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Thursday July 29th 2010

Image of the Week

A Bow Shock Near a Young Star A Bow Shock Near a Young Star »

The bow shock around the very young star, LL Ori. Named for the crescent-shaped wave made by a ship as [...]


Young Star Cluster Westerlund 2 Young Star Cluster Westerlund »

Dusty stellar nursery RCW 49 surrounds young star cluster Westerlund 2 in this remarkable composite [...]


Starry Night of Alamut Starry Night of Alamut »

A meteor's streak and the arc of the Milky Way hang over the imposing mountain fortress of [...]


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5 Images of

The International Space Station »

The International Space Station – 5 Images

I've been considering doing a series of posts showing my favourite 5 images for objects within the Solar System. With today's Astronomy Picture of the Day [Read More]


Ireland

Download the Astronomy Sky Guide 2010 for Free! Download the »

Free is good but quality is better....so when something is both free and of high quality [...]


Fireball reported over Ireland – but the video is fake… Fireball reported »

Editor comment: After posting this article, including the video the following comment was [...]


Blackrock Castle Observatory – Enjoy a Cosmic Christmas at the Castle Blackrock Castle »

OK this is pure advertisement for some friends! But since its for the cause of Education [...]


The Universe

Stunning Timescape from Tom Lowe

Stunning Timescape from Tom Lowe

Here is a fantastic  video and audio timlapse of the night sky from Tom Lowe  astronomy timelapse. It is well worth a watch. Timescapes: "Death is the Road to Awe" Timescapes: "Death is the Road to Awe" from Tom Lowe @ Timescapes on Vimeo.

Betelgeuse in unprecedented detail

Betelgeuse in unprecedented detail

Betelgeuse is one of my favourite stars. Firstly it is easily identifiable as part of the Orion constellation and secondly did you know that it is actually the destination star for the original Planet of the Apes novel (in French by the way!). But on a more serious note it is a  semiregular variable star located approximately 640 light-years from [...]

Orions Belt in gorgeous detail

Orions Belt in gorgeous detail

Explanation: Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka, are the bright bluish stars from east to west (left to right) along the diagonal in this gorgeous cosmic vista. Otherwise known as the Belt of Orion, these three blue supergiant stars are hotter and much more massive than the Sun. They lie about 1,500 light-years away, born of Orion's well-studied [...]

The Known Universe

The Known Universe

Its crazy just how small a space we actually occupy in the known universe. This video is another attempt to show us just how big the universe is. It uses the usually technique of speed up by orders of magnitude as it moves away from the Earth. Somehow that doesn't quite give me a real sense of scope. It was well made and I liked the bit where it [...]