Image: Single and 2-stage Black Knight launchers at Woomera, Australia Find out more in Duncan Lunan’s article
Epsilon Boötis, Clyde Tombaugh, Black Knight and STS-88
The Sky Above You – June 2022
Before dawn will be the best time to see the Tau Herculid shower from Comet Schwassman-Wachman 3, on the night of May 31st – June 1st, although in Scotland, especially in the far north, the sky will probably be too bright to see many.
The Fermi Paradox, Part 2
“In 1974 Prof. Gerard O’Neill published his proposals for large free-flying settlements in space, following earlier suggestions by Tsiolkovsky, Bernal and others.”
The Sky Above You – May 2022
What can be seen in the night sky in May
Have You Been Stargazing for Dark Sky Week?
“And high overhead and all moving about,/There were thousands of millions of stars.”
The Fermi Paradox Part 1
Alan Bean ‘Where is everybody’, read more as Duncan Lunan continues his astronomy series with ‘The Fermi Paradox’
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Breakthrough Listen Robot, Green Bank to find out more read Duncan Lunan’s latest article
Alexander Thom Star Dates
“The only epoch in which standing stones are meaningfully aligned with the bright stars is c.2000 BC, with a spread of at most 200 years both before and after.”
Placing The Shapes
“–if the seven dots on the Nebra Disc, aren’t the Pleiades – (and they really don’t look like them you know!), what are they “
The Sky Above You – April 2022
“Venus is brilliant in the morning sky through the month.”
