Astrophotography is a growing hobby amongst Stargazers. This is something that I have spent a lot of time looking into, so I thought I would share the knowledge and information I gathered here. Hopefully this will save you time in your own search Now, the first think to understand is that if you plan on taking high resolution…
Several people asked me to post a simple tutorial on how I took some night sky pictures. I am not an astrophotographer in any way, shape or form, nor do I have any expensive equipment. I simply read several tutorials, picked a dark spot on the beach and tried to do my best. Anyway,…
SOAR Telescope Time Exposure Image [Pin It] A time exposure view of the SOAR telescope observing at Cerro Pachon in Chile. CREDIT: Daniel Maturana/NOAO/AURA/NSF View full size image A powerful new ultraviolet laser that fires into the night sky is helping scientists take their most detailed look yet at a distant star cluster. A team…
The signals, which came from a galaxy 3.9 billion light years away, were x-rays generated by matter heated to millions of degrees and torn apart as material from the star crosses the black hole’s event horizon. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-03/cries-of-a-dying-star/4175688?section=nsw
First solar sytem where planets ‘line up’ like planets of solar system Most other planets found so far are ‘hot Jupiters’ – uninhabitable worlds that orbit too close to parent star Three planets orbit with planes aligned with equator of their sun Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2179132/A-second-Earth-Telescope-finds-solar-mirrors–offers-hope-life-thrive-worlds.html#ixzz21iSrPknl
Orbiting craft extends its huge robot limb as it captures Southern Lights blazing http://t.co/oveZAPGY via @MailOnline
Mars looks like Earth!!..a little… http://t.co/qh3OySN4 via @NASA
Two teams of physicists at the Cern laboratory near Geneva are preparing today to announce their latest efforts to discover the Higgs boson. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/jul/04/higgs-boson-discovered-live-coverage-cern
A photo I took a few days ago, when the sky was actually clear http://t.co/Rtll0duE
Clouds clouds clouds! They suck!
Some amazing images coming through… http://t.co/brfGDGIX
Finally found a good link… http://t.co/pdhpTuRL #VenusTransit
Visit our home page and click the Venus link on the right hand side! The images are awesome!
Will I be awake at 5am to watch the sun rise? Maybe!
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