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Delta Aquariads Meteor Shower 2013

July 29, 2013 By Sandy Eulitt Leave a Comment

I had the pleasure of visiting the Black Mountain park region east of San Diego proper on Saturday night. I didn't realize what a great resource this was. Perched atop a hill and inland from most of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archive, Involvement, The Sky Tonight Tagged With: Black Mountain park, dark sky site, Delta Aquariad, magnitude, meteor shower, San Diego, shooting star

Milky Way Galaxy Supermassive Black Hole destroying gas cloud

July 23, 2013 By Sandy Eulitt Leave a Comment

Sagittarius points the way to Galaxy Center's Supermassive Black Hole Many people don't know it, but a supermassive black hole exists at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. If you're in an area where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Space News, Telescopes and Missions Tagged With: A Brief History of Time, asterism, Center of galaxy, dark sky site, ESO, European Southern Observatory, infrared telescope, interstellar dust, Milky Way galaxy, night vision, Sagittarius, spout, steam of the teapot, Stephen Hawking, Supermassive black hole, teapot, Very Large Telescope, VLT, wavelength

Mars and Saturn grace the New Moon Sunset

September 15, 2012 By Sandy Eulitt 2 Comments

Looking West Southwest at sunset local time tonight, you should see Mars and Saturn right near each other and just above the horizon. A pair of binoculars might enable you to see some features, or one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archive, Involvement, The Sky Tonight Tagged With: binoculars, dark sky site, horizon, Mars, New Moon, San Diego, Saturn, Saturn's rings, star party, stargazing, sunset

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