Blogs Posts in Astrometry category; 239 blog posts

Light Echoes Allow Astronomers To Watch ‘Great Eruption’ Rep...

Astronomers recently got a rare opportunity to view a cosmic event that took place from 1837 to 1858 known as the “Great Eruption.”The outburst temporarily made Eta Carinae the second brightest star in the sky during that peri [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

New comet discovered by amateur astronomer

Here’s how he did it: Using custom-written software to operate a 14″ Meade LX200GPS telescope in his self-built observatory in Warrensburg, Missouri, Fred set his system up to capture images of the sky on that cold evening, no [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Amateur astronomers love sharing passion for heavens with ot...

Joe Gonzalez can look at stars 10,000 light years away from the observatory he built in his backyard near Clarksburg, W.Va. That's about 58 quadrillion miles, said Gonzalez, who thinks there's a good chance that some life form out [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Astronomy team that includes UCLA finance professor discover...

A team led by UCLA research astronomer Michael Rich has used a unique telescope to discover a previously unknown companion to the nearby galaxy NGC 4449, which is some 12.5 million light years from Earth. The newly discovered dwarf galaxy [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Great Ellingham Recreational Centre, Norwich

Dr. John Rogers of the BAA (Jupiter Section) will be giving a talk on Jupiter and the Juno Mission. Launched in August 2011 it will arrive at Jupiter in 2016. The primary science goal is to significantly improve our understanding of the f [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Astronomers discover fourth planet that could potentially su...

WASHINGTON — International astronomers said on Thursday they have found the fourth potentially habitable planet outside our solar system with temperatures that could support water and life about 22 light-years from Earth. The t [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Astronomy: we've all got stars in our eyes

When did astronomy become so mainstream? A few years ago, it was thought of as the stuff of introverted hobbyists in suburban attics, telescope trained through a skylight while their spouse watched television downstairs. Now it’s ta [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Astronomers aim to take first picture of black hole

Taking a picture of a black hole, an object so gravitationally bound that not even photons of light can escape, sounds like an oxymoron, but astronomers this week will attempt to do just that. What they're hoping to glimpse is somethi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Astronomy Club: Prescott's night skies not dark enough

The Prescott Astronomy Club is again offering a kaleidoscope of free events about night skies in 2012, including its first-ever documentary showing. The club's 2012 presentations open Thursday with a talk about airborne astronomy from [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Astronomers announce discovery of oldest galaxy on record

NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the oldest galaxy on record, the space administration announced Tuesday. The space administration said it has captured an image of a group of galaxies located 13.1 billion light years a [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Solar Flare Radiation Dangers: Are We Ready?

It is a violent environment out there for our Earth, and all that impacts the fragile Earth affects us. As long as the Earth has existed, solar flares have been sending doses of radiation to the planet’s surface. “A worst-c [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

SUPARCO will launch astrophysics bulletin

The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) will launch an astronomy and astrophysics bulletin from current month in order to promote space understanding. The objective of launching of bulletin is to create aware [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Kepler's mission: Find planets like Earth

As discoveries of Earthlike planets captivate the world of astronomy, scientists seem closer than ever to finding out the answer to a question Aristotle asked more than 2,000 years ago: Are there other planets like ours? "In the next [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Astronomer doesn't let disability hold him back

A software developer for Medavie Blue Cross by day and an amateur astronomer by night, Tim, a native of Quinan just outside of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, has been interested in astronomy since childhood. He had his first telescope by age 12, [...]