A few weeks ago I wrote about my reasons for choosing an image of the volcanic plumes on Io as one of my banner images. The NASA New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper belt has captured the first movie of one of these plumes. The five images that make up the [...]
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Fountains on Io
June 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Jupiter: See it for Yourself
June 4th, 2007 · No Comments
The sixth of June is a magnificent time for those with a nascent interest in astronomy to get out and see the largest planet in our solar system. The planet is reaching opposition, making it visible all night. You don’t need any great equipment to get an experience similar to the one that Galileo [...]
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In Saturn’s Shadow
May 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment
The image is an excerpt from one of the most spectacular Saturn images I have seen. It was snapped by the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn on 15 Sep 2006. The image is an enhanced composite of images taken over a twelve hour period as the spacecraft passed through the shadow of the planet. [...]
Tee Shirt Astronomy
May 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments
I recently had the pleasure of attending a friend’s birthday party (Thanks Kate) with another friend (Dane). During conversation Dane asked about the meaning of the images on the front of his tee-shirt (right). Dane had figured that parts of the imagery were related to the zodiac and the months of the [...]
When Stars Blink Out
May 6th, 2007 · 4 Comments
It is 20 April in the Canberra region. The autumn evening temperature is rapidly dropping toward what will be the lowest temperature of April: 3.6 deg. Celsius. Despite the conditions, five amateur astronomers are setting up across the region to watch the rather nondescript star HIP 59807 in the constellation Corvus for a [...]
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