Annular Solar Eclipse – January 15th, 2010
Only 3 more #annular #solar #eclipses pass through India in the 21st century-2031, 2074 and 2085
Blue moon on sky – Welcome 2010
Partial Lunar eclipse in Bangalore, Jan 1st,12:30am 2010
Full scale view of Moon is available today. If you miss it today, you will have to wait till 2028.
Silhouette of Atlantis (STS-125) and Hubble Space Telescope
Atlantis (STS-125) and Hubble Space Telescope passing by the Sun. Photo was taken on Wednesday, May 13, 2009, from west of Vero Beach, Florida. It was said that the spaceships were at an altitude of 600 km and they took around 0.8 seconds to zip across the sun.
There are few interesting facts about this picture. This photo was not taken by NASA or with any advanced equipment. It was taken by a French citizen and a astrophotographer Thierry Legault with his 13cm telescope and a camera.
Read more about it here:
Akasha – Astronomy Newsletter
Association of Bangalore Amateur Astronomers (ABAA)’s Monthly newsletter Akasha is out. Find its May edition here.
In the news letter you will find details on the activities planned by ABAA, Astronomy news, Sky for the month, Amazing facts about the universe, Astronomy related articles by members and quiz section.
You can contact ABAA members via :- [email protected]
International Year of Astronomy 2009
This year is declared as The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) by UN and is a global celebration of astronomy and its contributions to society and culture and also marks the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilee. The aim of the Year is to stimulate worldwide interest, especially among young people, in astronomy and science under the central theme “The Universe, Yours to Discover“. IYA2009 events and activities will promote a greater appreciation of the inspirational aspects of astronomy that embody an invaluable shared resource for all nations.
ABAA has been involved in popularizing Astronomy in many ways for past 33 years. In ABAA we help people in making their own telescopes, have regular talks and discussions on various topics in Astronomy. ABAA conducts sky shows to public every first Sunday of the month, members of ABAA are taken to dark skies out of city light for deep sky observations. During events like Eclipse, Transit, Occultations and comets ABAA organizes public viewing through our telescopes.
ABAA members also take astrophotos, latest is the comet Lunil that was close to Earth on Feb 24th. Here is a link that one of our member made of movement of Comet Lulin.
ABAA has organized IYA2009 inauguration in Jawaharlal Nehru planatorium, Bangalore on 22nd March at 5:30PM. Don’t miss it. For more information mail to abaa.org at gmail.com.
Constellation Arts view in Stellarium
Awesome isn’t it? Try it on your system. Here is how you get it installed on your Ubuntu system:
# sudo aptitude install stellarium stellarium-data
Enjoy!
Star Of Christmas – Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter
Here is an update on the planetary conjunction of Venus and Jupiter. Hopefully we could have a glimpse of this event easily for few more days. I missed my chance today as I could not keep track of this astronomical event and I could also see clouds in the sky blocking the view.
Never mind. I tried to capture this moment on my GNU astronomy tool called “Stellarium” and here you could see how it looks like.
They also believe that, there might have been a similar astronomical planetary movement during the birth of Christ (Star of Christmas).
More readings:
STAR OF BETHLEHEM MAY HAVE BEEN PLANETS JUPITER, VENUS
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