After wonderful episodes of The wonders of the Solar System Prof. Brian Cox is back in BBC with his brand new episodes of The Wonders of the Universe. I am very much excited to watch all the episode which not only does a great awareness of basic science among people but also tries describe complicated …
Category Archive: Astronomy
Mar 21
The Super Moon
Lately I was busy explaining people that Earthquake in Japan has nothing to do with the supermoon. Here is Phil Plait’s blog explaining everything. The size of the moon won’t be so so big on that day that naked human eye can distinguish. The size of the moon varies like this every month but this …
Mar 07
Finally my Face in Space
Last year NASA started Face in Space initiative where they wanted to put a picture of people on one of two remaining space shuttle missions and launch it into orbit. Finally after a lot of delay STS-133 was launched 4:53:24 p.m. EST – Feb. 24, 2011 from Kennedy Space Centre. From neilghosh.com Hurray ! Today …
Feb 19
Veronica on Astronomy show
I just came across this funny video about science in astronomer Phil Plait‘s blog which features Veronica Belmont Courtesy
Feb 06
WolframAlpha widget for celestial objects
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Jan 30
Telescope under urban night sky
I recently posted about my new telescope.I watched the moon (Photos posted in that same blog) first. It was a full moon and craters were easily visible with my 20 mm eyepiece ( 45x magnification ).With this magnification moon was just covered by the viewing area which is about 1 degree in diameter. (Orion‘s belt is 3 degree’s …
Jan 22
Assembling and setting up the telescope
I recently bought CELESTRON PowerSeeker 127EQ Telescope and found the following video very informative and short for quick setup I tried to set it up and take few pictures by just placing my small digital camera (Nikon 3200) and result was better than expected http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf However I think buying a digital eyepiece would help …
Dec 31
Jupiter’s Moon
Using 70mm Binocular , The star 20 Psc is confusing with Callisto (Both 6th Magnitude and same distance from Jupiter ) but "Io" and "Ganymede" constructs the line which distinguishes "Callisto" as Jupiter’s moon ref: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Jupiter+7%3A43+pm+30+DEC+2010+from+hyderabad For individual stats of Galileo moons http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Ganymede
Dec 25
How to choose telescope
I stumbled upon the following article in at Sky & Telescope which a few very good articles about details of an astronomical telescope. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/equipment/basics For a quick summery I found the Amazon’s Telescope buyers’ guide Also Orion’s PDF Instruction Manual was very informative regarding specifications and “What to expect from a beginner’s telescope ”
Nov 28
Online Planetariums and Sky Charts
When its a cloudy night and wrong season to see your favorite star , you might want to quickly look at a computer software’s which emulates the sky. The 1st software I had seen back in my college days was CyberSky. Since then it has added so many futures that I can not even imagine. …