APRIL, 1974 (Sky & Telescope)
Astronomy

APRIL, 1974 (Sky & Telescope)








- Lyrid Meteor - Another Meteor Shower This April
I love to watch meteor shower , and my previous post describes about Leonid meteor shower . Coming this week on 22nd April Lyrid meteor peaks . Lyrid meteor is named after its constellation from where it originates and it peaks on 22nd April a day after...

- Space Shuttle Endeavour Travels From Hangar To The Vehicle Assembly Building
In preparation for its role as a standby rescue craft during the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission and its scheduled June construction flight to the international space station, shuttle Endeavour rolled from the hangar to the Vehicle Assembly...

- Calling All Amateur Astronomers!
April 12, 2008 is the 2nd International Sidewalk Astronomy Night. Sidewalk astronomy, started by John Dobson, designer of the Dobsonian Telescope Design, is a kind of astronomy that showcases some items of the night or day sky, like the Moon, Saturn,...

- Secrets Of Dark Universe May Be Unveiled Soon
The ambitious international astrophysics project LSST's [Large Synoptic Survey Telescope] construction has been officially begun at a traditional stone-laying ceremony outside La Serena, Chile on April 14th. The telescope will start it's operations...

- 5 Amazing Facts Of Hubble Space Telescope
Five amazing facts of Hubble Space Telescope:- 1. Hubble Space Telescope transmits over 140 gigabits of raw data every week.  2. HST only takes 95 minutes to complete it's one orbit at a speed of 27,300 kph. 3. It has...



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