Event Reports
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (158): Inertia of Inertia (4)
Leo (the Lion)… a major symbol in zoology, mythology, astronomy, astrology, heraldry, art… and for the summertime! Read More...
Astronomy Festival "AstroFest_2020" in Telavi, Georgia.
On July 20, 2020, with the funding of #SRNSFG - Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, organized by the Georgian Astronomy Club, an Astronomy Festival was held near the... Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (157): Inertia of Inertia (3)
After the “Echo” series, “Inertia” of Global Astronomy Month 2020 was also necessary, having the main stake to catch two eclipses (and other phenomena) and to make the transition from... Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (155): Inertia of Inertia (1)
In the summer of 1993, Valentin Grigore founded the annual cultural-astronomical event of the Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy (SARM), “Perseids”, in the town of Targoviste and the Voivodes... Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (154): Inertia (27)
PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2020 IN TARGOVISTE Note: “A kind of Romanian haiku”, “tipuritura” in the Oas “land” (from “tipat” = scream in English) or “strigatura” in the Maramures “land” (from... Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (153): Inertia (26)
THE CRANE ECLIPSE Astro-photo-poem (cosmopoem) by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe June 21, 2020, a small partial eclipse in Bucharest. I remarked that the Moon's shadow turned into a crane. It was... Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (152): Inertia (25)
ANOTHER OLYMPUS (May 20 - June 20, 2020, Bucharest) Astro-photo-poem (cosmopoem) by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe Red roses, red clouds and the red planet Mars with Olympus Mons but without Olympian... Read More...
UFOs
Bearing in mind tremendous number of stars and galaxies, UFOs presence is undeniable, however, hasn't been officially confirmed Instead of this it's often hidden behind the curtain of silence although... Read More...
AWB SERBIA - ASTRONOMY QUIZ ON JULY 15th 2020
Every 15th of the month, except in April, AWB is organizing a small quiz featuring 10 questions on a selected astronomical subject. On July 15th, 2020, the 5th year with... Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (151): Inertia (24)
Frances AzarenBEFORE THE SUMMER SOLSTICE (Bucharest, June 20, 2020) Astro-photo-poem (cosmopoem) by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe “Wake up, lazy man!” - the Sun called out to me from a leaf. I had... Read More...
Astro- Reply for an Overseas Friend
Open the gates of the sky and throw away the key. Your new addiction, astronomy! Photo by Valentin Grigore: Comet NEOWISE over the Voivodes Hill, Targoviste, Romania, July 10, 2020 Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (150): Inertia (23)
RETURN TO WINDOW ASTRONOMY Astro-photo-poem (cosmopoem) by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe May 21 - June 10, 2020, Bucharest. Wherever you are, if in hard times you want to find more about... Read More...
AWB's Statement on Racial Injustice
Our Statement on Racial Injustice Astronomers Without Borders is dedicated to its core values of promoting diversity, accessibility and inclusion through astronomy to make the world a better place for... Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (149): Inertia (22)
IMAGINARY ASTRO-PARK (June 17-18, 2020, Children's World - Youth Park, Bucharest) Astro-photo-poetry (cosmopoetry) mini-drama by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe Visitor: An orbit of flowers… Manager: …Where everybody could be a planet... Read More...
Comet NEOWISE
Raoul LannoyFriday 10 July 2020, I got to our observation field at 22:30 CET with in mind the info that according to Stellarium, comet NEOWISE could be visible before midnight. The... Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (148): Inertia (21)
MORNING STAR AND CAPRICIOUS SELENE (Targoviste, 4:55 and 12:17 Romanian Time, June 19, 2020) Venus and Moon Sickle, Exercise of flight And a wonderful conjunction Prolonged in the daylight. Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (147): Inertia (20)
When life seems to be empty, You have no reason to despair: Your friend the Sun smiles finely In phenomena, everywhere. Read More...
Seeking a Saturn Encounter
After millennia of keeping our feet firmly fixed on her gritty sands, deeply mired in her soft clay, the earth lost her grip on mankind. First in balloons, then airplanes,... Read More...
On Planet Earth
On planet Earth the third from Sun the fate of humankind is spun. When on our journey we embark as dwellers here to make our mark there seems no calling... Read More...
