What is usually one of the better meteor showers of the year won’t be in 2024. As has been the case with several events this year, the peak of the meteor showers occurs close to when there is a full Moon, limiting the visibility. Even though the peak occurs around the 14th, some ...
That was back in April, can you believe? Get our free mobile app Always eager to educate and entertain the next generation of astronomers, theKalamazoo Astronomical Society(KAS) is inviting the public to experience, intheir words, one of the most significant celestial events of the year or ev...
Latest Celestial Events in India with complete Astronomical Calendar of 2025. Month-wise dates of various Celestial events such as equinoxes, solstices, meteor showers, eclipses, supermoons, full moon in India.
During its commissioning phase, the satellite's performance exceeded design expectations. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced the initial results on Thursday, including discoveries of various types of transient events. The satellite has got another name, "Tianguan," commemorating the observat...
It has 141 pages, and hundreds of illustrations, including charts and 3-D views of space. For each month there are 6 pages, with about 50 events, sky dome, diagram of where the planets are in their orbits, and 20 of the most interesting sky scenes. Then there are several-page sections...
BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) --China's Einstein Probe (EP) astronomical satellite, sent into space in January this year, has captured its first in-orbit detection images, which were presented at a parallel forum of the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing on Saturday. ...
Like the Egyptians, theMaya had devised two calendars, one solar and one ritual which interacted and depended upon one another for the dictation of certain ritual events to be carried out. The sky for the Maya was a seeming personification of Gods and deities who played important roles in the...
Previous to the early twentieth century, research observatories would, from time-to-time, allow the public to tour the facility and look through the research telescopes, particularly during special astronomical events such as a bright comet or a lunar eclipse. The idea of a "public observatory" ...
2024-25 We're now getting to the 'serious', and best, time of the astronomy season. To help members learn to navigate the night sky and 'hunt down' beautiful & fascinating objects we're resurrecting a Member's Challenge we set up & ran nearly two decades ago ...
Were you able to see the Aurora Borealis display the night of April 23, 2023 here in Central Iowa? Such events are rare for us this far south, but do sometimes surprise us. Several DMAS members did get some photos as the display got energized around 11:30 p.m. that night. Shown are...