Members Reports

NASA/JPL: Solar Eclipses: Your Guide to the 2023/2024 Celestial Events (Live Public Talk)

By Andee Sherwood posted 9 days ago
Date: Sept. 21, 2023 Time: 7:00 PM PT Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lKYm6QBE-Q Two eclipses are crossing over most of the U.S. in the next few months! The first is an Annular Eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023, and the second will be a Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024. An eclipse can be an awe-inspiring celestial event that drastically changes the appearance of the two biggest objects in our sky: the Sun and Moon. It also gives us the opportunity to study our Sun, Earth, and our space environment. Join us for a live discussion on how eclipses happen, the different types of eclipses we can see, what we can learn from them, and how ...

"Hubble's Ultraviolet Legacy" (A Free, Virtual Event)

By Donna McCormick posted 10 days ago
This free, virtual lecture will occur on Thursday, September 28, 2023, 7:00-8:00 PM, ET. Registration is required for this event. Go to: https://hubble.eventbrite.com Hamptons Observatory , and co-host Suffolk County Community College, are pleased to present a free, virtual lecture by Dr. Christopher T. Britt. The largest program in Hubble’s history, the Ultraviolet Legacy Library of Young Stars as Essential Standards (ULLYSES) , is laying the groundwork to understand the impact that young stars have on their environments, from the early universe to potentially habitable worlds. Understanding ultraviolet (UV) emission of high and low mass young ...

Cosmic passion through night camps – J’pura Astronomy Club, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

By Muthuthanthrige Attygalle posted 17 days ago
Cosmic passion through night camps – J’pura Astronomy Club J’pura Astronomy Club is an organization consisting of astronomical enthusiasts from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. We possess more than 1,000 active members among various faculties and we are one of the most prominent undergraduate circles inside the institution. The whole of the students is eligible to be a member of the club within their academic years. The club is led by an executive committee of members and division heads with the guidance of senior treasurer Dr. (Mrs.) Lilani Attygalle. Currently, the J’pura Astronomy Club undertakes numerous efforts to popularize ...

El eclipse en Colombai

By Ángela Patricia Pérez Henao posted 17 days ago
Gracias a Astronomer Without border, en Colombia más de 45 lugares de observación tendrán las gafas solar viewer. Esperamos poder levantar la mirada con decenas de miles de familias, para que por turnos y por pocos minutos disfruten de este gran fenómeno. https://rac.net.co/index.php/eclipse-de-sol-2023/.

Hubble's Ultraviolet Legacy (A Free, Virtual Lecture)

By Donna McCormick posted 21 days ago
This free, virtual lecture will occur on Thursday, September 28, 2023, 7:00-8:00 PM, ET. Registration is required for this free, virtual event. Go to: https://hubble.eventbrite.com Hamptons Observatory, and co-host Suffolk County Community College, are pleased to present a free, virtual lecture by Dr. Christopher T. Britt. The largest program in Hubble’s history, the Ultraviolet Legacy Library of Young Stars as Essential Standards ( ULLYSES ), is laying the groundwork to understand the impact that young stars have on their environments, from the early universe to potentially habitable worlds. Understanding ultraviolet (UV) emission of high and ...

New Orange Country Astronomers Outreach Coordinator Using Dwarf ll Telescope's

By dr Jeff Gray Cfm posted 08-23-2023
My name is Jeff Gray I am the Outreach Coordinator for the Orange Country Astronomers. I put on day time school video presentations Girl Scouts Cub Scouts camp out's. At night we set up a Dwarf ll Smart telescope. Using a state of the art laser projector we then project the live stacked images. This method has work out very well with large crowds.

Moon Meets Jupiter - APOD NASA - Dated Aug. 8

By Andee Sherwood posted 08-08-2023
I had to share this image! Beautiful, isn't it? You can find the image credits below the photo. Moon Meets Jupiter (APOD: 2023 Aug 08) Credit & Copyright: Jordi L. Coy https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230808.html Repost with unannotated image Explanation: What's that below the Moon? Jupiter -- and its largest moons. Many skygazers across planet Earth enjoyed the close conjunction of Earth's Moon passing nearly in front of Jupiter in mid-June. The featured image is a single exposure of the event taken from Morón de la Frontera, Spain. The sunlit lunar crescent on the left is overexposed, while the Moon's night side, on the ...

Online workshops dealing with the creation of images using artificial intelligence on space and astronomy topics.

By Eden Orion posted 08-01-2023
This Thursday, August 3, 2023, we will start a series of online workshops (in Hebrew) dealing with the creation of images using artificial intelligence on space and astronomy topics. The workshops are intended for members of the Horizon community in Israel, which brings together hundreds of teachers of space and astronomy in Israel. The goals of the workshops: Teach students to use artificial intelligence tools to create images. To make the students deepen their knowledge of space and astronomy so that they can write good prompts for the image creation software to improve the students' written expression ability. Stay tuned for further reports...

Smartphone Astrophotography Workshop in Hebrew

By Eden Orion posted 08-01-2023
Yesterday, July 31, 2023, I held an online workshop in Hebrew on "astronomical photography using a smartphone". The workshop/lecture was intended for the Horizon community, which includes hundreds of teachers of space and astronomy in Israel. We are planning a follow-up workshop in the field, where we will actually examine what we learned in the first workshop. Many thanks to everyone who was involved in the creation of the original workshop from the various international organizations. We believe that astronomical photography using a smartphone can make students more interested in the fields of astronomy and physics. Stay tuned for further reports...

The Milky Way

By Andee Sherwood posted 07-31-2023
The last time I saw the Milky Way was about 20 years ago while visiting a family member who lives north of Los Angeles on the coast. My family and I were sitting outside engaged in light conversation. I was enjoying the view of the sky which was filled with stars, something I never see in my city anymore..Seeing the Milky Way was an incredible treat. Although very faint, it was beautiful to see again. Can you spot the Milky Way in your city? Have any stories or photos to share about seeing the Milky Way? When is the last time you had an opportunity to view it? Here is a link to very good video of the Milky Way created by Barry Chall on Youtube.com. ...

NASA Funds 3 Citizen Science Projects to Study 2024 U.S. Solar Eclipse

By Andee Sherwood posted 07-19-2023
If you enjoy Citizen Science projects, please read the following article provided by NASA. NASA Funds 3 Citizen Science Projects to Study 2024 U.S. Solar Eclipse NASA has awarded funding for three science teams to conduct citizen science investigations as a total solar eclipse sweeps across North America on April 8, 2024 . In these experiments, volunteers will help study the Sun and its ethereal outer atmosphere, called the corona, which is revealed when the Moon completely covers the Sun’s bright disk. “During next year’s total eclipse, hundreds of volunteers will capture images of the Sun and its corona to help answer real science question ...

June 2023 at Ramillies, Belgium

By Raoul Lannoy posted 07-05-2023
One activity I enjoy is creating time lapses with the Canon 100D at our observation site in Ramillies, after sunset and until the Milky Way appears. Because the exposure time is very different according to the brightness of the sky. There are fewer pictures at the end because they take more time. We have visitors who are curious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF0GrRCT4yY

La Voie Lactée (the Milky Way) astropoetry

By Raoul Lannoy posted 07-05-2023
La Voie Lactée Aux étoiles j’ai dit un soir : « Vous ne paraissez pas heureuses ; Vos lueurs, dans l’infini noir, Ont des tendresses douloureuses ; « Et je crois voir au firmament Un deuil blanc mené par des vierges Qui portent d’innombrables cierges Et se suivent languissamment. « Êtes-vous toujours en prière ? Êtes-vous des astres blessés ? Car ce sont des pleurs de lumière, Non des rayons, que vous versez. « Vous, les étoiles, les aïeules Des créatures et des dieux, Vous avez des pleurs dans les yeux… » Elles m’ont dit : « Nous sommes seules… « Chacune de nous est très loin Des sœurs dont tu la crois voisine ...

Volunteers Can Show You The Stars At Griffith Observatory

By Andee Sherwood posted 06-24-2023
Check out an interview published by NPR about the Public Star parties at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Los Angeles Astronomical Society (LAAS) holds monthly star parties throughout the year in partnership with the observatory, presenting astronomy to the public. Very large crowds of both local residents and tourists travel up to the observatory to enjoy an evening of discovery and wonder, learning about and enjoying the true beauty of the sky.. Here is the link to the article: https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-activities/volunteers-can-show-you-the-stars-at-griffith-observatory Please share articles and photos about your astronomy ...

Milky way photo

By Najah Alsalihy posted 06-24-2023
I took these photos while camping in the desert of my country ( Smawa -Iraq ) bortal sky =1 with my astronomer team by my camera canon 2000d *Sigma lens 8 mm 3.5 fish eye lens

A 1st Anniversary NASA Event: The Science Behind the JWST (A Free,Virtual Lecture)

By Donna McCormick posted 06-10-2023
This event will occur on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, from 7:00 - 8:00 ET Registration is required for this free, virtual event. Go to: https://JWST.eventbrite.com Hamptons Observatory, and co-host Suffolk County Community College, are pleased to present a free, virtual lecture by Michael T. Menzel, NASA Mission Systems Engineer for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). July 12, 2023, marks the first anniversary of the first images and the science provided by the JWST, which was launched on December 25, 2021 and is NASA’s successor mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The JWST has been designed and developed to observe “first light” objects ...

De Chiapas al Universo / From Chiapas to the Universe

By Anaely Pacheco Blanco posted 06-07-2023
Español primero, Inglés después / Spanish first, English later: El día de hoy 7 de junio de 2023 se publicaron los resultados del concurso de la Unión Astronómica Internacional Name ExoWorlds 2022. En este concurso se convoca al público en general a presentar propuestas para nombrar alguno de los exosistemas (una estrella y un planeta que gira a su alrededor) de una lista, en esta ocasión la lista contenía 20 exosistemas. Tras varias etapas y varios meses de deliberación, en etapas nacionales e internacionales y la participación de 91 países con más de 600 propuestas, una de las propuestas mexicanas ha sido seleccionada. Esta propuesta fue ...

Global Star Party and SunDay

By Valentina Matei posted 05-09-2023
The Astronomy and Space Science Club from Oradea, organized educational activities and in person observation, in Oradea, Romania on April 28-th. GAM 2023

Dreaming Along the Stars

By Fatima Marwan posted 04-18-2023
My drawing about the universe, stars, and galaxies. I drew this out of my passion and love towards astronomy and space in general. I drew this in my free time last summer vacation, since I'm a middle school student. I'm looking forward to make something bigger. and deeper. Hopefully it would be a surprise for you all. I had to resize this to go with the blog post policy, so unfortunately some details were lost. I draw it on a canvas with acrylic colors. #art #GAM2023

April 13 sky above Belgium

By Raoul Lannoy posted 04-13-2023
Mercury, below, right, above the trees....Venus shining, the Pleiades on its right, the Hyades and Aldebaran on its left. Orion. Mars right below the star Mebsuta in Gemini.