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May 12
2016
Mercury Transit 2016
Hello everybody, Here in Belgium, we had a clear sky during the 3 first hours of transit, with a quality of the sky transparency of 9/10. Contacts 1 & 2 could be observed, and pictures were taken. Unfortunately, the sky then come quickly to be cloudy, and observations were definitively not possible. By tradition, the weather in Belgium is against any observation when something special is to observe, something like that Scottish-people well known ... So this time, it was a little different! I was in contact with my friend Michel Deconninck (Aquarellia) to prepare this event, and were very... Read More...
May 12
2016
AWB - Trinidad and Tobago Astronomical Society - GAM2016 Conclusion
In observation of Global Astronomy Month 2016, #GAM2016 , the Trinidad and Tobago Astronomical Society (TTAS) created a Online Facebook Event Page entitled "The Past and Present of Astronomy". For each day in the month of April, a post was made in the public group event to re-illuminate some of the history of astronomy, highlighting some of the influential persons in astronomy. For the o nline event page, 30 posts were made and all can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/events/520045464870457/ . Names and blurbs posted included: Day 1 - Galileo Galilei Day 2 - Albert Einstein Day 3 - Ejnar Hertzsprung... Read More...
May 12
2016
Mercury Transit 2016
We ( Northeastern College Astronomical Society) had glorious weather for the morning session, here in Trinidad ( in west indies). First telescope was set up by 7am and the ingress was viewed. A science organisation ( NIHERST) joined us with their Coranado Solar Telescopes. Over the course of the morning more than 230 persons ( mainly students) viewed Mercury's progress across the sun. From one of the Personal Solar Telescopes we could easily see prominances erupt from the sun's surface. By Lunch clouds rolled in and they decided to stay. It was a fantastic event and very well appreciated by... Read More...
May 12
2016
Mercury Transit under clouds
We had a terrible bad weather here in Provence, this is really not common for the saison. At first we visit 4 class of the school of the village of Riez-la-Romaine. We can show them the phenomenon via the SIDC (Solar Influence Data Center) internet site, then we can show nice satellite views in real time. One hundred students were happy to receive answers to an astronomical number of questions. The main message from us was that this kind of transit is used with other stars, by the professionals, to find exoplanets. They like that! After the school we had... Read More...
May 12
2016
Mars Contest
Since i read about Mars Contest, i watch during clear nights, noticed marsmove east above Antares, Then West Read More...
May 12
2016
Mercury tranzits from Azerbaijan.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1026132444102440.1073741848.132303743485319&type=3 Read More...
May 12
2016
MERCURY TRANSIT ON MAY 16th 2016.
We had a wonderful sunny day. Picture was taken on the University Observatory of Vienna, Austria. Read More...
May 11
2016
Transit of Mercury 05.09.16
Transit of Mercury 05.09.16 it through our channel Youtube Foundation, we were able to transmit live transit to many places in Argentina where weather conditions did not permit could watch the event. Read More...
May 11
2016
Astronomy photos taken from August 2015 - May 2016
A collection of Astronomy images taken from August 2015 - May 2016. This video is an ongoing project, with more images to be added as they are captures. Six images in this video were taken in light polluted skies and will be replaced with images from dark skies. For best experience watch this video in 1080p mode on a large screen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwtPd-FtWeY Read More...
May 10
2016
Mercury transit across the solar disk observations in Omsk
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Leus Elena
Leus ElenaMay 9 Omsk planetarium for astronomy enthusiasts and residents organized observations of Mercury's transit across the solar disk. On the observation platform worked 7 telescopes. Two of the projected image of the Sun and Mercury on the background screens. Four were equipped with special filters. The most popular Coronado telescope, in which besides the main "active characters" you could see the stunning beauty of the prominences Read More...
May 10
2016
Tránsito de Mercurio - Mayo 9, 2016
En la mañana del 9 de mayo del 2016, se presentía un ánimo de observación generalizada hacia el Sol algo timido debido a las constantes nubes que se presentaba en el entorno. Ya se presentaba avisos del tránsito de Mercurio en todos los medios noticiosos y prensa, evento que ocure 13 veces cada 100 años. Astrónomos y Astrofotógrafos Aficionados en todo el hemisferio se preparaban desde temprano sus equipos para poder observar y capturar ese evento único. En San Juan Puerto Rico, yo estaba haciendo lo propio, preparando mi camara Nikon Coolpix P500, el tripode y el filtro solar Seymor... Read More...
May 09
2016
Transit of Mercury - Sidewalk Astronomy - May 9
After a severe thunderstorm, clouds dispersed over Ramnicu Valcea, Romania and allowed us to observe the transit of Mercury across the Sun's disk. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.900662056708856.1073741870.709709255804138&type=3 Read More...
May 06
2016
Malaysia GAM2016 : Youngster Interest with Space Exploration Increase with Tech Approach.
I believe our young generation's interest towards space exploration will increase with technology enhanced approaches in teaching STEAM. In celebrating Global Astronomy Month April 2016, Universe Awareness Malaysia had organized an event named “Let's Explore Our Sky”. In order to attract youngsters' interest, organizer uses Frog VLE (Frog Virtual Learning Environment) as a platform of learning and presentation.Click here : bit.ly/GAMmalaysia .Primary students aged from nine to thirteen years old from various school surrounding Sentul area were invited to the event. The atmosphere was electric and the air was thick with curiosity – with questions about the solar system, galaxy... Read More...
May 05
2016
NGC4038 / NGC4039 - The Antennae Galaxies
NGC4038 / NGC4039 - The Antennae Galaxies. Galactic collision sharing stellar material seen in the constellation Corvus. Both galaxies are in 45 million light years of Milky Way This photo was caught in april 26, 2015 in Caguas, Puerto Rico in average conditions. Technical details: 15 frames x 600 sec Meade LX90, Antares reducer f/6.3, Orion Sirius EQ-G Mount, Orion Autoguider, Celestron Nightscape 8300 CCD Color. I include this Video - Blog where i explain some information about this galaxies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXX8l-dG-KA Read More...
May 04
2016
Mercury Trnsit
My Name is Mugatwala Ronish. I am HSC student. In India People Have Lack Knowledge About Astronomical Events, on 9th May,2016 Biggest Astronomical Event is Mercury Trnsit So We Can Setup a Programme to Watch & Explain This Event. Read More...
May 04
2016
SPACE101 : Cooperation Between Roaya And Libyan Center For Remote Sensing & Astronomy
One of the effortless supporters in the most famous astronomical event in Libya #SPACE101 was the Libyan Center for Remote sensing and astronomy. This center has contributed with a wide range of selected academic and amature books about astronomy. Roaya member, Mohamed Eljoudi, supervised the fruitful book fair. #GAM2016 #SPACE101 Translated by: Nedal N. Alhassan Read More...
Apr 30
2016
AWB-Serbia - CONCERT FOR THE END OF GAM 2016 - SERBIA
Theme of the Concert: "Where no man has gone before". It can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/Astronomi-bez-granica-217714985242474/ Musician Sasha Gracanin com posed specially for AWB. www.facebook.com/sashashadowman/ ASCAP registered. Read More...
Apr 30
2016
AWB-Serbia - GAM 2016. - GAM THEME ON APRIL 28th: Astropoetry
The task was ti write some astropoetry. We had 16 participants. The most beautiful attachments are sent by: Sasa Milosavljevic, Aleksandar Racin. The best works can be seen below. Read More...
Apr 30
2016
AWB-Serbia - GAM 2016. - GAM THEME ON APRIL 24th: Sun day
The task was to to photograph or draw Sun. We had 24 participants. The most beautiful attachments are sent by: Mirko Stankovic, Ruzica Mitic, Katarina Blazic, Ivica Baskin, Vlatko Jovanovski. The best works can be seen below. Read More...
Apr 30
2016
AWB-Serbia - GAM 2016. - GAM THEME ON APRIL 20th: Night sky photography
The task was to make photos of night sky with some motive from the Earth. We had 29 participants. The most beautiful attachments are sent by: Jovan, Vukicevic, Sasa Milosavljevic, Ivica Baskin, Stefan Todorovic, Stiv Martinovski. The best works can be seen below. Read More...
Apr 30
2016
AWB-Serbia - GAM 2016. - GAM THEME ON APRIL 16th: Global Star Party
The task was to make the model of star, planet, rocket, etc... We had 14 participants. The most beautiful attachments are sent by: Jovica Blazic, Katarina Blazic, Aleksandar Racin. The best works can be seen below. Read More...
Apr 30
2016
AWB-Serbia - GAM 2016. - GAM THEME ON APRIL 10th: Ares vs Antares
The task was to photograph or draw one of the -mars & Antares. We had 47 participants. The most beautiful attachments are sent by: Mirko Stankovic, Katarina Blazic, Jovan Dedic, Stefan Todorovic. The best works can be seen below. Read More...
Apr 30
2016
AWB-Serbia - GAM 2016. - GAM THEME ON APRIL 4th: Messier Marathon
The task was to photograph or draw one of the Mesier objects. We had 136 participants. The most beautiful attachments are sent by: Jana Maric (M1), Milo Babic (M51), Stefan Todorovic (M106), Marko Lawantier (M46), Aleksandar Pavkovic (M57), Aleksandar Racin (M31). The best works can be seen below. Read More...
Apr 30
2016
Sun and Spring Forest
On Saturday, April 16, we conducted together with the Association „Die Spur“, the event "Sun and Spring Forest" for children in the age from 6 - 10 years in Vienna. Our goal is to awake children´s interest for the exciting topic Astronomy and motivate them to continue to deal with this topic. The event was divided into an astronomical and a nature part. It started at about 15:00 CET with the observation of the sun on a cloudless sky. We could observe sunspots. After this we started the natural part, a walk through the woods, where we could observe a... Read More...
Apr 29
2016
New photo-story from Astronomía sin Fronteras
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Pedro Saizar
Pedro SaizarMarcia Deocares was enjoying a great evening in Trevelin, a small town by the Andes in central Patagonia (Argentina). Young gauchos were showing their skills at horse riding (left) before an excited crowd. Marcia then turned around and there she found the Full Moon right on top of the hills, as if riding them too. An unexpected connection between sky and field! There is more action every day at AWB's Spanish network: www.facebook.com/astronomossinfronteras Read More...
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