Galileo Galilei was born in 1564 in the city of Pisa. His father was a accomplished musician and Galileo would himself, become one under the tutelage of his father. He became a pivotal figure in the Renaissance Period that was slowly taking on the established teachings in Europe of the time. The city of Pisa was one of…
The moon’s dance through its phases is a monthly ritual that fascinates us. It goes from invisible to fully illuminated and back again. But what’s really happening up there? I’ll walk you through it, starting with the New Moon. This phase kicks off the lunar cycle and occurs when the moon is positioned between Earth…
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Nicholas Copernicus was born in Thorn, in what is now modern day Poland, in 1473. He was a man whose ideas revolutionized the way we understand the universe today. Copernicus was not just an astronomer but a polymath. He had interests in economics, mathematics and other sciences. The period that Copernicus lived, straddling the 15th…
A Winter Constellation and the ‘Winter Hexagon’ Asterism Today, with Exploring The Night Sky we visit one of the most recognizable winter constellations in the night sky, The constellation of Orion. Orion – A Winter Constellation and the ‘Winter Hexagon’ Asterism Orion (left of centre) as seen on a dark night away from city lights….
The eight planets of the solar system each one has a very different history and story to tell. Mercury Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and orbits in approximately 88 Earth days. Its diameter is 4,880km (3,030 miles). Mercury is stuck in a 3 to 2 rotation period, meaning that relative to the…
Launching the Lunar Endeavors: The Race to the Moon In the early 1960’s both the Soviet Union and the American’s had little success with missions to the Moon. Both had many failures, some during launch of missions or losing contact with the the space probe altogether. By this time the American Space Program had a…
Now you have a taste of what Astronomy is all about you will start to consider whether you want to buy a telescope or a pair of binoculars. It’s at this point my suggestion is to buy a pair of binoculars first, about 10 x 60 is adequate. I say this is you can learn…
The outer reaches of our solar system are an utterly fascinating place. The region beyond Neptune is an area stretching far beyond the orbit of Neptune and have some of the most enigmatic and least understood objects in our Solar System. Here, the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud hint at the primordial matter that…
The signs of the Zodiac go back many millennia. It’s his history is lost in pre history when peoples used them to tell stories and and in their religious beliefs. The constellations may have had different names than have today but the science of Astronomy and the beliefs of Astrology are intertwined. Not until the…
