Wonder twins telescope sees star’s dying gasps | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine.
Oh man! With optical interferometry we can image a star and see the disk from the surface of the earth!
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Wonder twins telescope sees star’s dying gasps | Bad Astronomy
Posted in astro blogs, observing, space, stellar astronomy with tags interferometry, observing on February 18, 2009 by bellaireastro365 Days of Astronomy – Life and Death in Orion
Posted in astro blogs, IYA, observing, podcasts, space, urban skies with tags 365DaysofAstronomy, IYA, observing, podcast on February 9, 2009 by bellaireastroToday’s 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is all about Life and Death in Orion.
Christopher Crockett from Lowell Observatory tells us all about the constellation Orion and some of it’s cool pieces and parts like Betelguese (which I still pronounce like the movie BTW) and the star forming region of the Orion nebula (Messier 42) as well as the history and mythology of this constellation from various cultures.
Have a listen – link to blog – MP3 link
Exoplanetology: Exogazing
Posted in astro blogs, exoplanets, observing, space with tags exoplanets, observing on February 7, 2009 by bellaireastroHobby astronomers often work their way through observation lists such as the Messier list or a list of carbon stars. I for one could really use a list of stars with exoplanets. Just looking at the stars and knowing there are planets around them could be inspiring to students and also to me.
HST Image of Fomalhaut B
Perhaps I should stop being lazy and just make the list myself. Either way check out the blog post above on exogazing and why it is a good idea. EDIT: Wikipedia has a list of known extra-solar planets.
One site I found from the Exoplanetology page that is worth exploring is the JPL PlanetQuest page. It has a 3D star atlas of exoplanet systems.
Fomalhaut in early November from Bellaire TX
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