http://astro-nut.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 02 May 2008 16:48:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Will the Earth fry future moon astronauts? by ZDNet's Roland Piquepaille -- Researchers working for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission have discovered that the Earth's magnetic tail could be harmful to future astronauts. The moon stays inside Earth's 'magnetotail' for six days every month -- during full moon. This ... http://astro-nut.net/2008/04/21/some-cool-stuff-about-the-moon/ Make sure you check out our store. Messier Observers Logbook is available We have a new log book available Light Polluted Skies Log Book http://astro-nut.net/2008/01/25/log-books/ This is my backyard set up. I put down 3 little concrete pads for the mount and I know what branch Polaris hides behind. So doing an rough Polar alignment is a snap. I can drag the mount with the scope out of the house all set up. http://astro-nut.net/2007/08/04/my-backyard-set-up/ My first try with the new camera Its not the best I have seen but its mine! I used my 10" DOB with no tracking. Viewing was bad I had to play hide and seek with the clouds http://astro-nut.net/2007/07/12/jupter/ I received my StarShootII yesterday! Whaooo My first impression of the camera was how small and light it is, it actually weighs next to nothing! The casing is made of lightweight plastic. I installed the drivers and MaximumDL on my Vista equipped laptop without any problems all! Here's a picture of some Sunspots 20 ... http://astro-nut.net/2007/07/11/starshootii/ The other day I got a different type of Rubylith for my laptops. I had been using Rubylith Acrylic Sheets while these worked good the new Rubylith worked a whole lot better! It comes a heavy-duty plastic sheets that very easy to cut. Its not as thick or as heavy as the Acrylic ... http://astro-nut.net/2007/05/04/rubylith/ Join thousands of other students, families and citizen-scientists hunting for stars during March 8 - 21, 2007. Take part in this international event to observe the nighttime sky and learn more about light pollution around the world. During the 2006 event over 18,000** people from 96 countries on all continents (except ... http://astro-nut.net/2007/03/07/can-you-see-the-stars/ Update I have only had a couple of clear nights to use the “The Little Dude” but they were very enjoyable. The Celestron Sky Align is very simple and fast to use. I just pointed at 3 different stars and it came back with MATCH CONFIRMED. You don't have to know the name of the star. You ... http://astro-nut.net/2006/08/27/celestron-starseeker-80mm/ click on thumb for a big picture This is my new Telesope and his name is "The Little Dude" :-) It is a Celestron StarSeeker 80mm GoTo Refractor and so far I have really enjoyed the scope! GoTo telescope with 4,000+ object database makes stargazing easier than ever Features the revolutionary SkyAlign technology for fast, easy ... http://astro-nut.net/2006/08/23/the-little-dude/ click on thumb for a big picture This double cluster is found in Perseus. This drawing doesn't even come close to capturing the sheer beauty of these two open clusters. This is also a very good bino object! http://astro-nut.net/2006/08/04/ngc-869-and-884/