Want to know more about the night sky and what to see ? Check this out: The Sky Above You – October 2023
Harvest moon image by Kenny Armet
The Sky Above You – October 2023
The Moon will be New on October 14th, and Full on October 28th. On the night of 28th October there’s a partial lunar eclipse between 8.35 p.m. and 9.53 p.m., visible from the UK, Europe, Africa and Asia. British Summer Time ends the following night, the 29th.
Insights into the Earliest Stages of Galaxy Formation
The big galaxy in the foreground is named LEDA 2046648, and is seen just over a billion years back in time, while most of the others lie even farther away, and hence are seen even further back in time. Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel.
The Science of the Sun #OISF
Without it we wouldn’t be here at all, as it is responsible for Earth’s creation and ongoing development, which includes us as temporary tenants, and one day in the far future it will likely be responsible for the destruction of the Solar System when it runs out of hydrogen, becomes a red giant which will likely swallow us up before collapsing inward, exploding and throwing the remaining planets into space after roasting them and drenching them with huge amounts of radiation that even Factor 5 million sunscreen and a duffle coat wouldn’t stop.
Book Review: Hugh Kolb, “Seven Stars, Ancient Astronomy and the English Public House”
“The book begins with a history of brewing; I did feel that more might have been made of the distinction between Real Ale and cask-conditioned beer, particularly since the CAMRA revolution is often quoted as the most successful consumer protest of modern times. From there it goes on to a history of the public house”
The Sky Above You – September 2023
With the evening sky becoming darker as the year goes on, the brighter stars are becoming more prominent and the constellation figures are coming back
Why I Don’t Play the Machines
“In early 1967 the late Prof. Oscar Schwiglhofer , founder of the Scottish Branch of the British Interplanetary Society which by then had become independent as ASTRA, was given the chance to use a simulation of a Moon landing on a Strathclyde University computer programme.”
Explore The Moon
Interested in finding out more about The Moon? The Orkney News has several articles about The Moon, many of them written by space expert Duncan Lunan.
Shading the Earth with a Solar Shield
Artist’s rendition of the proposed solar shield tethered to an asteroid as a counterweight. Image credit: Credit: Brooks Bays/UH Institute for Astronomy
The Sky Above You – August 2023
The Moon will be Full on August 3rd, and again on August 31st, a ‘Blue Moon’ Full twice in the same month, and both of them ‘Supermoons’ when it is at its closest to Earth as well as Full.
