Virtual Star Party - Nov. 4, 2012: The Blue Snowball Edition

By Fraser Cain - November 5, 2012 at 10:46 PM UTC | Observing
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Another fantastic Virtual Star Party, with 5 telescopes revealing an amazing view of the night sky. We saw several favorite objects, like Andromeda, the Elephant Trunk Nebula, the Heart and Soul Nebulae, the Double Cluster in Perseus, and the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. Mighty Jupiter made an appearance right at the end, and we saw several new objects, including the Blue Snowball Nebula, and a collection of little star clusters.

I highly recommend you

check out the Event page for this episode

. There are dozens of great pictures posted from the event for your viewing enjoyment.

Astronomers:

Gary Gonella

,

Bill McLaughlin

,

Roy Salisbury

,

Stuart Forman

, and

Chris Ridgway

Commentary:

Dr. Thad Szabo

Host:

Fraser Cain

Pinwheel Nebula by Gary Gonella

Jupiter by Chris Ridgway

Blue Snowball Nebula by Stuart Forman

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.