by Gordon | May 24, 2011 | Solar system
There was always something odd about Pluto. It’s orbit was much more elliptical than those of the other planets and inclined at a maverick angle. It was also extremely small: smaller than our moon! There’s no chance you can see it with the naked eye. Even with a 12”...
by Gordon | May 24, 2011 | Solar system
In a recent speech at the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, President Obama pledged the US to landing a man on Mars within the next three decades. To do this, he promised new funding and a streamlined NASA focused on developing cutting edge technologies and visionary...
by Gordon | May 24, 2011 | Solar system
The Spring Equinox occurrs on the 20th March when night and day are of equal length, winter comes to an end and spring arrive. The Jewish Passover is calculated according to lunar cycles and must fall on the night of the first full moon following the Spring...
by Gordon | May 24, 2011 | Solar system
If you are away from cities and sources of light pollution and preferably above 1000 m to escape the humidity and dust trapped in the lower atmosphere, you have a chance of seeing the Zodiacal light. After sunset as darkness falls, look for a faint pyramid of light in...
by Gordon | May 24, 2011 | Interstellar space
According to Arabic legend a ghoul is an evil demon that lurks in graveyards and feeds off the dead, a chilling thing to see, eyeing you from the shadows! Yet Arabic astronomers named a star after it because it winks at you from the depths of the night. Known as...
