Archive for September, 2005

Come See the Universe at Astronomy Public Nights

Friday, September 30th, 2005 at 06:00 PM

Have you ever wondered what a planetarium is like?Would you like to learn which constellations are in the fall skies?How spectacular is the view of Mars through a telescope?Come to the Astronomy Public Nights at St…. Objects that we will be able to observe include Pleiades (7-Sisters), Albireo, the Ring Nebula, the Hercules Globular Cluster, the Double Cluster in Perseus, the Andromeda Galaxy, and the planet Mars!The dates for the Astronomy Public Nights are: Monday, October 31 – (dress accordingly), Tuesday, November 1; Wednesday, November 2; Monday, November 7; Tuesday, November 8; and Wednesday, November 9.Show times each evening are at 7:00, 7:45 and 8:30 p.m. While this event is free and open to the public limited seating makes it necessary for us to require that you make a reservation for you and/or your group.

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Extreme Astrophotography

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 at 10:55 AM

Many years ago, when I was a graduate student, I did one of my first ever observing runs at the Burrell Schmidt 24 inch telescope on Kitt Peak in Arizona. Today, a group at Case Western Reserve University has really pushed the limits of what that telescope can do.

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We’ll probably have aurora tonight!

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005 at 12:36 PM

It looks like sunspot group 808 had at least one X-class X-ray flare yesterday which propelled a coronal mass ejection toward earth.

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A local Astrophotography website!

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005 at 10:34 PM

We find a local astrophotographers webpage.

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Auroras, what are they?

Thursday, September 8th, 2005 at 11:23 AM

What causes an aurora (otherwise known as "the Northern Lights")?

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