Current Astronomy News
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Bring on the Perseids……
The International Meteor Organization has forecast peak of the Perseids meteor shower to occur Wednesday night/Thursday morning, August 12/13, between 2:30am and 5:30 am. This is a great opportunity for viewing one of the best showers of the year, the Moon is not an issue, clear skies are forecast, and the peak occurs during the…
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Rosetta Comet Landing Nov 12
Mission Rosetta launched in 2004 and arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014. It is the first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the Sun, and deploy a lander to its surface. Rosetta is an ESA mission with contributions from its member states and NASA. Rosetta’s Philae…
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One week, one giant sunspot, six massive solar flares
Check out this report – One week, one giant sunspot, six massive solar flares with more information at Space Weather. Marcia
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Watch Earth roll by live in HD, streamed from the ISS
Click to watch – “The High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment places four commercially available HD cameras on the exterior of the space station and uses them to stream live video of Earth for viewing online. The cameras are enclosed in a temperature specific housing and are exposed to the harsh radiation of space. Analysis…
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Dark Skies in the News
Are city lights and suburban street lamps dimming our view of the starry, starry night? Not everywhere. At least not yet. Barry Petersen takes us stargazing.
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TIME magazine invites League’s Astrophotographers
TIME magazine invites League’s Astrophotographers
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Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
Subject: PARI on UNC-TV and Annual SPACE DAY Open House I wanted to make sure you knew about two things happening this weekend. We have been told that UNC-TV will be airing a program entitled, The Night Sky – Past and Present, about PARI this Friday, May 2, 2014 at 7:30 pm. Check your local…
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New Meteor Showers May 24
Possible new meteor shower May 2014
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