‘The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes’ (H6003; Julius Caesar, Act II Scene 2)
Comets
The Kuiper Belt
“New Horizons is travelling towards the Galactic Centre in Sagittarius, a very interesting direction.”
The Sky Above You – December 2021
“The Geminid meteor shower from the mysterious asteroid Phaeton (the only one of its kind) begins on December 3rd and peaks on the night of December 13th/14th, and will be best seen after midnight, once the Moon is down.”
Pluto
“Percival Lowell, famous or infamous for the ‘canals’ on Mars, also started the search which led to the discovery of Pluto. “
Uranus, Neptune and Their Moons
Explore the planets and their moons with Duncan Lunan, includes fabulous images
Strange Phenomena Over Tea
S P O T (Strange Phenomena Over Tea) is a monthly discussion group about strange phenomena.
The Sky Above You – November 2021
“There’s an opportunity this month to find Ceres, the largest of the asteroids, as it passes through the V-shaped Hyades cluster in Taurus.”
Saturn and its moons – Part 1
” The curious thing about Iapetus is that one side of it is more than ten times brighter than the other.”
Beginners Astronomy: Saturn and its Rings
“Saturn takes 29½ years to orbit the Sun and is passed by the Earth at intervals of little more than a year”
Unique Phenomenon of White Dwarf Switching Off & On Observed
“This really is a previously unrecognised phenomenon” – Dr Simone Scaringi, Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, at Durham University
