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Neave Planetarium ...the sky in your web browser - 0 views
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It's a cute graphic, but not much more than that. You move the cursor and the simulated night sky moves in response - and it's a great example of how the Internet can take us in the wrong direction. Do you remember kids getting books and ... gasp ... going outdoors at night, looking upward and finding those constellations, instead of searching for them on an animation?
Comet Lovejoy visible in the night sky - 0 views
Observing Tip: Comet Lovejoy visible in the night skyLovejoy has developed over the past few weeks, far better than predicted - the chances of being able to see him in January with the naked eye, a...
Comet Lovejoy visible in the night sky - 0 views
Observing Tip: Comet Lovejoy visible in the night skyLovejoy has developed over the past few weeks, far better than predicted - the chances of being able to see him in January with the naked eye, a...
Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: Home Page - 0 views
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As an astronomer, teacher, lecturer and all-around science junkie, I am exposed to all sorts of people and their ideas about what goes on in the sky around them. I have been delighted to find that most people are very curious about the night (and day!) sky, but unfortunately a lot of misinformation is spread about astronomy. Sometimes this information is just plain silly, but many times it makes just enough sense that people believe it. Sometimes the news media help spread these ideas (like the one that you can spin or stand an egg on end during the Vernal E
HeyWhatsThat Planisphere for Google Earth - 2 views
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The planisphere overlays the night sky in Google Earth with a grid showing you what you can see right now, including the positions of the Sun, Moon and planets (and Pluto too).
Phoenix Lander Team: It Snows at Night on Mars | Universe Today - 0 views
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Phoenix landed at the north arctic region on Mars (68.22°N, 234.25°E) on May 25th, 2008. On Mars, this was just before the summer solstice. Phoenix operated for 5 months, and was able to observe conditions as the seasons changed from summer to winter, giving science teams an unprecedented look at the planet's changing weather patterns, including frost and precipitation.
Blue Marble Navigator - 3 views
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NASA's "Blue Marble" pictures of Earth show each month of the year 2004 to illustrate changes in snow cover and vegetation. Here, you can browse their maximum resolution of four pixels per km², as well as a slightly coarser night-lights map, enhanced by town names and national borders.
Temporal Distortion - 0 views
WorldWide Telescope - 3 views
Reclaiming the Nighttime Sky - Environment and Energy - 0 views
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On the International Dark Sky Association starting to lobby Washington D.C.
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Will 2009 be the year the federal government finally takes light pollution seriously?
Back on The Ground - 0 views
Furnace starts trial operationThe German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst is now back on the ground, the commissioning of an assembled by him on the ISS furnace for experiments in materials science, h...
First images of the comet - 0 views
Send Mars probes first images of the cometOn Sunday evening, the comet C / 2013 A1 (Siding Spring) is over flown at a distance of almost 140,000 kilometers on Mars. All active Mars probes have surv...
The Haviest Pair - 0 views
The heaviest pair in the Milky Way - One of the brightest and most spectacular objects in the night sky, eta Carinae, is actually composed of two stars.This makes it the most massive binary...
Back on The Ground - 0 views
Furnace starts trial operationThe German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst is now back on the ground, the commissioning of an assembled by him on the ISS furnace for experiments in materials science, h...
First images of the comet - 0 views
Send Mars probes first images of the cometOn Sunday evening, the comet C / 2013 A1 (Siding Spring) is over flown at a distance of almost 140,000 kilometers on Mars. All active Mars probes have surv...
The Haviest Pair - 0 views
The heaviest pair in the Milky Way - One of the brightest and most spectacular objects in the night sky, eta Carinae, is actually composed of two stars.This makes it the most massive binary...
REGULUS BINARY STAR SYSTEM - 1 views
In a starry night with clear skies above us, we see beautiful stars dotted with the sky. Many of these stars can be easily recognized. Regulus is one of them. Regulus looks like a single star to th...
Stellarium Web Online Star Map - 2 views
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