The mineral resources of the asteroids will be of great importance in the future
Beginners Astronomy: Asteroid Resources
Beginner’s Astronomy: Asteroids and Impacts 2
“Like most people, until the 1960s I greatly underestimated the hazard from incoming asteroids and comets, and greatly overestimated the size that would be needed to cause serious harm. “
Beginners Astronomy: Asteroids and Impacts
Read about asteroids and impacts – written by Duncan Lunan
The Sky Above You – October 2021
Duncan Lunan brings you the October map for the night sky, what to see and where.
Beginners Astronomy: Solstices, Equinoxes and Sighthill Part 2
Part 2 of Duncan Lunan’s series looking at Solstice and equinoxes – the Moon and planets
Beginners Astronomy: Solstices, Equinoxes and Sighthill Part I
“The plane of the Earth’s orbit around the Sun is the Ecliptic, the center line of the Zodiac, and the Earth’s axis is inclined to it by 23.5 degrees”
Sighthill Stone Circle Reborn Free Event 19:00 hrs on 15th September 2021.
You can sign up now for – Sighthill Stone Circle Reborn Free Event 19:00 hrs on 15th September 2021.
Jupiter’s Moons
“The four large Jupiter moons, discovered by Galileo and called the Galilean satellites in his memory, are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, in order out from the planet.”
Jupiter
Jupiter is much further from the Sun than Mars and is passed by the Earth every 13 months, so it’s brilliant in the night sky for much of every year.
The Sky Above You – September 2021
The Moon will be New on September 7th, and Full on September 21st, the day before the Autumn equinox
