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. [...]
Entries from May 2007
In Saturn’s Shadow
May 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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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