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Observing the Moons of Jupiter - Could You See Them by the Naked Eye?
2008-02-02 09:00:00 Yesterday I wrote how Jupiter and Venus are close to each other right now in the morning sky. It is an interesting phenomenon that can be seen only during few days. Sad but true, it has been very lousy weather for astronomers here in Finland, and therefore I have not been able to observe Jupiter ... More About: Tricks
Right Now in the Morning Sky - Jupiter and Venus Close to Each Other
2008-02-01 11:02:00 Some of the planets can be seen very well in January, but two of them are in interesting position right now. Venus and Jupiter are located close to each other (from our viewpoint on Earth) and can be observed around one hour before the sunrise in northern hemisphere. Venus and Jupiter can be seen when looking ... More About: Tricks , Morning , Close
Killer Asteroids - One Day an Asteroid Will Slam Into Our Planet
2008-01-31 17:24:00 A huge rock with a diameter of hundreds of meters is coming towards the Earth 15 times faster than a riffle bullet. Astronomers have calculated the exact impact time. We can only wait for the destruction. Then the asteroid reaches the upper levels of the atmosphere. In few seconds that huge rock touches down. Destruction ... More About: Asteroids , Planet , Killer , Asteroid , Slam
Mars Asteroid Impact - Is an Asteroid Going to Hit Mars?
2008-01-30 14:20:00 A couple of months ago, various online news magazines and newspapers reported that an asteroid is going to hit Mars . Probability was between 1/45 to 1/75 according to some newspapers. The date when the asteroid should hit Mars is tomorrow, January 30th. Now, is the asteroid going to hit Mars or not? Because this is a ... More About: News , Asteroid
How to Find Capella and Auriga - Tips For Locating Capella Star and Auriga
2008-01-29 15:42:00 Some time ago I wrote about the 15 brightest stars on night sky. Capella is the sixth brightest star we can see and it is located in constellation Auriga. Constellation Auriga and Capella can both be seen in winter in northern hemisphere. The constellation Auriga is in meridian in early February at 10 pm. Auriga ... More About: Tips , Tricks , Find , Star , Apel
Amateur Space Telescopes - Orion SkyQuest IntelliScope (XT6, XT8, XT10, XT1
2008-01-28 16:48:00 Purchasing the first space telescope can be a tricky job. There are a number of things you need to take into account when purchasing a telescope, and there are very many telescopes available in the market. What would be a good telescope for a beginner or amateur? How much it would cost? What should I ... More About: Space , Equipment , Amateur , Orion
Skywatching in Countryside and in Cities - What Should You Take Into Accoun
2008-01-26 09:00:00 I live close to Helsinki in Finland, in a small city called Kerava. This is a typical suburban city from where people drive to work at Helsinki city center. Our house is located near fields and a small forest and the amount of artificial light here is smaller than in the center of our city. ... More About: Tricks , Cities
Skywatching Tip - 15 Brightest Stars on Night Sky and Their Co-ordinations
2008-01-25 11:43:00 Finding stars on night sky can be difficult sometimes. Not just because there are gazillion stars on the sky, but also because some stars are brighter than others. This morning I came up with an idea of defining 15 brightest stars on night sky with their magnitudes, co-ordinates as well as the constellation they belong ... More About: Stars , Tricks , Night
ESO Is Aiming High With Its Massive Telescope Plans - Will E-ELT Ever Be Bu
2008-01-23 22:45:00 European Southern Observatory has big plans. Their new observatory will be one of the most awesome instruments built on Earth. European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is going to see the first light on 2017. E-ELT is one of the biggest telescopes to be built with its diameter of 42 meters. ESO started planning a gigantic OWL-telescope (Overwhelmingly Large Telescope) which was 100 meters in diameter, but realized that the project would not initiate during the next ten years. Now ESO is looking forward to building an instrument that will clearly become the biggest mirror telescope on Earth. Read more about mirror telescopes in here. The agency behind the E-ELT is the European Southern Observatory (ESO), which has 11 member countries (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK) and is based in Garching, near Munich, in Germany. Planning of E-ELT project was started in December 2006 when ESO dedicated 57 million euro... More About: Plans , High
New Information On Black Holes - Black Holes May Flash
2008-01-21 22:44:00 When a black hole erupts, part of the light may have to orbit the black hole once, twice or even thousands of times until it can be released from the massive gravitational force of the black hole. Because of this a number of small “ghost” eruptions can be seen after the eruption. According to ... More About: News , Information , Flash , Black , Holes
Lazy Sunday Video - Planet Earth DVD Trailer
2008-01-20 08:00:00 It is Sunday again. I just mentioned in my HomeboySki.Com blog that I am feeling lazy and I am not interested in cleaning our house. I rather drink coffee and watch ski movies. Yes, that’s right, but I did not mention that I am also reading Finnish astronomy magazine and watching astronomy movies in the ... More About: Video , Videos , Earth , Trailer , Planet
Locating Triangulum - Tips for Finding Constellation Triangulum
2008-01-19 08:00:00 Triangulum is a small and rather dim constellation, which can be seen in northern hemisphere. Triangulum is located close to the famous Andromeda galaxy and it is quite easy to identify due to its clear shape. Ancient people used to call Triangulum as Sicilia, because according to Roman myth Ceres asked Jupiter to locate Sicily ... More About: Tips , Tricks , Constellation
Russians Developed Super Cockroaches in Space
2008-01-18 11:34:00 I just read this news in Finnish online newspaper and wanted to share it. This is not astronomy news, but is related to space and sounds interesting, so you might want to read this. The news is that Russians have developed super cockroaches in space which are bigger, faster and survive better than those living ... More About: News , Space , Super
First Finnish Man Almost in Space - You Can Go As Well!
2008-01-17 22:50:00 Marcus Toivonen is a Finnish man, but not a regular Finnish man. He is the first Finnish man has been closest to the space. Marcus Toivonen is not an astronaut, so how did he got himself to the edge of the space? Read this amazing story of Marcus Toivonen to know how he became the ... More About: Space
Locating Perseus and Algol - Tips for Finding Perseus Constellation and Alg
2008-01-16 22:52:00 Right now in January, there is an interesting object to watch in the night sky. In fact, there is an interesting constellation to observe with binoculars and an interesting variable star to observe with a telescope. The constellation is Perseus and the variable star is Algol. Perseus and Algol can be seen in northern hemisphere, above ... More About: Tips , Tricks , Constellation
Moon in January 2008 - Tips For Observing the Moon in January 2008
2008-01-15 14:58:00 The Moon has few interesting moments in January here in northern hemisphere. The Moon and planets and constellations get close to each other in January and skywatchers have few great changes to observe these phenomena. This short article lists those interesting moments of the Moon in January 2008 in northern hemisphere. Because today is already ... More About: Tips , Tricks
The Top Ten Hubble Images of All Time - The Very Best Hubble Images
2008-01-14 14:18:00 As the title says, this article lists the top ten Hubble space satellite images ever taken. Hubble has been in operation since 1990, and now after serving almost for 20 years it is time to list the very best images taken by Hubble. Please notice that this is my personal opinion based on beauty of ... More About: Time , Images , Ages
How to Find Gemini - Tips for Locating Gemini Constellation And Its Stars C
2008-01-12 09:00:00 When watching the sky with binoculars, Gemini is one of the most interesting constellations to observe. Gemini is an open cluster being named after twins Kastor and Polydeuk in Greek mythology. Brightest stars of Gemini are Castor (alpha Geminorum) and Pollux (beta Geminorum). There are also an open cluster M35 and cepheid variable stars zeta, ... More About: Stars , Tips , Tricks , Find , Constellation
Historic Flyby of Mercury - First Visit to Mercury in 33 Years
2008-01-11 22:57:00 On next Monday Nasa’s spacecraft is going to do a historic flyby of planet Mercury in 200 kilometers above the surface of Mercury. This is a historic moment because we have not studied Mercury this close since 1975 when Mariner 10 took pictures of Mercury. Nasa’s Alan Stern, an associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, ... More About: News , Historic , Years , Visit
Finding Boötes and Arcturus - Tips for Locating Boötes Constellation and Al
2008-01-09 22:50:00 An interesting constellation, called Boötes, can be seen in spring and summer time in northern hemisphere, close to zenith. Boötes, which can also be called Bootis or shortly just Boo, is located in the direction of the tail of Big Dipper. Most probably you cannot see the whole constellation right now, but later in the ... More About: Tips , Tricks , Constellation , Arcturus , Loca
How to Find Canis Minoris and Procyon - Tips For Locating Canis Minoris Con
2008-01-08 22:50:00 Some time ago I posted an article of locating Orion Nebula M42. That article helps also in finding Orion constellation. Very close to Orion is Canis Minoris, an interesting constellation with one bright star, Procyon . I assume you can now find Orion. If you cannot locate it yet, please read my Orion article first. There are ... More About: Tips , Tricks , Find , Loca
Contribute to HomeboyAstronomy.Com - Write Your Own Astronomy Articles!
2008-01-07 22:40:00 Would you like to write your own astronomy articles, telescope or book reviews, observation stories, travel stories, news or anything else related to astronomy. Now you can do it with HomeboyAstronomy .Com! We are looking for contributors to enrich our content. We give you the stage and provide you audience. HomeboyAstronomy.Com is a fast growing astronomy blog ... More About: News , Articles , Write , Contribute
Sunday Astronomy Video - Tour of the International Space Station
2008-01-06 08:25:00 One of the most interesting things related to astronomy is the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting the planet. As one of the most challenging projects in the history of mankind, the International Space Station provides humans a great location to research the universe. For amateurs like me the ISS provides lots of interesting things to ... More About: Video , Astronomy , Sunday
Finding Pleiades - Tips for Locating Pleiades (M45)
2008-01-05 22:48:00 Pleiades (also called as M45 in Messier’s list) is the brightest open constellation in the night sky. It is located in Taurus constellation, close to Orion constellation. Pleiades is the brightest deep sky object it can easily be spotted without a telescope or binoculars. Because of that Pleiades has “always” been known. The first writings ... More About: Tips , Tricks , Loca
Skywatching with Plain Eyes - Part 1: Starting From Easy Constellations
2008-01-04 22:35:00 It was a great day today when it comes to astronomy. Early in the morning (7:30 am), as I drove to work, I saw the Moon and Venus close to each other in southern sky. They were up there alone, shining bright just before the dawn. They really look awesome together. It is a pity ... More About: Eyes , Plain , Part , Easy
Planets in January 2008 - Which Planets Can be Seen in January 2008
2008-01-03 17:04:00 Have a great new year 2008 ! It is nice to be back from Christmas holidays to write some astronomy articles. Last night we had a clear sky here in Finland and I went to observe Orion constellation and its stars Betelgeuse and Rigel, as well as M42 the Orion Nebula. It is getting colder here ... More About: Planets , Tricks , January , January 2008
HomeboyAstronomy.Com and Year 2007 - A Short Summary
2007-12-30 11:00:00 Few hours more and year 2007 is history. A new year is beginning and new challenges are awaiting. Year 2007 was an interesting year because of many reasons. I returned back home from Switzerland after working there two years and I started a new interesting job in Finland. I met a couple of new amateur ... More About: Short , Summary
Merry Christmas From Homeboyski.Com
2007-12-24 11:00:00 It has been very busy before my Christmas vacation started a couple of days ago. I have been busy at work, but we have also (traditionally) been hurry with preparing for the Christmas. It is the usual hazzle. Anyhow, now it is over. It is pretty quiet here at my home, all the things are ... More About: Merry Christmas , Merry
Taking It Relaxed - Few Articles from the Past
2007-12-22 10:33:00 I just started my vacation yesterday and it feel good. No need to wake up 6am, jump into a cold car, drive to work.. no, I wake up 9am, make some coffee, read my Finnish astronomy magazines and wonder what would I watch tonight. I am taking it relaxed now, so I am not going ... More About: Articles , Past , Taking
Astronomy Books Review - Three Great Astronomy Books For Beginners
More articles from this author:2007-12-20 11:00:00 Just like you cannot learn to play music by reading, you cannot learn sky watching without really watching it one day. You can learn music theories by reading but you will never become a great artists without playing in front of audience. The same applies with astronomy. You need to go out one day, take ... More About: Books , Astronomy , Book Reviews , Review , Great 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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