How to watch falling of dead NASA satellite UARS

September 18, 2011

Updated: September 28: Although rumours suggested that few of NASA’s UARS satellite debris have finally hit the country Canada, NASA says that any debris have fallen into open waters of Pacific Ocean. UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) was an orbital space observatory. The 5,900 kg (13,000 pounds) spacecraft was deployed in 1991.  $750 million mission was sent to study [...]

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Supernova explosion in neighboring galaxy M101

August 31, 2011

The supernova flared up on 2011 August 24 in the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) just 21 million light-years from Earth. It’s the closest star explosion observed since 1987. How to observe supernova? Designated SN 2011fe (PTF 11kly initially), the supernova is brightening rapidly  in the Big Dipper (constellation Ursa Major). The galaxy stands above the two [...]

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Comet Garradd of 2011-2012

August 30, 2011

Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd discovered by Australian amateur astronomer Gordon Garradd is visible in September 2011 through all binoculars and small telescopes as high evening object glowing at  magnitude 7 . It has a bright green head (coma), a sharp nucleus and a short but well defined tail . The comet’s location is in the tiny constellation Arrow (Sagitta) in [...]

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Night sky 2011

January 11, 2011

The most interesting astronomy events in 2011: January 2 -Jupiter and Uranus conjuction  (0.6º)  January 3/ 4 – Quadrantids Meteor Shower.  January 4 – Partial Solar Eclipse. The partial eclipse will be visible in most parts of northern Africa, Europe, and Asia.  January 30 – Venus conjuction with the Moon (3º)  March 20 – The [...]

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World famous astronomers

October 8, 2010

Sky of Ptolemy From the ancient times, humans have been fascinated by the objects in the night sky. At first, it seemed like there was just the Moon and stars, but early astronomers began to notice other objects, too. One of the most important advances in the history of astronomy was the invention of the telescope [...]

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Astrophotography: How To

October 3, 2010

The view through telescope is fascinating, however it is different from those color images we have all seen in internet.  Digital camera (compact camera, webcam, DSLR or CCD) can enhance the incoming light alowing to display full glory of celestian object. It has even more advantages: the possibilities to check an image immediately after the exposure [...]

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Milky way galaxy – cannibal

July 3, 2010

A theory of galaxy formation — called the “bottom-up model” — says that large galaxies like the Milky Way attained their great size by swallowing up neighboring dwarf galaxies over billions of years. One in one hundred stars in the Milky Way belong to the stellar halo, which is much larger than the Galaxy’s familiar spiral [...]

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Differences between black holes

June 29, 2010

If nothing, not even light, can’t escape, such an object is called a black hole. The black hole has no material surface. The original matter of the star is shrunk to an infinitely dense point, called a singularity. The perimeter of the black hole is called the horizon. Everything which could happen beyond the horizon is trapped, [...]

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Space and astronomy videos

May 30, 2010

Video podcasting, or vodcasting, is the latest evolution of the podcast revolution and has become a competitor for traditional television. It is a digital recording made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal video player or a computer. Gateways like the iTunes and video community websites such as YouTube have created new content [...]

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