On Earth, we understand how and where earthquakes happen due to the discovery of plate tectonics. Now we have largest recorded seismic event on Mars provided evidence for a different sort of tectonic origin — the release of stress within the Martian crust
Feb 2nd: The Observer’s Calendar for February 2024
Today’s Actual Astronomy discuss about Observer’s Calendar for February 2024. We have Moon pairing with Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter as well as a couple comets visible in small telescopes.
Jan 18th: Naming Asteroids
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Naming Asteroids. In this episode we’ll talk with Peter Jedicke about what asteroids are, their history and the Canadian connection with naming asteroids after amateur astronomers.
Jan 4th: The Observer’s Calendar for January 2024
Dec 21st: Lake & Terrain Effects on Astronomy
Nov 30th: The Observer’s Calendar for December 2023
The Observer’s Calendar for December from @ActualAstronomy presents spotting Uranus Naked Eye, Catching the Geminid Meteor Showers, see some asteroids while the Moon Pairs with Venus, Mercury, Saturn and Jupiter, and on December 30th we finally get a double shadow transit on Jupiter for everyone in North America!
Nov 16th: Chris and Shane Observe Together
Today’s Actual Astronomy talk about a recent night where we finally met up to spend some time hanging out under the stars.
Nov 2nd: The Observer’s Calendar for November 2023
Time for Observer’s Caledar for November with @ActualAstronomy. Today’s episode talk about Jupiter at opposition and the Moon pairs with Venus, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter and Uranus then M45 late this month.
Oct 26th: Stars Your Should Know for Autumn Astronomy
This week @ActualAstronomy discuss about the most interesting and prominent navigation stars for visual astronomy as well as some of the history, mythology and other cultural perspectives on the stars we see in the autumn sky.
Oct 5th: The Observer’s Calendar for October 2023
In this episode, @ActualAstronomy talk about observing the Planets Jupiter,Saturn and Venus as they pair with our Moon in the evening sky as well as other sights to see in the October Night Sky