RedShift is a $12 universal planetarium app. Like the awesome Pocket Universe, this app from USM aims to bring the entirety of the nighttime sky onto your iOS device. Redshift uses your current location to show you precisely which stars, constellations, and planets you should be able to see. If you e...
Images made with ESO's New Technology Telescope at La Silla by a team of German astronomers reveal a rich circular cluster of stars in the inner parts of our Galaxy. Located 30,000 light-years away, this previously unknown closely-packed group of about 100,000 stars is most likely a new globul...
A possible magnitude 15.3 supernova was discovered by S. Howerton and the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey on the 12th February, 2011, in the galaxy MCG-3-30-19 (UGCA 254) in the constellation Corvus. The supernova is located 5" west and 8" north from the center of the galaxy. As yet...
Orbital elements: 2011 EN11 Earth MOID = 0.0013 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 0.84487 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25350568 Peri. 325.37376 -0.58748668 -0.80906754 a 2.4725453 Node 160.58880 +0.75316825 -0.55408618 e 0.6289415 Incl. 2.82932 +0.29596788 -0.19595466 P 3.89 H 27.9 G 0.15 U 7 MPE...
The Triad Starfest, *Tri*Star* for short, is a gathering of astronomers of all types, from novice to professional, for a full day of presentations, displays, and observing. The event allows astronomy enthusiasts to share ideas, learn about a range of astronomical topics, get together with old fr...
Orbital elements: 2011 EL11 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0164 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 40.82604 (2000.0) P Q n 0.38727440 Peri. 77.05354 +0.85258261 -0.52023988 a 1.8640470 Node 314.26903 +0.44864790 +0.77725476 e 0.6770586 Incl. 3.96639 +0.26798872 +0.35387216 P 2.54 H 19.5 G 0.15 U...
'Elephant Trunks' in Space NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this image of a star-forming cloud of dust and gas, called Sh2-284, located in the constellation of Monoceros. Lining up along the edges of a cosmic hole are several "elephant trunks" -- or monstr...
NASA Announces Winners Of OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest NASA has announced the winners of the 2010 NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award. The contest encouraged students to produce short, creative videos about their favourite technology from NASA's Spinoff 2009 Publication. NASA collaborat...
Konus Giant 20x80 Binocular The bak-7 and coated optics are a bit of a disappointment, but these are one of the best value for money Astronomical binoculars around. Expand (82kb, 560 x 823) Optics: ...
Antique telescope offers a view into the galaxy The roof of Crow Hall houses a historical artifact that few outside of the Physics Department know about. Crow Observatory, in addition to containing stacks of stargazing magazines and almanacs, also features a 150-year-old telescope acquired by W...
Orbital elements: 2011 EB7 Earth MOID = 0.1603 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 37.92420 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39596388 Peri. 263.98393 +0.34369103 -0.93846209 a 1.8366751 Node 165.76957 +0.90715907 +0.32239011 e 0.4193273 Incl. 7.98257 +0.24277335 +0.12390937 P 2.49 H 20.9 G 0.15 U 9 MPE...
The scars of impacts on MarsElongated crater on Mars ESA's Mars Express has returned new images of an elongated impact crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars. Located just south of the Huygens basin, it could have been carved out by a train of projectiles striking the planet at a shallow angle. The...
Astrophysicist Dr Jennifer Wiseman on 'life out there' Dr Jennifer Wiseman is the American astrophysicist recently appointed as senior project scientist for the Hubble telescope at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre. She is in the UK to give a lecture on exoplanets, the possibility of life elsew...
