From space.com: http://www.space.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=hst Vote on the images by clicking 1-5 stars in the upper right-hand corner, or just click NEXT...
Figuring out the Moon's orbit makes my head swim. I saw the last-quarter moon before sunrise this morning (Wednesday) and noticed how very, very low it was,...
Ted, Had only high, very thin clouds here. I set the ETX90 on the picnic table on the back deck when I got up at 5:30. I should have set the scope out before I...
I wonder why it is so dense: "The star is more than 50 times as dense as the sun." To me the article implies that the star formed normally: it is just a...
Well, the clouds are rolling in. Radio is saying mostly cloudy tonight. Parkway to Pisgah is closed. I won't be able to get off until 5:00 today & haven't...
Well, the clouds are rolling in. Radio is saying mostly cloudy tonight. Parkway to Pisgah is closed. I won't be able to get off until 5:00 today & haven't...
Currently, Mercury is visible about 45 minutes after sunset, very near to the horizon, just to the south (left) of due west. Yet, if your sky is clear and...
Charles and Mike, Congrats on the $1 million grant that you have recently been rewarded along with UNCA for continued and increased educational opportunities...
Thanks everyone. It was quite a nice ceremony and crowd of diginitaries who visited PARI yesterday. If you want to see some pictures have a look at ...
Hi all, Sunday night I got the opportunity to capture M109 again to replace last year's attempt with which I was not completely satisfied. Just click on the...
Great image, Tom. I enjoyed the minimum of 5 other galaxies in the background as well. Bernie ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Thanks, Bernie! See you at 7. I also just loaded a revised version, I think is better. Best, Tom W. Harrison http://www.ironmountainobservatory.com ...
Great image Tom. Now I realize what that fuzzy thing I was looking at on Sunday night was! <g> Elliott XT8 Vista 10x50 ... replace last year's attempt with...
Great Image Tom, your getting a nice collection. Mark H. ... replace last year's attempt with which I was not completely satisfied. Just click on the below...
Asheville is right in the center of the predicted shadow path of asteroid Ianthe when it goes in front of star HIP 78641 at "about" 3:56:50am EST on Thursday...
WOW, that's great news! Congrats, Charles! Thanks for posting it, Bernie. I wouldn't have known about it otherwise (Katie & I stopped our subscription to the...
Save Hubble! Sen. Barbara Mikulski, a Maryland Democrat whose state is home to the Space Telescope Science Institute and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,...
Heads up! Smaller stony asteroids, say those the size of the car, enter the atmosphere more frequently but typically disintegrate higher up and cause no...
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