Did you know there is an effort underway to actually see the event horizon of a black hole? Let’s learn about one of the most amazing astronomy endeavours ever with @DeepAstronomy
Mar 16th: The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
Tony Darnell Archive
Feb 15th: Astronomy and Outreach with Ian Lauer
Tony Darnell from @Deep Astronomy discuss about Astronomy outreach with Ian Lauer. #365DaysOfAstro
Jan 19th: Professional Off-The-Shelf Astronomy Gear
What gear do professional astronomers use that is available commercially?
Dec 15th: Astronomy at the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Join @deepastronomy today talk about astronomy at the European Southern Observatory (@ESO) more at #365daysOfAstro
Nov 17th: Our Space Telescopes Are Dying!
Think about it: Hubble is down to one gyro, maybe two; Kepler is in safe mode; and today, the Chandra X-ray telescope went into safe mode; Spitzer has run out of coolant but still doing science – our fleet of space telescopes is getting older what are we replacing them with?
Oct 20th: Hubble Space Telescope Goes into Safe Mode: Beginning of the End?
Bad news I’m afraid for the venerable Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble has been placed in safe mode as two of it’s critical gyros used for pointing have failed.
Sep 15th: The Hole in the Andromeda Galaxy
While imaging the Andromeda Galaxy, the Spitzer Space Telescope uncoverd a never-before-seen hole, the result of a collision with a nearby dwarf galaxy, in the Andromeda Galaxy.
Aug 18th: The Parker Solar Probe Mission
NASA just launched the Parker Solar Probe, a mission designed to get the closest we’ve ever been to the Sun.
Jul 21st: Forget Backyard Imaging! Use NASA Telescopes Yoursel
Why go through all the trouble and expense of buying and learning to use your own imaging equipment when you have access to ACTUAL Space Telescope data?
Jun 16th: Backyard Observatories and Viewer Questions
Time to talk about backyard observatories. Why? Observatories let you keep your telescope setup and aligned all the time