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  • Blog Post: A cosmic scale crosses the U.S.

    Bill Andrews
    [caption image="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51-Misc/0385.Hilo_2D00_Alpha_2D00_Centauri.jpg" position="right" targeturl="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51-Misc...
    on Tue, Oct 2 2012

  • Blog Post: The transit of Venus excites scientists, too!

    Karri Ferron
    [caption image="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51-Solar+system+objects/1184.Trace_2D00_transit.jpg" position="right" targeturl="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51...
    on Tue, Jun 5 2012

  • Blog Post: Watch the transit of Venus on your computer

    Michael Bakich
    [caption image="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51-Solar+system+objects/8666.2004_2D00_transit_5F00_Philippe_2D00_Mouss.jpg" position="right" targeturl="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles...
    on Mon, Jun 4 2012

  • Blog Post: Asteroid Vesta in 3-D

    Karri Ferron
    It seems like everyone is getting on the 3-D bandwagon these days, including scientists. Last week, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) released a new 3-D video of the giant asteroid Vesta created by Ralf Jaumann of the German Aerospace Center using data from the Dawn spacecraft’s first...
    on Tue, Dec 6 2011

  • Blog Post: Phobos-Grunt’s failure

    Bill Andrews
    It seems Russia just can’t catch a break, at least as far as Mars is concerned. Its latest venture to the Red Planet, the Phobos-Grunt probe, has stalled out in Earth orbit almost certainly dead, and it’ll probably crash back to our planet. [caption image="/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx...
    on Tue, Nov 29 2011

  • Blog Post: T-31 seconds and holding … and counting!

    Mike Reynolds
    The countdown to Atlantis ' liftoff was one of the most surreal space shuttle countdowns and launches I have witnessed. Despite the weather forecasters best prognostications, the weather continued to improve up to launch. The conditions were right on the edge of being no-go; the Shuttle Training...
    on Fri, Jul 8 2011

  • Blog Post: IceHunters: Find a space mission’s final target

    Karri Ferron
    The Zooniverse (the group behind Galaxy Zoo, Moon Zoo, and other citizen science projects) is bringing people around the world another opportunity to participate in astronomy research. This time, though, it comes with an even more exciting potential result: influencing a space mission. [caption image...
    on Tue, Jun 28 2011

  • Blog Post: Getting people excited about astronomy

    Liz Kruesi
    Last week, I attended a “double feature” at the Milwaukee Public Museum’s IMAX theater. The main movie was Tornado Alley (in addition to astronomy, I find weather fascinating), but the opening film was a planetarium show called Earth, Moon, and Sun . The film discussed concepts about...
    on Tue, Jun 14 2011

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the Telescope: Michael Sheehan’s Mars

    David Eicher
    Mars sketched by Michael T. Sheehan using a 6-inch f/5 reflector at 324x with a #25A red filter and a #58 green filter, October 10, 1988, from 9:10 to 9:40 CDT. The sketch is centered on Solis Lacus, at 130° CM. David J. Eicher library To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine...
    on Mon, Aug 16 2010

  • Blog Post: Tour Mercury in our new video

    Liz Kruesi
    Observers have known about Mercury's existence since antiquity, but it's difficult to study because of its position in the solar system. In the first installment of the "Tour the solar system" series, Associate Editor Liz Kruesi explores what scientists know about the innermost planet...
    on Thu, Aug 12 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: James P. Carroll’s Mars

    David Eicher
    Mars sketched by James P. Carroll using a 10-inch f/4 reflector at 320x on June 17, 1988, from 10:00 UT to 10:20 UT. David J. Eicher library To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope " and...
    on Tue, Aug 10 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Richard Baum’s Sun

    David Eicher
    The Sun with a sunspot group sketched by Richard Baum of Chester England, February 14, 1988 at 12:50 UT (left), February 21, 1988 at 11:20 UT (center), and February 23, 1988, at 9:20 UT (right). David J. Eicher library To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can...
    on Fri, Aug 6 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Jay Albert’s Aristarchus Crater

    David Eicher
    The lunar crater Aristarchus and the Schröter Valley sketched by Jay Albert using an 8-inch f/10 SCT at 301x on November 27, 1982. David J. Eicher library To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope...
    on Thu, Aug 5 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Dan Troiani’s Jupiter

    David Eicher
    Jupiter sketched by Dan Troiani with a 10-inch f/6 reflector at 283x, January 24, 1981, 8:41 to 9:07 UT. David J. Eicher library To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope " and read Glenn...
    on Tue, Aug 3 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Philip W. Budine’s Saturn

    David Eicher
    Saturn sketched by Philip W. Budine with a 4-inch refractor at 250x, September 6, 1964, from 1h05m to 1h30m UT. David J. Eicher library To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope " and read...
    on Thu, Jul 29 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: David H. Levy’s 1986 Comet Halley

    David Eicher
    Comet Halley sketched by Astronomy Contributing Editor David H. Levy with a 16-inch reflector, March 25, 1986, at 12:30 UT. David J. Eicher library To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope "...
    on Tue, Jul 27 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Dave Eicher’s Comet Halley

    David Eicher
    Comet Halley sketched by Dave Eicher using 20x80 binoculars, March 20, 1986, from Harrington Beach State Park, Wisconsin. David J. Eicher library To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope "...
    on Mon, Jul 26 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Joe Caruso’s lunar surface

    David Eicher
    The Moon sketched by Joe Caruso. David J. Eicher library To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope " and read Glenn Chaple's Observing Basics column " Sketching 101 ." See...
    on Fri, Jul 23 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Gary T. Nowak’s Comet Halley

    David Eicher
    Comet Halley sketched by Gary T. Nowak of the Vermont Astronomical Society using a 16-inch f/4.5 reflector at 75x, August 10, 1985, from West Oak Hill, Williston, Vermont. David J. Eicher library To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy...
    on Mon, Jul 19 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Tom Sarna’s Mars

    David Eicher
    Mars sketched by Tom Sarna using a 10-inch f/4.5 reflector at 140x, August 6, 1988, from Downers Grove, Illinois. David J. Eicher library To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope " and read...
    on Thu, Jul 15 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Daniel Graham’s Venus

    David Eicher
    Venus sketched by Daniel L. Graham using a 6-inch refractor at 166x, February 25, 1988, at 17:15 UT. To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope " and read Glenn Chaple's Observing Basics...
    on Fri, Jul 9 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Lee Keith’s Red Planet

    David Eicher
    Mars sketched by Lee Keith using a 12-inch f/9 reflector at 380x and a red + polarizing filter, October 20, 1988, from 2:45 to 3:00 UT, from New Berlin, Wisconsin. To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the...
    on Thu, Jul 8 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Tom Polakis’ Comet Bradfield

    David Eicher
    Comet Bradfield (1987 XXIX) sketched by Tom Polakis using a 14-inch f/2.8 reflector at 67x, December 22, 1987, from Riggs Road, Arizona. To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope " and read...
    on Tue, Jul 6 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Jose Olivarez’s Mars

    David Eicher
    Mars sketched by Jose Olivarez using a 10-inch f/7 reflector at 250x at 10:25 UT, August 27, 1988, from Wichita, Kansas. To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope " and read Glenn Chaple's...
    on Fri, Jul 2 2010

  • Blog Post: Sketching at the telescope: Comet Arend-Roland (C/1956 R1)

    David Eicher
    Comet Arend-Roland (C/1956 R1) sketched by Charles F. “Chick” Capen from a photograph taken April 26, 1957, showing the comet’s famous antitail. David J. Eicher library We continue our series with a sketch by Charles F. “Chick” Capen showing the brilliant Comet Arend-Roland, as rendered from a photograph...
    on Thu, Jul 1 2010
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