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Janette Brenan
Jan 25, 20241 min read
The Astronomers' Bulletin Jan to Mar '24
Featuring images of Uranus from the James Webb telescope, Sirius B and many more highlights to kick-off 2024. You can download the issue...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 30, 20224 min read
In this month: July 2022
1st July 2013 Hippocamp, a moon of Neptune, is discovered. With a diameter of approximately 35 kilometres it is the smallest moon that...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 26, 20212 min read
Did you know?...the asteroid belt
The disc shaped asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter at a distance ranging from 329-478 million kilometres from the Sun. ...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 8, 20212 min read
Did you know: Uranus
Did you know: Astronomical tidbits and this months is our Solar System planet Uranus.
Elizabeth Cocking
Nov 30, 20202 min read
In this month: December
23rd December 1672 Rhea, the second-largest moon of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System, is discovered by Giovanni...
Andrew Wood
Oct 12, 20206 min read
A Day in My Life of The Solar System
"I set out to observe as many Solar System objects as I could..."
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 17, 20203 min read
Did you know? Naming planets
This month . . . . Naming the three planets in our solar system discovered in “modern” times was not a straightforward process. There...
Ann Cairns
Apr 1, 20201 min read
The morning dance of the planets
Sidewalk Astronomy in the times of COVID-19 As an inner-city dweller who loves astronomy, I have found that one can still enjoy...
Elizabeth Cocking
Sep 7, 20191 min read
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This month Pluto…. Once our ninth planet Pluto was demoted to “dwarf planet’ in 2006. However, with the New Horizons mission enigmatic...
Elizabeth Cocking
May 1, 20181 min read
Did you know? - the planets
The Earth is not a sphere ! It is an oblate spheroid. Due to its rotation it bulges out at the equator about 43 km more than at the...
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