Thursday, February 21, 2019

MERCURY Taken by Piotr Majewski on February 16, 2019 @ Piwnice, Poland



Dear Friends, Mercury returns on the evening sky! : ) Detalis: Nikon D700 + Sigma 120-400 @ 400 mm f/8, ISO 1600, 1,6 s. Clear skies!

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

FULL MOON Taken by thomas spence on February 19, 2019 @ Tofte, MN




Great atmospheric distortion as the full moon rises over Lake Superior in Tofte, MN. Ice piles and open water on Lake Superior add to the scene.

COMET 46P/WIRTANEN Taken by Yasushi Aoshima on December 28, 2018 @ Shizuoka, JAPAN






0.106 au from the Earth.
Data: EF300mmF2.8L USM, CanonEOS6D, 12800 ISO, 10x60sec stacked 17 frames GIF (10:32-13:27 UT),
1, 2) FOV: 3 x 2°, North: right
3, 4) FOV: 4 x 6°, North: lower

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

THE NEW SPACE THEATER IN KOLKATA. THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE 3D PLANETARIUM THEATER!


Crisp and bright projection. The premiere audience is thrilled. "The Life of Trees" by Softmachine is presented as their premiere show.





SPACE THEATER OF THE SCIENCE CITY IN KOLKATA, INDIA


Today, the totally refurbished Space Theater of the Science City in Kolkata, India will be reopened featuring a six-channel powerdome 3D fulldome system. It promises to become one of the biggest attractions in Kolkata. Congratulations to the National Council of Science Museums for bringing this great project to fruition.




COMET IWAMOTO BEFORE SPIRAL GALAXY NGC 2903

COMET IWAMOTO Taken by Russell Cockman on February 14, 2019 @ Ladys Pass Victoria, Australia



Dark skies but comet not visible to my aging eyes. A fine object in 12x80 binos.

Only when I processed the images did I realise that the comet had two tails! Magic!16:13 19 feb. 2019

Monday, February 18, 2019

" VENUS & SATURN " DESDE ROSARIO - ARGENTINA /// FOTOS: ESMERALDA SOSA


.. de 3am a 5.30am ..

.. mucha humedad, calor y un poco de rocío ..

.. increible como ya las noches son más largas y los planetas cambian de horizontes ..


.. INEVITABLE.. SE VIENE EL INVIERNO ! ..















Saturday, February 16, 2019

" TITAN & RHEA ( SATURNO SATÉLITES ) " DESDE ROSARIO - ARGENTINA //// FOTOS: ESMERALDA SOSA INFO: LICENCIADO EN FÍSICA JOSÉ LUIS LOMÁSCOLO











Saturno junto a Titan & Rhea /// Fotos: Esmeralda Sosa



En las fotografías de Saturno tomadas el 15 de febrero del 2019 se pueden observar muy próximos a la imagen de Saturno dos puntos luminosos, el más brillante es Titán magnitud aparente 8.9, el otro más débil y muy cercano al planeta, por separación angular, posición y magnitud coincide con la luna Rhea, magnitud aparente 10.28.


Posiciones relativas de Saturno,Rhea y Titán el 15 de febrero del 2019 a las 4:15 hrs.


                                                              * Titán

                                                           * Rhea 
                                                              O  Saturno 


Separación angular Rhea Saturno   =       56.25"
Separación angular Titán Saturno   =  1'  59.47"
Separación angular Rhea Titán       =  1'  25"



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TITAN


Titan por sonda Cassini 



RHEA


Rhea por sonda Cassini









Info: Licenciado en Física José Luis Lomáscolo

Compaginación y fotos a cielo abierto: Esmeralda Sosa

COMET IWAMOTO AT PERIGEUM WITH SPIRAL GALAXY NGC 2903 AT Taken by Dr. Fritz Helmut Hemmerich on February 13, 2019 @ Tenerife Canary Islands Spain



During the night from february 13th to 14th (Comet Iwamotos perigeum) we had a unusual clear sky with very low humidity (under Scirroco south wind condition from the nearby Sahara) and I could capture 160 subframe for this image of it together with NGC 2903

AVRIL LAVIGNE “DUMB BLONDE” ( LIVE FROM HONDA STAGE AT HENSON RECORDING )







THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY IS ABOUT TO VANISH


On Monday night, Feb. 18th, the brightest star in the sky will disappear. It's a rare eclipse of Sirius by asteroid 4388 Jürgenstock.




As recently as two days ago, specialists thought the eclipse would be visible in a narrow corridor cutting across the central USA. New calculations, however, suggest a different path:





Sirius's shadow will cross southern parts of Chile and Argentina, Central America and the Caribbean. This will happen on Feb. 18th between 09:11 pm PST and 09:27 pm PST.






According to David Dunham of the International Occultation Timing Association, the eclipse could last for as much as 1.8 seconds, with Sirius fading to minimum brightness for 0.2 seconds of that time. The angular diameter of Sirius is 0.006 arcseconds. Asteroid Jürgenstock is just a little wider: 0.007 arcseconds, so theoretically Sirius should be completely blocked. "But the asteroid may be a little larger or smaller than predicted, and it's likely to be irregularly-shaped, so there is a good chance that even at the center, the star will not completely disappear," notes Dunham.
Named after Venezuelan astrometrist Jürgen Stock, asteroid 4388 Jürgenstock orbits the sun in the inner regions of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It is approximately 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) in diameter. Video recordings of the eclipse could help trace the shape of the distant space rock.

Friday, February 15, 2019

" VENUS & SATURN " ( with more ... ) DESDE ROSARIO - ARGENTINA //// FOTO: ESMERALDA SOSA


.. de 3am a 5.30am ..


.. bastante brisa y NUBES ( como suele pasar SIEMPRE ) ..








JUPITER EN ESCORPIO






HORIZONTE SUR







VIA LACTEA & CRUZ DEL SUR









JUPITER





VENUS & SATURNO 

































CRUZ DEL SUR ENTRE NUBES 













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