Astronomy
- 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...
- 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,...
- Hubble's Servicing Missions
Hubble was designed to be one of the greatest telescopes. It operates in space, where there are no clouds, atmosphere or anything else to get in its way to take great pictures. But, immediately after deployment, a problem became clear. The main mirror...
- 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...
- The Amazing Hubble Telescope
In the history of modern astronomy, there is probably no one greater leap forward than the building and launch of the space telescope known as the Hubble. While NASA has had many ups and downs, the launch and continued operation of the Hubble space...
Astronomy
APRIL, 1990 (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...
- 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,...
- Hubble's Servicing Missions
Hubble was designed to be one of the greatest telescopes. It operates in space, where there are no clouds, atmosphere or anything else to get in its way to take great pictures. But, immediately after deployment, a problem became clear. The main mirror...
- 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...
- The Amazing Hubble Telescope
In the history of modern astronomy, there is probably no one greater leap forward than the building and launch of the space telescope known as the Hubble. While NASA has had many ups and downs, the launch and continued operation of the Hubble space...