If you've got 53 minutes, here's a link to the clearest non-mathematical explaination of Einstein's theory that I've ever encountered. Dr. Brainerd happens to...
John Briggs has arranged for me to give a workshop (or a part of a workshop?) on the use of Astrometrica software's stack and track function. It'll be held at...
Jim Hendrickson took a pile of photos and arranged them into a wonderful slide show at http://www.flickr.com/photos/30623046@N08/sets/72157625789271989/show/ ...
Steve H.'s talk at the Skyscrapers' April meeting was about observing deep sky objects and planets using the Mallincam real time video camera. The talk was...
Comet Garradd (C/2009 P1) is presently moving westerly and entering the small constellation of Delphinus, the Dolphin, and transits about 11 PM EST. It will...
Comet Garradd was observed in 10X50 binoculars high in the western sky in the early AM of Wednesday, Aug. 24 as it approached the M71 star cluster in Sagitta....
Seagrave's clear sky clock suggests that although the transparency will not be the greatest, we've got a shot at viewing. Best viewing around here happens...
Good to see you got some images of the asteroid too, Pete. Good work, as always. My image sequences of 2005 YU55 didn't get started until about 7:30 PM...
An Australian amateur astronomer, Terry Lovejoy, recently discovered a comet and it just grazed the sun and survived the fiery plunge through the solar...
Here is an earth based images taken by an amateur in Australia: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=800218&postcount=98 You might need to copy...
From the southern hemisphere, Comet Lovejoy continues to be very impressive: Here is a video of the comet rising above Chilean skies: http://vimeo.com/34119758...
Space Weather News for Dec. 24, 2011 http://spaceweather.com Astronauts onboard the International Space Station have seen sungrazing Comet Lovejoy from Earth...
Below is a link to the Dawn spacecraft's website at NASA: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_12_30_11.asp Below are some excerpts from the article. It...
Here is the January Dawn Journal update. The full article is here: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_01_27_12.asp A short quote from the journal:-- ...
My goodness but this is a quiet group. Did the sun fail to shine in Scituate? A friend and I ran a small public event on the Barrington town hall lawn. Since...
The links below show and describe how the New Horizons spacecraft will fly by the planet Pluto in 2015 and by many other Kuiper Belt Objects in the months to...
After a journey of about 250 million miles through the solar system, the Curiosity rover lands safely on Mars. Details of this alien spacecraft from Earth and...
Required viewing is http://eyes.nasa.gov And I am sure many of you saw it on the TV coverage. One can only say wow after seeing this tool in operation. Bob ...
"NASA's Dawn Prepares for Trek Toward Dwarf Planet Jet Propulsion Laboratory August 30, 2012 PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to become...
The image shown above on the Home page is Comet 168P Hergenrother (as of 11-22-2012). It will be there for a couple of weeks. COMET 168P HERGENROTHER Comet...
Bob's image of Comet 168P Hergenrother prompts me to post my much less spectacular first image of "next year's great comet". The image was taken two days...
To read the complete summary of NASA's Dawn spacecraft's journey to visit the minor planet Vesta, see the URL link below. A brief excerpt is below the URL...
Comet 2013 A1 discovered in January, 2013 at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia by Rob McNaught is currently estimated in having a 1 in 600 chance of...
