by Pat Browne
The Pleiades - a naked eye Open Star Cluster
(also known from Greek mythology as the Seven Sisters)
We first encountered the Pleiades setting in the West in the...
by Pat Browne
Recently, a Night Sky Friend recently wrote me to me...:
Looking at Mars lately and wondering if you have already or are intending to open up the telescope...
by Pat Browne
Detection of Cosmic Ray Source Galaxy - a chilling discovery
On July 12 2018, the Ice Cube neutrino Laboratory at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station announced the results...
MVNSC - Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation
How-To Observe the Moon around First Quarter
- courtesy Michael Watson, member RASC
Equipment you will need:
Moon chart - Overview...
Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Ottawa Astronomy Friends
Instructor: Pat Browne
Assistant: Bob Hillier
Fridays: March 27, April 10, April 17, May 1 and May...
The 'Matter' of Galactic Rotation - observable but 'invisible'
Scientists have probed the motions of interstellar gas, dust as well as the motions of stars...
Comet Jacques Now Sailing past the Constellation Cepheus!
Comet Jacques (C/2014 E2) is now visible through small telescopes and moving fairly quickly across the background...
This article is an excerpt from the Ottawa RASC (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada) June 2014 Astronotes celebrating dark sky observing in their 'good...
For the StarGazer's ride June 27 2014, Night Sky Conservation Programmers (the folks that do the Spring Astronomy Course) offer the following description of...
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Here's a guide to the books, charts, magazines and software mentioned in the Night Sky Course.
Resource
Rating
Author
Comments
Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics
*****
Zelik and Smith Second
Edition
Course used at...
MVNSC: Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation:
The Night Sky Around Us Lecture 5
Program developed by:
Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Ottawa Astronomy Friends
Instructor: Pat...