by Sandy Eulitt | Aug 21, 2015 | San Diego Astronomy, Stargazing, Telescopes and Astronomy Gear, Telescopes and Missions, Telescopes and Observing Equipment, The Sky Tonight
With so many telescopes here in America and the Northern Hemisphere, it is easy to forget that there is a whole other world out there in the Southern latitudes which we cannot view. My youngest sister lived in Australia for a few years and I, unfortunately, was unable...
by Sandy Eulitt | Aug 21, 2015 | San Diego Astronomy, The Sky Tonight
I love how the Milky Way makes an arc across the sky. I have never seen that, and I don’t think it is possible in the Northern Hemisphere. ALMA is the Atacama Large Millimeters Array. It rests high in the Andes mountains at an elevation of about 18,000 feet. The...
by Sandy Eulitt | Aug 21, 2015 | San Diego Astronomy, Telescopes and Missions, Telescopes and Observing Equipment, The Sky Tonight
The European Southern Observatory just released a photo and story about the President of the Czech Republic visiting there several years ago. He got to view NGC 3244, in Antlia, far into the Southern Hemisphere. It is truly unfortunate that this galaxy is not visible...
by Sandy Eulitt | Aug 21, 2015 | Space Tourism, Telescopes and Missions, Telescopes and Observing Equipment, The Sky Tonight
It is too bad that the Large Magellanic Cloud is not visible from the Northern Hemisphere, as it would be fantastic to take SkyClops (TM) out to observe it. The LMC is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, and it is only observable from Southern hemisphere latitudes,...
by Sandy Eulitt | Jul 23, 2013 | Space News, Telescopes and Missions
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 you can see it, step outside tonight after dark,...
