Event Reports

Jan 27
2011

Astronomy Without Barriers - People with Disabilities

Throughout April, 2011 Among the new features of GAM 2011 will be special programs designed especially for individuals with visual and other sensory impairments. Motivated by the example of such... Read More...

Jan 17
2011

Monuments of Astropoetry

Stars dance in the sky And people dance on Earth Imitating The dance of the falling stars. Andrei Dorian Gheorghe When we say monuments of astropoetry we think especially... Read More...

Jan 14
2011

International Space Station

International Space Station Pass Details Date: Thursday,13 January, 2011 Satellite: ISS Location: Binnaguri ( 26.7667°N, 89.0500°E) Local Time: Universal Coordinated Time -5:30 (GMT + 5:30) Orbit: 347 x 354 km,... Read More...

Jan 04
2011

REALITY

Often one wonders if what we see is real, a question I often get from Students, young and old alike. When you tell them we should at times be refered... Read More...

Dec 30
2010

Solar Eclipse Live Webcasts

Live partial solar eclipse webcast 4 January 2011 The new year 2011 begins with a big celestial event, a partial solar eclipse, and Bareket Observatory in Israel will broadcast it... Read More...

Dec 30
2010

2010 DECEMBER 21

That lunar eclipse was not visible in my country, Romania, But I heard many hearts singing about it From America to New Zealand, As if the Earth’s shadow on the... Read More...

Dec 29
2010

In the silence of the solstice snow

In the silence of the solstice snow Earth's shadow Drags its dust stained gauze over the moon Deep red tan across Tycho Sinking totality lost in the dawn - Deirdre... Read More...

Dec 29
2010

Mike’s night

Skies clear Moon bright Eclipse near Hour to go Clouds float in No No No Eclipse begins Waiting for show Skies make me go in Friends make it so Florida... Read More...

Dec 28
2010

A compilation of new works by SARM

wherever we are in any cosmic corner love is decisive By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe,  Romania After the major astropoetry project dedicated to the Global Astronomy Month 2010, the... Read More...

Dec 27
2010

Infinite Witness & Human Spore

Infinite Witness As we kneel before our judge be it god or the slipping grasp on light before the blackness we will call the stars as our witness With their... Read More...

Dec 21
2010

December 2010's Lunar Eclipse from Nicaragua

One of the most wonderful astronomical events available without the need of any particular artificial optical instrument, and shared almost instantaneously in a whole hemisphere is without doubts a Lunar... Read More...

Dec 16
2010

Meteors Without Borders Phlippines 2010 (Geminid)

The Astrocamp Observatory Services and the Astronomical League of the Philippines just held a successful Meteors Without Borders Event the night of December 13 to the early morning of December... Read More...

Dec 15
2010

MwB,EwB,SwB introduced for Japanese

Hello, I am an amateur astronomer in Japan. Web sites introducing MwB : Geminids 2010, EwB : total lunar eclipse 2010 and SwB Dec. 2010 for Japanese have been made... Read More...

Dec 15
2010

MwB,EwB,SwB introduced for Japanese

Hello, I am an amateur astronomer in Japan. Web sites introducing MwB : Geminids 2010, EwB : total lunar eclipse 2010 and SwB Dec. 2010 for Japanese have been made... Read More...

Dec 15
2010

Japanese Web site of MwB,Ewb and SwB

Hello, I am an amateur astronomer in Japan. Web sites introducing MwB : Geminids 2010, EwB : total lunar eclipse 2010 and SwB Dec. 2010 for Japanese have been made... Read More...

Dec 15
2010

Geminid Meteor Shower (14 December 2010)

I was watching the constellations of Orion, Lepus, Taurus and Eridanus for the Geminid Meteor Shower . I caught my first Geminid meteor (bright as Sirius) near the Zaurak of... Read More...

Dec 14
2010

Astronomy with Purpose: Reaching the most important universe´s stars

The Project "Astronomy with a Purpose" can´t be understood by some people. We still live in days that many people confuse the science astronomy with not science astrology . Moreover,... Read More...

Dec 13
2010

"Oh how we wonder" and "Fireflies"

Oh how we wonder As new water before the snow line forms This great existence may be Persistent as the earthly steps Of oceans filled with roving things. We see... Read More...

Dec 12
2010

In Memory of David Portsmouth

Dans les temps anciens Je vivrai toujours. Voici venir la nuit. Les temps anciens sont illuminés d’étoiles ! In the ancient times I shall live for ever. Here comes the... Read More...

Dec 08
2010

Meteor Shower, Lunar Eclipse in December

This month, Astronomers Without Borders will help the global public enjoy two special night-sky events—the Geminid meteor shower, which peaks on December 13-14; and a total eclipse of the Moon... Read More...