Members Reports

Moon Observation Journal

By Andee Sherwood posted 8 hours ago
The journal below is a great resource for classrooms, scouting groups, star party visitors, and beginners in amateur astronomers to learn more about the Moon. Check out the journal and more below published by NASA's Earth's Moon. You will find the link for the download at the bottom. Moon Observation Journal Image Credit: NASA Published: May 25, 2024 Spend the next month getting to know the Moon. Observe the Moon each day for a month. Write down the date and time you make each observation, and draw what you see. If you cannot see the Moon at all on a day, no matter when you look, indicate this in your journal and also write ...

OPPOSITIONS 2024 By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 11 hours ago
OPPOSITIONS 2024 By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . . While I was preparing to see the planet Saturn in opposition in September 2024, a neighbor asked me: . -After Saturn, in the coming weeks the other giant planets (Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter) will also be in opposition. Does this mean they will oppose if I want to go shopping on Pluto? #poetry

Orion Telescopes Have Ceased Operation

By Keith Sowell posted 4 days ago
I am sad to report that a ccording to Sky & Telescope, Orion Telescope ceased operations on July 9th, 2024. The parent company of Orion and Meade telescope manufacturers has shut its California offices. Orions website is down and the telephone number is not answered and goes to a full mailbox. I am sorry to see them go as I have owned many of their telescopes and still own a couple now. That means there will not longer be support fror any of their telescopes, and it looks like Meade may be shutting down too although their website still works at the time of this post. What a sad day it is in astronomy!

OCCULTATIONS  By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 4 days ago
OCCULTATIONS By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . On August 21, 2024, I was happy when the Moon occulted the planet Saturn in the sky, but yesterday I was nervous when a fat man occulted a pretty girl right on my street. #poetry

MARS THE CHAMPION  By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 5 days ago
MARS THE CHAMPION By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . . Ladies and gentlemen - said the year 2024 -, Mars was a real champion, managing to be in conjunction with Venus on February 22, with Saturn on April 11 and with Jupiter on August 14. . I know, you might say that, in reality, the orbits of the planets remain the same distance from each other, so I'll rephrase: Mars was the champion of visual magnetism! #poetry #planets

ROGUE PLANETS By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 6 days ago
ROGUE PLANETS By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . . There are sheep without a shepherd. Rogue sheep. .. . There are people without an ideal. Rogue people... . There are planets without a star. Rogue planets... . As for me, I'm still looking for an astral principle. #poetry

TALES OF THE HEAVENS

By Mirosław Wójcik posted 11 days ago
Image details: A cometary show Credit: E. Jehin and A. Correa (ESO) https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0705e/ ––– | TALES OF THE HEAVENS | T ales of the heavens are regularly spun since centuries by our ancestors and their contemporary successors This is a cavernous book which contents is still carefully updated, albeit with a significant delay… Even today we look into it, as well, with the same, awe-inspiring and non-weakening, inherited interest We try, in fact, to find there the answers to many profound questions concerning our multi-dimensional existence We've already ...

KGM1: Sustainable Energy to Combat Climate Change (A Free, Virtual Lecture)

By Donna McCormick posted 14 days ago
On September 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and Cornell Cooperative Extension-Suffolk, will co-host a free, virtual lecture by Marco Ghivarello, MEng, founder of the KGM1 Research Project, who will discuss an innovative approach that is at the forefront of Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) and that combats climate change. Not only can KGM1 technology be integrated with existing power grids, but it can provide a cost-effective and sustainable solution to fill critical energy needs. For example, this technology can be quickly deployed to support essential services and aid in recovery efforts in areas affected by natural disasters. It can also provide a ...

Saturn Moon occultation

By Michel Deconinck posted 15 days ago
For this occultation, I want to sketch a long pastel of the IN/OUT band, the Moon portion of Saturn behind our Satellite. Here the result (this is a low quality image) I reach 1m50 for the sketch, maybe a record in AWB images ? I also record a small video with more information about the method and the material: https://youtu.be/KNWchE4Y2oE Enjoy ! Michel #lunar

AN ASTEROID CALLED MIORITA  By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 17 days ago
AN ASTEROID CALLED MIORITA By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . . “A star fell At my wedding party; The Sun and the Moon Carried my coronet (…) And stars were torches!” (“Miorita - The Little Ewe”, the Romanian national myth-ballad, Vasile Alecsandri version - fragment from the dialogue between the best shepherd and the magical Miorita) . In 2024, the EURONEAR (EUROpean Near Earth Asteroids Research) team, led by Dr. Ovidiu Vaduvescu, proposed that Miorita become the name of a near-Earth asteroid that they discovered in 2014, and the International Astronomical Union accepted this proposal in August 2024. . ...

IN LYRA By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 21 days ago
IN LYRA By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . . When I was in the constellation Lyra, some deep sky objects told me (it's about Abel 46, a planetary nebula, NGC 6791, a star cluster, and NGC 6745, a spiral galaxy): -Leave the star Vega and the Ring Nebula, and admire us too! . I answered them: - I'm sorry, I have to return home to celebrate the summer light of the Sun! . -You better warm up on my surface! - said TrES-1b, an exoplanet. . I answered: -I'm sorry, I have to return home to celebrate the summer Supermoon! #poetry #lunar

Exploring Technosignatures: How Aerospace Engineering and Astronomy Shape Our Search for Life

By Abhishek sah posted 21 days ago
The search for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth—known as technosignatures—is an exciting area of study in astrobiology. But how do aerospace engineering and astronomy fit into this quest? Here’s a look at how these fields work together to help us understand the future of life in the universe. What Are Technosignatures? Technosignatures are clues that might indicate the presence of advanced alien civilizations. These could be signals or other signs of technology. Finding them isn’t easy and requires both advanced technology and clever techniques. How Aerospace Engineering Helps Aerospace engineering is all about designing and building spacecraft ...

ON THE OCCASION OF SARM’S CAMP “VACATION TO THE STARS” By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 23 days ago
ON THE OCCASION OF SARM’S CAMP “VACATION TO THE STARS” By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . . Children, why do you think the planetary orbits are imperfect? - asked an astronomer. . Just because the planets want to play like us and with us! - answered a wise little boy. #poetry

PERSEIDS 2024 IN RUNCUSTONE (3) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe, Valentin Grigore (photos) and Alex Vizitiu

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 23 days ago
PERSEIDS 2024 IN RUNCUSTONE (3) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe, Valentin Grigore (photos) and Alex Vizitiu . . Are you ready for a new adventure on the planet Runcu Stone? (Alex Vizitiu) . . A mountain place, a fine situation: Great meteors and so many flights! Just a Perseid demonstration Between Milky Way and northern lights! (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe) . #poetry #meteorshower

PERSEIDS 2024 IN RUNCU STONE (2, ASTRO-HAIGA) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (1, 3) and Alex Vizitiu (2)

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 24 days ago
PERSEIDS 2024 IN RUNCU STONE (2, ASTRO-HAIGA) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (1, 3) and Alex Vizitiu (2) . . #poetry #meteorshower

PERSEIDS 2024 IN RUNCU STONE (1) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (haiku) and Alex Vizitiu (photo)

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 25 days ago
PERSEIDS 2024 IN RUNCU STONE (1) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (haiku) and Alex Vizitiu (photo) . #poetry #meteorshower

PATCHES OF LIGHT

By Mirosław Wójcik posted 25 days ago
Image details: It’s a car! It’s a train! No, it’s Jupiter! Credit: ESO/P. Horálek https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2146a/ ––– | PATCHES OF LIGHT | T iny patches of light are seen from such a long distance that they seem completely insignificant Nothing more mistaken as they create the matrix of time: a historical album of transformation process(es) Tiny patches of light albeit invisible, present, however. A good-hearted Hubble has become convinced about it It gazed once its sight at a certain, tiny point. Results were surprising. Plenitude versus * emptiness The patches ...

Images - Jupiter Mars Conjunction - Gianluca Masi At the Virtual Telescope Project

By Andee Sherwood posted 26 days ago
Wow, check out the images of the Jupiter Mars conjunction from Gianluca Masi at the Virtual Telescope Project in Italy! "J upiter & Mars. Plenty of star clusters and dark nebulae in this spot of the sky (Taurus)." Manciano, Italy, 14 Aug. 2024. © Gianluca Masi The Virtual Telescope Project

AN ASTRO-HAIKU DIALOGUE WITH ALEX VIZITIU

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 26 days ago
AN ASTRO-HAIKU DIALOGUE WITH ALEX VIZITIU By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . . T CORONAE BOREALIS . Once in a lifetime T Coronae ignites bright - a quite fiery sight. (Alex Vizitiu) . Think: what is both a binary star and a nova? Just the Blaze Star! (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe) #poetry

ON THE OCCASION OF THE 32ND EDITION OF SARM'S “PERSEID” CAMP

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 27 days ago
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 32ND EDITION OF SARM'S “PERSEID” CAMP By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . . Through the simulations of this VR system, you can see details of the Moon and planets almost as if from space rockets! - said a valuable astronomer. . Wonderful - I thought - especially since now I am too old and tired to try to become an astronaut. And anyway, at least on our planet I can still see with the naked eye, in the middle of free nature, the most beautiful Perseids! #poetry