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A JUBILEE ANTHOLOGY OF SARM By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted yesterday
Astropoetry – a sentimental touch of astronomy (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe) . Active for the last few years on the website of Astronomers Without Borders, the creative movement of the Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy (SARM) has returned to its own website to celebrate 30 years of existence... . COSMOPOETRY INTERNATIONALS REDIVIVUS - SARM’S ASTROPOETRY / COSMOPOETRY MOVEMENT 30 https://www.cosmopoetry.ro/2026-jubilee/ #poetry

Sunspots

By Clarence G. Underwood posted 2 days ago
. Sunspots By Clarence G. Underwood Sunspots are seen on the sun. It means the sun is active as Known by everyone! The Magnetic lines are crossing Again, as they twist and Turn they create active Sites within. Prominences And flares we see. The sun Puts on a show for you and me! Sunspots are created too! An Active sun we have in view!. #poetry

How to Choose & Use Your Telescope (A Free, In-Person Lecture)

By Donna McCormick posted 2 days ago
On Friday, February 27th, at 6:00 PM, join Hamptons Observatory at the East Hampton Library for a free, in-person lecture, “How to Choose and Use Your Telescope.” If you don’t know which telescope to buy, or if you already have a telescope but don’t know how to use it, or if there’s a problem with your equipment, this program is for you! Daniel Higgins, veteran amateur astronomer, Fellow in the Royal Astronomical Society, and the founder of AstroWorld Telescopes and AstroW orldTV , will answer your questions. Dan and Hamptons Observatory astronomers will also provide hands-on help with your individual issues. Feel free to bring your ...

A FABULOUS ASTRO-TOUR IN DECEMBER 2023 (9) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 6 days ago
End of December 2023 in Bucharest with festive clothes over the buildings. Venus – a fascinating pierce among the city lights. #poetry

A FABULOUS ASTRO-TOUR IN DECEMBER 2023 (8) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 7 days ago
December 27, 2023, on the terrace of the Bucharest Municipal Observatory. For the first time I was able to photograph Orion's shoulders over the dome. "It's not enough!" - Betelgeuse and Bellatrix told me. Then I photographed him from the waist up. "It's not enough! - Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka told me. "Catch us too!" - Saiph and Rigel called to me from behind the dome. Then I photographed the whole of Orion, who told me: "Now that's enough!". And I answered him: "Thank you, Mr. Heavenly Hunter!” #poetry

A FABULOUS ASTRO-TOUR IN DECEMBER 2023 (7) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 13 days ago
December 27, 2023, on the terrace of the Bucharest Municipal Observatory. I saw people becoming friends with the Moon. #poetry

A FABULOUS ASTRO-TOUR IN DECEMBER 2023 (6) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 14 days ago
December 27, 2023, through the halls of the Bucharest Municipal Observatory. People interested in the "star factory", an old telescope coveting the maps of the sky… and a child dreaming of visiting other planets. #poetry

A FABULOUS ASTRO-TOUR IN DECEMBER 2023 (5) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 15 days ago
December 27, 2023. The Sun near the observatory of the National Children's Palace… the Moon among the illuminated trees for the Winter Holidays… and Jupiter over the Bucharest Municipal Observatory. Heavenly bodies are sometimes very close to us. #poetry

Black History Month

By Clarence G. Underwood posted 16 days ago
Black History Month Tradition has it that Black Natives Ran naked uneducated through The jungles of Africa, so they say! But history paints the picture Another way. Language did abound In Africa way back when, when Jesus Walked the earth and before that my Friend! In Acts 8:26-40, we find Philip speaking with a Bible reading African, one of whom from 400 BC Had Ge’ez as a Ethiopian written Language available to him. Now Reading Hebrew and taking it all in! Other African languages were written Back then. Some were recorded as Early as 5000 BC ( Proto-Saharan), my friend. Needless to say Hieroglyphs isn’t all there was! We ...

A FABULOUS ASTRO-TOUR IN DECEMBER 2023 (4) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 16 days ago
December 21, 2023 at the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, the day before the winter solstice. A celebration where I read some astropoems. I hope the Moon was satisfied! #poetry

A FABULOUS ASTRO-TOUR IN DECEMBER 2023 (3) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 17 days ago
The middle of December 2023 in Bucharest. The first snow, the growing Moon… and the sunset between truth and legend. #poetry

A FABULOUS ASTRO-TOUR IN DECEMBER 2023 (2) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 20 days ago
December 11, 2023. I went to the Italian Cultural Center in Bucharest and I visited a spectacular exhibition from the European Space Agency: images taken by satellites with our planet! The candid art of the Earth delighted me, but when I went outside I saw how the destructive art of light pollution caught Jupiter in a trap. #poetry

Jupiter

By Clarence G. Underwood posted 21 days ago
Jupiter at 7:38 PM PST on January 28, 2026. Image was a projection from an 80 mm short tube Refractor into a Cellphone camera. Image credit to Clarence G. Underwood. . Jupiter . Jupiter is on high in the sky tonight. At 7:38 pm on this Wednesday night. It is in the Eastern sky. Galileo saw It with his first scope in 1610 He saw three Moons that First night. We have three Tonight in sight, Europa, Ganymede And Callisto. Galileo made his First observation of Jupiter on the 7th Of January 1610. Tonight Is January 28th 2026. Four hundred And sixteen years and 21 days ago Galileo may have seen the Same configuration you know! ...

A FABULOUS ASTRO-TOUR IN DECEMBER 2023 (1) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 21 days ago
The first days of December 2023 in Bucharest. Morning Moon, some colors in the sky and a sunset near the astronomical observatory of the National Children's Palace gravitationally attracting attention about the future of astronomy. . #poetry

SARM’S GEMINID EVENT 2025 (EPILOGUE 2) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 22 days ago
THE ANNOUNCEMENT GIVEN BY THE DOUBLE CLUSTER IN PERSEUS AND CASSIOPEIA Astropoem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe Photo by Valentin Grigore . The winter meteors of the Twin Brothers are very beautiful, but the shows must go on! And we are authorized to inform you that Perseus promises, in turn, a great meteoric summer rematch! . #poetry

SARM’S GEMINID EVENT 2025 (EPILOGUE) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 29 days ago
-FAVORITE MEMORIES . SUNSET Astro-photo-poem by Valentin Grigore . . And yet, the Sun, when he leaves us for other lands, becomes the most talented painter. . . MY FAVORITE MEMORY By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . Somewhere in the Winter Triangle, three meteors in one second and two more in the next three seconds... the short, bright and intense story of a heavenly family! #poetry

On A Clear Night

By Clarence G. Underwood posted 30 days ago
. On A Clear Night . The weather has cleared, We can see the stars. Orion is up, but I miss Mars. Saturn is sinking In the west, but Jupiter Is putting on a show which Rivals its best. The Pleiades Are high in the sky. Which Also means Taurus is very High. The Big Dipper and M51 will Appear later in the sky. There are so many things To fill my eye! With my Wonderful C8 I can hardly Wait for the sky to get dark. So, those things I can spy, On a clear night! . By Clarence G. Underwood #poetry

SARM’S GEMINID EVENT 2025 (10) By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe posted 01-16-2026
Astro-photo-poem by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe . After a Geminid night, the meteor observer goes to sleep under the blanket of the Sun. . . . #poetry