Members Reports

I will be attending the "National Astronomy Day" event and activities on May 18, 2024 starting at 2 PM hosted by the Central Arkansas Astronomical Society (CAAS). It is being held at Pinnacle State Park near Little Rock Arkansas. It is a federal park with camping and aminities and can be reserved on "recreation.gov". See more info at CAASastro.org.

BY COMPARISON

Image details: The unusual cluster Terzan 5 ( a picture made by ESA/NASA HST ) Credit: ESO/F. Ferraro https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1630b/ ––– | BY COMPARISON | B y comparison to unmeasured boundlessness, limitation can be perceived as acceptable inconvenience We look up beyond it being incapable to travel through vast distances However, two messengers managed. No crew on board; figures and sounds instead By comparison to myriads, one pale blue dot * seems to be insignificant… Nevertheless, we're here searching for any signs coming from plenitude of ETCs ...
SUBLIME PARADOX By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . . What a fascinating Global Astronomy Month in 2024! The cordial meetings between people and celestial bodies were sublimely illuminated by a total solar eclipse! #poetry #GAM2024
Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration Detections & Observations Below is a copy of the Detections and Observations made during the April 2024 campaign. You and your teams did a great job! We hope you will join us for future campaigns. In the meanwhile…. Happy Hunting! Cassidy Davis IASC Coordinator Department of Mathematics & Astronomy Holland School of Science & Mathematics Hardin-Simmons University Abilene, TX 79698 GAM Astronomers Without Borders Asteroid Search Campaign April ...
Eden Bridge Academy's collaboration with Astronomers Without Borders brought a comprehensive Solar Observation and Astronomy Education program to its students, enriching their understanding of physics and astronomy through interactive learning and virtual celestial events. The program, which included practical solar observation sessions, not only deepened academic knowledge but also sparked a keen interest in space science, inspiring students to venture beyond traditional learning and embrace the vastness of the universe. Thank you so much from Eden Bridge Academy family #astrononerswithoutborders #EBA

Galactic Tadpole

. . Galactic Tadpole . . A pollywog turns into a frog or toad as the case may be, ‘pol’ being the head and ‘wog’ like wiggle, the sound of the word may make one giggle; its transformation leaves us agog though prince we may never see. / It’s part of sequence biologic, within the cycle of life, most species being fully aquatic albeit some ‘froglets’ more exotic perhaps, to be quite pedagogic, grow up on land, while less rife. . The Tadpole galaxy spiral barred in Draco constellation which signifies dragon in Latin tongue has spectacular tidal tail far-flung ...
Some impressions from this year's fading Global Astronomy Month. Sidewalk Astronomy - Global Starparty on the evening of April 26th on the main square of the City of Linz/Austria. The biggest astronomy-event at the end of GAM was the Astro-Workshop of my friends of Sternwarte Gahberg (April 27th) - some picts of this successful astronomy meeting. Ambassador and National Coordinator AUSTRIA of Astronomers Without Borders - AWB http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org Associate of the IAU Division Commission 55 & C2 http://iau.org/administration/membership/associate/15957/ Minor Planet JoeStubler: ...
AWB community is proud of our National Coordinator for Romania having an asteroid named after him! Congratulations Valentin Grigore for this honor and for all the great astronomy outreach you have been doing for decades!
AN ASTROPOETIC DIALOGUE WITH ZIGMUND TAUBERG By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe I am pleased to inform you that through the poetic dialogue that will follow below, mathematics teacher Zigmund Tauberg becomes, at 96 years and 6 months, the oldest astropoet internationally. SELENARY HAIKU By Zigmund Tauberg . On the way to Earth The Great Eclipse lays down The Shadow of the Moon. . TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN 2024 By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . Venus and Jupiter - daytime guardians for the solar eclipse. #eclipse #GAM2024 #poetry #poetry #eclipse #GAM2024
Registration Required. Go to: https://bit.ly/TerryGarciaTalk On Wednesday, May 8th at 7:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and co-host East Hampton Library are delighted to present a free, virtual lecture by Terry Garcia, former National Geographic Executive Vice President and Chief Science & Exploration Officer, who’ll discuss his new book, The Future of Exploration: Discovering the Uncharted Frontiers of Science, Technology, and Human Potential, an anthology by 36 of the world’s most renowned explorers and visionaries. Exploration is as old as humankind, but there are still surprises that await us. With technology opening ...

Stelliferous

. . Stelliferous . . Stelliferous the stars o’erspread that lace the heavens overhead and sparkle plentifully bright to grace the atramental night when face of lumined sol has fled. . Sidereals the skies embed bejeweling where dreamers tread to render poets’ fancies quite stelliferous. . With wonderment the welkin’s wed to linger long in starry bed ‘midst tapestries all strands unite of infinite supernal light e’er woven with celestial thread stelliferous. . . ~ Harley White . . * * * * * * * * * . ...
Join us for our next #GlobalAstronomyMonth livestream: Eclipse Ambassador Program by Astronomical Society of the Pacific with guest speaker Shanil Virani Astronomer, educator, co-author of Daughter of the Stars, & creator/host of Our Island Universe. Tuesday Apr 23 @ 11 am EDT/Apr 23 1500 UTC This event will be livestreamed on AWB's X (Twitter), YouTube and Facebook #GAM2024 #Accessibility #Inclusion
Registration Required. Go to: https://bit.ly/TerryGarciaTalk On Wednesday, May 8th, from 7:00 - 8:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and co-host East Hampton Library are delighted to present a free, virtual lecture by Terry Garcia, former National Geographic Executive Vice President and Chief Science & Exploration Officer, who’ll discuss his new book, The Future of Exploration: Discovering the Uncharted Frontiers of Science, Technology, and Human Potential, an anthology by 36 of the world’s most renowned explorers and visionaries. Exploration is as old as humankind, but there are still surprises that await us. With technology ...

Cosmic Travails

. . Cosmic Travails . . Cosmic travails in heavens viewed attest to Mother Nature’s brood uncountable in boundless skies infinities our mind denies or cannot grasp through senses skewed. . In solar sphere we have debuted as animals with aptitude to seek beyond our wheres and whys cosmic travails. . Are humans just an interlude in stellar art’s creative mood, developmental enterprise awaiting wisdom to arise, albeit deeming they’ve construed cosmic travails? . . ~ Harley White . . * * * * * * * * * . . The ...

SIMPLY STUNNING

Image details: Artist's impression of the black hole binary system in NGC 3201 Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1802a/ ––– | SIMPLY STUNNING | S imply stunning is the place that stretches high above our parent planet We know it a little, however we're still far from comprehensive understanding Simply stunning is our parent planet albeit we don't care it properly We aren't here forever nor do our children, nevertheless, somebody will, undoubtedly Simply stunning is this place high above: immensity that intrigues and terrifies ...
Join us for our next #GlobalAstronomyMonth webinar: Space Trash Signs - a creative public awareness campaign about space pollution by Serviceplan Group Apr 17 @ 1 pm EDT/Apr 17 1700 UTC This event will be livestreamed on AWB's X (Twitter), YouTube and Facebook #GAM2024 #GlobalConnections

The Hubble ULLYSES

. . The Hubble ULLYSES . / Blind Homer, Greek poet, who saw beyond sight, composed the great epic, the Odyssey tale of Odysseus, Latin Ulysses, quite iconic as hero, in ten-year travail . who strove in voyage legendary in scope to find his way home after decade-long war ‘midst obstacles monstrous, past limits of hope through thick and through thin to his Ithaca shore. . ULLYSES, here acronym for Hubble plan of Legacy Library of astrals young, is studying two fledgling star types in scan, both super-hot, massive and blue ones unsung . as yet, such as in thirty Doradus ...

What is an eclipse

An eclipse is full of surprising events : The chill that sets in, the darkening of the site (curiously not at the same speed between the eye and the camera), the hundreds of crescents on the tree leaves (or the salad mixers), the flying shadows, the inexorability of the sequences, the birds skimming the ground at full speed, the planets in broad daylight, the hole in the clouds because of the cold, swearing when you forgot a procedure when taking pictures, the screams of ecstasy, the feeling of being crushed when the shadow hits you, the Sun and Moon seeming very close, just above the atmosphere, the diamond ring to crown and close the event, the group ...
Our morning was truly magical as we gathered with over 500+ enthusiastic people, including many kids, to witness the partial solar eclipse event! Through eclipse glass, the telescope and the sunspot, we marvelled at the beauty of the Sun and the Moon dancing in the sky and were delighted to see some sunspots! What an incredible experience of nature's wonders! #eclipse #GAM2024
It was great to see the eclipse in its totaliy, perfectly centered, and I got some great pictures and videos. It was very busy with traffic backed up for miles after the event. I took one great picture and it is posted on the blog to share with you. I hope everyone got to see the eclipse as it will not happen in another 20 years. Best wishes and clear skies! Note: I had to turn the picture on its side, 90 degrees counter-clockwise, to accomidate this posting because of limitations for posting pictures. The red flare line to the right, should be on the bottom of the picture. That is the diamond ring getting ready to appear, just after totality as viewed from ...