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Astronomy, Black Holes, ESO

A Black Hole is Pushing the Stars Around in this Globular Cluster

19 Jan , 2018 by Matt Williams

An international team of astronomers recently made the first-ever observation of a black hole in a nearby globular cluster

black hole, ESO, Featured, globular clusters, Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer, Very Large Telescope (VLT)

Astronomy, Guide to Space

Messier 12 (M12) – The NGC 6118 Globular Cluster

2 May , 2016 by Tammy Plotner

Messier 12, a globular cluster located some 15,700 light-years from Earth, is one of the brightest objects in the Ophiuchus constellation

Charles Messier, globular clusters, messier 12, Messier Catalog, Messier Object 12, Messier Objects, Ophiuchus constellation

galaxies, History, Observing

NGC 2419: Wayward Globular or the Milky Way’s Own?

9 Jun , 2015 by David Dickinson

Turns out, we may not know our extragalactic neighbors as well as we thought. One of the promises held forth with the purchase of our first GoTo telescope way back in the late 1990s was the ability to quickly and easily hunt down ever fainter deep sky fuzzies. No more juggling star charts and red […]

Age of the universe, Cosmology, galaxy distance, globular clusters, intergalactic wanderer, NGC 2419

Virtual Star Party

Virtual Star Party – April 26, 2014- Hangoutathon Special Edition!

29 Apr , 2014 by Fraser Cain

This week’s Virtual Star Party was a special 2-hour Saturday night version recorded as part of the Cosmoquest Hangoutathon. The Star Party at this link starts at 1 hour in – we’ll get an edited version up soon!

Flocculent Spiral, globular clusters, horsehead nebula, Jupiter, Mars, Omega Centauri, Rosette Nebula, Saturn, Sombrero Galaxy, sun, Tarantula Nebula, Triangulum Galaxy

Guide to Space

Can Stars Collide?

16 Dec , 2013 by Fraser Cain

Imagine a really bad day. Perhaps you’re imagining a day where the Sun crashes into another star, destroying most of the Solar System. No? Well then, even in your imagination things aren’t so bad… It’s all just matter of perspective. Fortunately for us, we live in out the boring suburbs of the Milky Way. Out […]

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Andromeda Galaxy, Big Bang, galaxies, globular clusters, Solar System, stellar collisions, supermassive black holes, Supernovae

Weekly Space Hangout

Weekly Space Hangout – September 13, 2013: Voyager is Out, LADEE Launches (a Frog), Asteroid 324 Bamberga

13 Sep , 2013 by Fraser Cain Video

Once again, we have gathered together the forces of space journalism to report on the big news stories of the week. And there were lots of big stories indeed, with the launch of NASA’s LADEE mission to the Moon, and the awesome fact that Voyager 1 has totally left the Solar System. Host: Fraser Cain […]

Asteroids, Comets, galaxies, globular clusters, Hubble, LADEE, voyager 1

ESO

Beautiful Star Cluster Looks Surprisingly Youthful

31 Oct , 2012 by Nancy Atkinson

This view of the globular cluster NGC 6362 was captured by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit Past observations of globular star clusters have revealed that they are some of the oldest objects in the Universe, […]

globular clusters, NGC 6362

Astronomy, galaxies, Observing, Skywatching, What's Up

Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast – September 17-23, 2012

17 Sep , 2012 by Tammy Plotner

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! This looks like a great week to take in some galactic star clusters and enjoy the Andromeda Galaxy! Some lucky viewers are in for a Mars occultation event and everyone wins with a meteor shower. What’s that, you say? Darn right. This week is also the time of the Autumnal Equinox! When […]

Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, globular clusters, Open Star Clusters

Astronomy, Jupiter, Mars, Meteor Showers, Moon, Observing, What's Up

Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: August 6-12, 2012

5 Aug , 2012 by Tammy Plotner

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! While you start your observing week out by watching the Mars Curiosity Landing, be sure to step outside and view the Aquarid meteor shower, too! It’s going to be a grand week for globular cluster studies and breezing along the Milky Way. Whenever you’re ready to learn some more history, mystery and […]

Aquarid Meteor Shower, globular clusters, Nebulae, perseid meteor shower

Astronomy, Meteor Showers, Moon, Observing, Skywatching, What's Up

Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: July 30 – August 5, 2012

31 Jul , 2012 by Tammy Plotner

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It’s big. It’s bright. There’s no escaping it. This week the Moon will be our major point of study, but don’t rule out some bright globular clusters and interesting stars! There’s plenty of history and science to explore, too. Whenever you’re ready, just meet me in the back yard… Monday, July 30 […]

double stars, globular clusters, Lunar Studies
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