Part 5 of Duncan Lunan’s Guide looks at The Moon
Astronomy Beginner’s Guide Part 4: The Moon
Where is Mars’s water?
The lake-bed sediments of Gale Crater on Mars from NASA’s Curiosity rover (credit: NASA/JPL, California Institute of Technology)
Astronomy Beginner’s Guide: Part 3 Co-Ordinate Systems
“The most obvious way to tell someone else where to look for something in the sky, would be to give its height above the horizon and bearing left or right from some landmark. “
The Sky Above You – April 2021
The Moon will be New on April 12th, and it will be Full on April 27h.
Robert H. Goddard #OnThisDay
On March 28th 1935 Robert H.Goddard successfully used gyroscopes to control a rocket.
Amateur Involvement in Astronomy: Part 1 of Our Beginner’s Guide
To be an amateur astronomer on any level involves learning the constellations of the night sky.
The Sky Above You – March 2021
The Moon will be New on March 13th, and it will be Full on March 28th. That will be a ‘supermoon’, when the Moon is Full two days before its nearest to Earth.
In (3000) Galaxies Far Far Away
“The SAMI survey lets us see the actual internal structures of galaxies, and the results have been surprising.”Professor Croom
The Sky Above You – February 2021
“The Moon will be New on February 11th, and it will be Full on February 27th. “
The Sky Above You – January 2021
“Venus remains brilliant in the morning sky in Ophiucus. The Moon is near Venus on 11th January. In January Venus rises at 6.30 a.m., but disappears by the end of the month.”
