Sept 1: The Moon is nearly 2 degrees SW of Pleiades after midnight
Sept 1: Venus is just 1 degree SW of Spica in the west after sunset
Sept 2: The Moon is within 8 degrees North of Aldebaran
Sept 3: Mercury Inferior Conjunction
Sept 8: New Moon
Sept 11: A Waxing Crescent Moon (only 14% illuminated) is just 1 [...]
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star.
The transit signatures of two distinct Saturn-sized planets were seen in the data for a sun-like star designated “Kepler-9.” The planets were named Kepler-9b and 9c. The discovery incorporates seven months of [...]
Today,August 10th is the birthday of Manali Kallat VAINU BAPPU, who was a great astronomer and president of the International Astronomical Union. Being one of the greatest astronomers of India, Vainu has contributed much to the revival of optical astronomy in Independent India. Vainu was born on August 10, 1927 . He was the only [...]
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has a new project manager: Phil Varghese, a native of Kerala, India.He came to the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship in 1971 to study physics, earned his doctorate at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore., and then worked with computer and aerospace companies. He began his work at JPL [...]
2010 August sky
August 1: A Waning Gibbous Moon stands 11 degrees N-NE of Jupiter after midnight.Mars and Saturn are nearly 2 degrees apart in West just after sunset.
August 3: Last Quarter Moon.
August 5: The Moon (32% illuminated) stands within 4 degrees from Pleiades (M45) in east before dawn.Venus-Saturn-Mars forms a perfect triangle in [...]
As a part of its monthly public lecture series,AASTRO is going to conduct a presentation on ‘Basic Techniques on Astrophotography’ on August 4th , Wednesday at Kerala State Science and technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram. The talk will be delivered by Shri.Ramachandran who is a member of Royal Astronomical Society and an expert in this field. This is the 9th [...]
