Live images of the total lunar eclipse
This live online viewing event is past. Watch for more online viewing opportunities from our partner observatories. A free, live webcast from Bareket Observatory in Israel will feature the total lunar eclipse on June 15, 2011. This relatively rare central eclipse - meaning the moon will pass near the center of Earth's shadow - promises to be longer and darker than usual. A similar eclipse will not occur until 2018. This could be one of the more spectacular lunar eclipses for some time! This special webcast takes place from 17.00 - 23.00 UTC (GMT) June 15 (20.00 - 02.00 Israel...
Moon & Culture
The goal of this project is to bring together the unique cultural perspectives from across the world of our closest neighbor in space, the moon. Every culture on earth has a view of the moon that is unique to them, their heritage and their identity as a people. The moon is a source of inspiration to the people of our planet; ever present in our skies, it has spurred humanity to think about what is beyond ourselves and our world. This inspiration has taken many forms. To the most ancient of cultures the moon was a celestial being, a god,...
International Observe the Moon Night
(This is the AWB-InOMN page. The main InOMN site is at http://observethemoonnight.org/ ) SEEING THE MOON... in a whole new light 2009 was a very big year for lunar exploration. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) began orbiting the Moon, returning more amazing images and more digital data in its first year than any other planetary mission in history. Meanwhile, Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) crashed into the Moon's south polar region in an unprecedented search for water below the Moon's surface. International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) - September 18, 2010 - followed NASA's first celebration of these historic...
Astropoetry Blog
Crescent moon over ocean by Virginia Hoge The Astropoetry Blog is about to begin its fourth year of publication. It's a good time to pause and reflect on how this blog can be improved to better fulfill its goals—helping to unite science and the poetic spirit, and leading us to discover new meanings in the human experience of the night. Our intention is to provide a place where the poetry of the night sky can flourish. Readers are encouraged to send us poems they've written that relate to astronomy, as well as astropoems by other poets—classical or contemporary—they have liked....
Global Astronomy Month 2010
Global Astronomy Month (GAM) is a follow-up to the unprecedented success of the 100 Hours of Astronomy cornerstone project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 which was largely organized by Astronomers Without Borders. Held over four days in April 2009, that project was the largest single scientific outreach event ever held, with millions of people taking part. GAM 2010 will be even larger with the entire month of April bringing astronomy enthusiasts of all types out for a wide variety of activities. The theme of GAM 2010 is Astronomers Without Borders motto: One People, One Sky. Connections between astronomers...
