van ET gesoek word.

Bespreek vooraf

Kontakinligting:
Henk Swanepoel
UFO Research Centre
Smithfield
Tel: (051) 683-0498
E-pos: uforesearch@smithfield.co.za

Saturday 18 September 2010

Visit the Royal Observatory

Add to your To Do List in the UK

Astronomy Photographer of the Year

M31, The Andromeda Galaxy

This is a single 20 minute exposure with a William Optics 80mm refractor and Canon XSi. I used Photoshop to increase the exposure 2X and levels to darken the sky. I lost some of the detail in the core, but discovered detail in the arms.

More Images

BBC: Audio slideshow: Seeing into space

Take a breather and watch this show

Universe Today: Moon Maps

Astronomy observation help

A variety of Moon Maps

BBC: Explore the Solar System

Take the day off and explore this site

Thursday 16 September 2010

SpaceTravel: NASA names 'last' space shuttle crew (The last one?)

by Staff Writers Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2010 NASA says it has chosen the three-man, one-woman crew that could be the last to fly a U.S. space shuttle mission.
Source: SpaceDaily
Click to find out who they are. Will there be lift-off at all?

Space Daily: Closest Encounter With Jupiter Until 2022

by Dr. Tony Phillips
Science@NASAHuntsville AL (SPX) Sep 16, 2010
Been outside at midnight lately? There's something you really need to see. Jupiter is approaching Earth for the closest encounter between the two planets in more than a decade--and it is dazzling.
The night of closest approach is Sept. 20-21st. This is also called "the night of opposition" because Jupiter will be opposite the sun, rising at sunset and soaring overhead at midnight. Among all denizens of the midnight sky, only the Moon itself will be brighter.

More info

Wednesday 15 September 2010

Hubble Completes 100,000th Orbit, Takes Yet Another Breathtaking Photo

Hubble, without a doubt the most spectacular digital camera in the solar system, has completed its 100,000th orbit. To celebrate, scientists pointed the telescope to NGC 2074, a spectacular star birthplace 170,000 light-years away, right next to the Tarantula nebula, where Ming of Mongo is probably building a weapon of mass destruction. Like always, the image—taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2—is breathtaking, especially the high resolution version: