Astrosphere for July 16, 2007

Another day, another astrosphere.

First, the picture. Here's another image of comet CV2006VZ13 taken by forum member RickJ. I hope you're enjoying the comet pictures. With 2006VZ13 making its way across the night sky, we'll get a chance to see more of it. Keep snapping!

Earth and Sky is reporting on a successful method for determining the age of stars in other galaxies.

Livescience has a skeptical look at new research that pet visits to the emergency room increase

during full moons

.

On Belt of Venus, you can see the difficult challenge of splitting

Alpha Scorpii (Antares / GNT 1)

in a telescope.

The London Free Press has the results from a survey that shows how Canadians are anticipating space tourism.