by Bettina Forget | Feb 14, 2011 | News
It may be cold outside, but it’s always nice and toasty on Venus! This Valentine’s Day, take a virtual tour of our sister planet, named after the goddess of love. Just try to ignore the immense pressure and the acid rain… Here is a selection of...
by Bettina Forget | Feb 13, 2011 | News
It looks as though another chapter is about to be added to the Pluto debate. When Michael E. Brown (Caltech) discovered the dwarf planet Eris in 2005, he was convinced that this Kuiper Belt object was larger than Pluto. In fact, he believes that his discovery may have...
by Bettina Forget | Feb 9, 2011 | News
One of the challenges facing amateur astronomers when explaining their hobby to the general public is that we often get mixed up with astrologers. No, it’s not the same thing! How often have I had to insist “AstroNomy, not astroLogy. Telescopes, not...
by Bettina Forget | Feb 3, 2011 | News
It’s that time of year again: starting around February 20th until about March 6, look toward the west during the evening and morning twilight and you may be able to see a faint, roughly triangular, whitish glow stretching up from the horizon. This is the...
by Bettina Forget | Feb 1, 2011 | Events, News
Check out our “calendar” page for an overview of our activities planned for 2011. You’ll find the dates and times of our free Public Lectures, which are open to the general public, as well as the dates of our Members Only observing dates. We also...
by Bettina Forget | Dec 13, 2010 | News
If you stuck under cloudy skies during the Geminid meteor shower, don’t despair! You don’t have to miss out on tracking the shooting stars just because you can’t see them. You can still hear them! Check out Spaceweather Radio. They are tracking the...
