4 Best Stargazing Sights and How to See Them

The four most spectacular night-sky sights may all be visible soon.

Solar eclipse types

Mr Reid

The word “eclipse” is a general astronomical term that applies to any situation in which the view of one object is blocked by another, caused either by the second object’s shadow falling over the first, or by the second object … Continue reading → Related posts (automatically generated): Solar wind and real wind “Solar wind” is a colloquial term for the stream of... The Roche limit and planetary rings As a satellite orbits around an object (a primary), the... Peel and stick solar panels A company called Lumeta has developed stick and peel solar...

On This Day in Math - May 22

noreply@blogger.com (Pat B)

The Le Petit Journal cover, on 1912 April 21, shows eclipse watchers in 1912 along with the solar eclipse of May 22, 1724, the previous total solar eclipse visible from Paris, France *Wik


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The Birth of a Saros – This Weekend’s Hidden Eclipse

David Dickinson

As the first eclipse season of 2013 comes to an end this weekend, an extremely subtle lunar eclipse occurs on the night of Friday, May 24th going into the morning of Saturday, May 25th. And we do mean subtle, as in invisible to the naked eye… this eclipse only lasts 34 minutes in duration and less than [...]

Eclipses in 2013

Larry Rotolo

There are usually only four eclipses in a given year, but in 2013 we will have five - three lunar eclipses, and two solar. An eclipse will always occur during either the new moon or the full moon. All solar eclipses are during new moons, as lunar eclipses will always happen at the time of the full moon.

A Wacky Distorted View of the Recent Solar Eclipse

David Dickinson

Just when we’d thought that we’ve seen every possible type of eclipse image, we’re happily surprised by the Universe. If you’re like me, you watch the original Star Wars film and wonder what kind of eclipses could be seen from the surface of Tatooine. Maybe you even wonder what things would look like if an [...]