Current Astronomy News
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Watch Earth roll by live in HD, streamed from the ISS
Click to watch – “The High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment places four commercially available HD cameras on the exterior of the space station and uses them to stream live video of Earth for viewing online. The cameras are enclosed in a temperature specific housing and are exposed to the harsh radiation of space. Analysis…
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Dark Skies in the News
Are city lights and suburban street lamps dimming our view of the starry, starry night? Not everywhere. At least not yet. Barry Petersen takes us stargazing.
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TIME magazine invites League’s Astrophotographers
TIME magazine invites League’s Astrophotographers
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Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
Subject: PARI on UNC-TV and Annual SPACE DAY Open House I wanted to make sure you knew about two things happening this weekend. We have been told that UNC-TV will be airing a program entitled, The Night Sky – Past and Present, about PARI this Friday, May 2, 2014 at 7:30 pm. Check your local…
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New Meteor Showers May 24
Possible new meteor shower May 2014
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Upcoming Events Nov 22-Dec 7 2013
Hi FAS members, Mark your calendars! We have many requests to show new star gazers the night sky!! Pick one or more! Two are even on the same night! You can reply to me, or the contact person indicated (cc’d in this email) for more info. Date: Friday, November 22 (this Friday!) Event: 4th annual…
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Supernova Erupts in M74 – Homepage News – SkyandTelescope.com
New super nova in M74 click for details. Stu Williams
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Supermoon Sunday June 23, 2013
Don’t miss the action – The biggest, brightest Moon of the year is almost here. On 23 June 2013, a Supermoon will be occurring. What that means is that the Moon will be closer to the Earth than at any other time during the year – in fact, the upcoming Supermoon will be the closest…
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Noctilucent Clouds
I saw this while watching the NASA ScienceCasts video about an early start to this year’s noctilucent clouds season. Given my interests in red sprites and blue jets, I had to know. Dark Lightning: Dave Morgan
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