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STORIES FROM TARGOVISTE ASTRO-SPACE-FEST 2025 (PS) Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 6 days ago
C/2025 A6 (LEMMON) . Photo 1 (2025-10-20, Runcu Stone) by George Tanase Astro-haiku by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe Photo 2 (2025-10-24, Runcu Stone) by Valentin Grigore . . Only a simple comet... and so much upliftment of the soul! . #poetry

MODELED ON THOMAS DIGGES (1546-1595) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 7 days ago
I heard a lot about Copernicus, Bruno, Galileo and Kepler, but I have heard too little about Thomas Digges, who considered that the Sun is the center of an infinite Universe. . Maybe if we look at the world subjectively he was right… #poetry

During A Recent Eclipse by Clarence Underwood

By Clarence G. Underwood posted 8 days ago
During a recent eclipse! . By Clarence G. Underwood . As an Astronomy enthusiast there are Many things in the sky that I enjoy. Watching last years eclipse was quite A joy! Eclipses of the sun and moon are Something to see. For a solar eclipse one Needs eye protection but with a lunar Eclipse all you need is to look with your Naked eye and it you can see! With my Vintage telescope, it has a projection Screen you see. So with my naked eye I Can watch a solar eclipse it is great to See! Projecting an image is lots of fun And it is easy. So next time there is a Solar eclipse use a pinhole projector or Get a vintage telescope with ...

STORIES FROM TARGOVISTE ASTRO-SPACE-FEST 2025 (6) Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 8 days ago
MY LAST DAY AT THE EVENT . Moon and Venus. Then the ascension of the Sun - a living being . . . . . #poetry

Hamptons Observatory Needs Your Help

By Donna McCormick posted 9 days ago
This is the season when many worthy nonprofit organizations ask for your help. We’re doing the same. The main difference is that their annual appeal goals are in the six figures, while ours is far more modest--our annual budget is still only $25K a year. But year we need donors to be extra generous. Why? We’re facing the added expense (possibly upwards of $50K) of building a new observatory structure. For years, we've been trying to get up and running with a 45+ year old, used (by two previous owners) and battered building to house our 20” research-grade telescope (good news: it still works!). Despite extensive repair efforts by a skilled team of volunteers ...

The Foggy Night

By Clarence G. Underwood posted 9 days ago
. The Foggy Night . By Clarence G. Underwood . I was out last night observing the Crescent moon, suddenly the Bright light from the moon started To dim. The air got cooler, there was A mist in the air. The fog was rolling In, but the moon didn’t care. It Continued to shine, yes it was dimmed. But it was good to see that the fog Could not overcome him. Yes, the Features disappeared, but the outline Did persist. The crescent was yet seen Even through the foggy mist. The sun And the moon brighten the sky. I’m Sure ancient man worshipped them. Now we know why! Their light can Persist even while other things disappear ...

STORIES FROM TARGOVISTE ASTRO-SPACE-FEST 2025 (5) Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 9 days ago
SKY LOVERS . Free people in a mountain place, games with telescopes, serenity . . . . . . #poetry

STORIES FROM TARGOVISTE ASTRO-SPACE-FEST 2025 (4) Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 10 days ago
LAUNCHES AT RUNCU STONE (with special thanks to astronaut Dorin Dumitru Prunariu and model rocket maker George Radu) . Astronaut next to miniature rockets - nostalgic dimension . . . . . . #poetry

“Comets and Interstellar Visitors: Exploring the Dynamic Sky” (A Free, Virtual Lecture)

By Donna McCormick posted 12 days ago
On January 22, 2026, at 7:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and co-host Suffolk County Community College will present a free, virtual lecture by Dr. Ariel Graykowski, a research scientist from the SETI Institute who will talk about comets, interstellar visitors such as 3I/ATLAS and its unique features, as well as how professionals and citizen scientists are collaborating in an effort to learn more about our universe. Registration is required for this free, virtual lecture: https://bit.ly/DynamicSkyTalk From icy visitors from the outer solar system to rare interstellar interlopers like 3I/ATLAS, comets are among the most dynamic ...

The Oldest Recognized Constellation

By Clarence G. Underwood posted 13 days ago
The Oldest recognized Constellation By Clarence G. Underwood Astronomy is a science of old. It has been a topic Of man for ages untold. We have found signs of Ancient societies, but sky watches have probably Been around as long as man could see! Found in A cave somewhere in France, no doubt after man Learned to dance. The arts emerged as a communication Form. A way for ideas to be sent along. Yes, ideas would Be carried along in time. The way some words are Transmitted through rhymes. Some 17,000 years ago Someone painted a Bull and the Pleiades you know! Yes, Taurus is the oldest constellation we have found. It seems that the ...

MAGELLANIC CLOUDS – AN ASTRO-HAIKU DIALOGUE WITH DANUT IONESCU By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 14 days ago
Danut Ionescu was a great popularizer of astronomy in Romania, where he ran a magazine and a radio show in the 1990s, then moved to New Zealand, where he remained an active amateur astronomer with astropoetic flashes. This time he insisted that the work below also include two photos of the Magellanic Clouds (satellite galaxies of the Milky Way), the first by the founding president of SARM, Valentin Grigore (July 7, 2019, Vale de la Luna, Atacama, Chile), and the second even by Danut Ionescu (January 12, 2024, Tokoroa, New Zealand), as “a symbol of unity and friendship through Astronomy”. Special thanks for technical support to Alex Vizitiu. . MAGELLANIC ...

STORIES FROM TARGOVISTE ASTRO-SPACE-FEST 2025 (3) Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 15 days ago
THREE KINDS OF SATURN . In the center of a light-polluted public square, an astronomer pointed to the planet Saturn (first with a few satellites, then with its famous ring) through his advanced digital telescope. . I retreated to the edge of the square to also review the same planet with the naked eye like a realistic friend and not as an amplified one. . . . . #poetry

BEYOND SCIENTIFIC PATTERNS

By Mirosław Wójcik posted 16 days ago
Image details: Wide-field view of the region of the sky around JADES-GS-z14-0 Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2507d/ ––– |BEYOND SCIENTIFIC PATTERNS| S omething there makes us truly amazed because it slips out certain scientific patterns According to them, it's to be something. However, arisen facts are drawing a completely different picture Evidently, so intriguing that main space agencies came into meaningful silence… Simultaneously all of the most important research instruments were engaged to trace the trajectory ...

STORIES FROM TARGOVISTE ASTRO-SPACE-FEST 2025 (2) Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 16 days ago
A RULER, A TELESCOPE AND A STAR . In the 1390s, Voivod Mircea the Elder and the Romanian army defeated Sultan Bayezid and the Ottoman army in the Battle of Rovine. . After about 630 years, in front of a statue of the former Romanian ruler, an astronomer was doing telescopic demonstrations, and I didn't know if Mircea the Elder was interested in these or simply admired the star Vega. . . . #poetry

STORIES FROM TARGOVISTE ASTRO-SPACE-FEST 2025 (1) Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 17 days ago
DEEP SKY OBJECTS AND A SINGLE STAR . In the center of a light-polluted public square, an astronomer showed a star cluster, a galaxy and a nebula through his ultramodern digital telescope. . At the edge of a light-polluted public square, I could only photograph a single star, but it was the "flying eagle", Altair. . . . . #poetry

Winter Stargazing: A Journey Through the Night Sky (A Free, In-Person Lecture & Star Party)

By Donna McCormick posted 19 days ago
Learn about the wonders of your universe and what’s up in the sky this winter! On Saturday, November 29th, at 5:00 PM, NASA Solar System Ambassador, William Francis Taylor, will present a free in-person lecture, “Winter Stargazing: A Journey Through the Night Sky.” The talk will be held at the Eastville Community Historical Society in Sag Harbor. If you only want to attend the star party (weather permitting) just drop by between 6:00 and 8:00 PM and join Hamptons Observatory’s astronomers as they provide guided tours of the night sky through telescopes—feel free to bring your own!. For further info and to register visit: https://HamptonsObservatory. ...

ASTRO Talks - Twinkling Stars-Stellar Stories

By Ravi Raja Pothineni posted 20 days ago
As part of ASTRO Talks, THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY FOR TRAINING, RESEARCH AND OUTREACH (ASTRO) in association with the Astronomers Without Borders invites enthusiasts to an Online Lecture on "Twinkling Stars- Stellar Stories " on 16th November 2025, at 5 PM IST by Dr. Prince Sharma, Asst Professor, Cluster of Applied Science, School of Advanced Engineering, UPES Dehradun. About the speaker: Prince Sharma completed his Ph.D. in astrophysics at the University of Delhi, where he specialized in studying the X-ray behavior of neutron stars and black holes in binary star systems. His research focused on understanding how these compact objects emit X-rays, ...

EXPLORING – AN ASTROPOETRY DIALOGUE WITH VICTOR CHIFELEA By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 20 days ago
Engineer Victor Chifelea is the only one left from the first guard of SARM’s astropoetry movement (1996) and one of those awarded with the National Grand Prize for Astropoetry in Romania. . UNIVERSAL QUESTION By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . Is the Universe infinite? Or is it super-finite, summing up all finite things? . EXPLORER By Victor Chifelea . The cosmic explorer had explored boldly even the most unusual space abysses. . In his peregrinations he had come so far that he had touched with his hand the very edge of the Universe. . Back among his own he told about how it had appeared to him like an endless ...

NOVEMBER 3, 2025 Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 21 days ago
NEAR THE BUCHAREST CHILDREN’S OBSERVATORY . Cupola, Sun, park – angles of a beneficial triangle . Above the boulevard – the Moon, a plus of electricity . . . . #poetry

CONTEMPORARY LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 22 days ago
-Good morning, Grandma! - said the contemporary Little Red Riding Hood to her apparent grandmother. How bright and lovely you are! Similar to LAP1-B, the old cluster of stars since the birth of the Universe! #poetry