Posts Tagged astronomy
Excellent Eclipse for Karen’s Birthday
For me, here in the American midwest, it’s July 21 at 8pm. This means it’s already tomorrow everywhere from Greenwich UK to Japan. In fact, the big solar eclipse of 2009 has already begun!
The animated image you see here is a great representation of where the moon’s shadow is (and was, and will be) during this eclipse.
For more specifics, check out the original web page at http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/0412009/.
Astronomy buffs — check out STELLARIUM!
I’ve finally found an astronomy program that doesn’t suck and it’s called “Stellarium”:
- Wonderful interface, great appearance — great for teaching astronomy to kids
- You can turn the atmosphere, ground and haze/fog on or off
- Stellarium shows (or hides) constellation lines, regions and artwork, for Chinese, Egyptian, Western cultures and more
- Display what the equatorial-mount telescope sees, or use azimuth view for the pedestrian perspective from your location
- Click for info on any object; wheel mouse zooms in and out; lots of keyboard shortcuts to track items
- Easily simulate a meteor shower
- Lots, lots more…
- Stellarium is free (and hosted at sourceforge)