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Weekly Stargazing Calendar for 2010-11-15

Posted on Nov 15, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Calendar, Stargazing

This week the Leonids meteor shower will have it’s peak on November 17 and 18. The Leonids is one of the best meteor shower to watch because it produces an average of 40 meteors per hour during the peak. Look … Continue reading →

Andromeda Constellation

Posted on Nov 15, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Stargazing

Andromeda is a constellation in the northern sky. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. The Andromeda Galaxy is named after the constellation, … Continue reading →

Hartley 2 Comet

Posted on Nov 14, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures, Space Exploration, Stargazing

The Hartley 2 comet has made it to the news recently: first because of the comet’s flyby near Earth and then due to it being visited by the Deep Impact spacecraft. The comet is commonly known as Hartley 2, but … Continue reading →

Follow Friday & Weekly Stumbles For 2010-11-12

Posted on Nov 12, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Weekly Digests

Rocky planets a few times heavier than Earth that were thought might be life-friendly may lack a protective magnetic field that originates from an iron core that is at least partly molten. A simulation of super-Earths between a few times and 10 times Earth’s mass suggests that high pressures will keep the core solid… Continue reading →

Astronomy Picture of the Week – Eagle Nebula

Posted on Nov 11, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures

From afar, this nebula looks like an eagle, but a closer look however reveals the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust, where a whole cluster of new stars is being … Continue reading →

Weekly Stargazing Calendar for 2010-11-08

Posted on Nov 8, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Calendar, Stargazing

Since my previous weekly stargazing calendar issues have been a bit too much American-centered I have decided to make a few changes. From now on I will use the constellations as reference points instead of concepts that are relative to … Continue reading →

Follow Friday & Weekly Stumbles For 2010-11-05

Posted on Nov 5, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Space Exploration, Weekly Digests

America’s current plans for human space exploration seem horribly slow, considering we won’t leave Earth’s orbit until 2025 and won’t reach Mars until 2035. Worse than that, solar radiation spikes could keep us grounded for decades more. Continue reading →

Astronomy Picture of the Week – Witch’s Broom Nebula

Posted on Nov 3, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures

This nebula known technically as NGC 6960 but nicknamed the “Witch’s Broom Nebula” is an expanding cloud of debris that gains its colors by sweeping up and exciting existing nearby gas. The nebula was created by a supernova explosion about … Continue reading →

Weekly Stargazing Calendar

Posted on Nov 1, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Calendar, Stargazing

This week the Moon will be a thin crescent, so it will be a much better week for stargazing. Here are the astronomical events worth seeing this week: November 1, 2010: November evenings are excellent times to watch the Milky … Continue reading →

Follow Friday & Weekly Stumbles

Posted on Oct 29, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Space Exploration, Weekly Digests

By now you may have heard the report that as many as 1/4 of all the sun-like stars in the Milky Way may have Earth-like worlds. Briefly, astronomers studied 166 stars within 80 light years of Earth, and did a survey of the planets they found orbiting them. Continue reading →

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