Dec. 27, 2011
Here's a "celestial treat" featuring Saturn's largest moon and some dramatic lighting geometry, courtesy of NASA's Cassini orbiter and its imaging team.
Astronomers have detected an exoplanet system containing three sub-Earth-sized planets, the smallest of which is about the size of the Mars.
January 17, 2012 - Buncombe County Commissioners approved by
a 4 to 1 vote the proposed new outdoor lighting standards along with the
four amendments that our club and others were recommending. Read more about the new lighting standards at this link.
2 February 2012 - Next Indoor Club Meeting
Feature presentation: "Telescope Basics: Magnification, Resolution, and Light Gain"
Presented by Jeremy Lerner, Astronomy Club of Asheville member.
Jeremy will describe how to determine the basic information you need to get the most out out of your telescope. read more ....
17 February 2012 - Next Club Star Gaze
Friday night - The location for this star gaze will be the Tanbark Ridge Overlook or the Stoney Bald Overlook of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The final determination for the site will be made based upon road conditions as February 17th gets closer. The backup night is the following evening, Saturday. Continue to check this home page posting as weather and road conditions could change the venue or postpone and possibly cancel the event. Check-in again about 4:00 p.m. on the afternoon of the obseving session for the latest info.
Light Pollution's Medical Effects: Light pollution is a problem for everyone, not just amateur astronomers. Based upon recent burgeoning research, Dr. Mario Motta's brief article discusses how excessive light impacts our health at this link.
"Oh, where would be any food for spirituality, without night and the stars?" --- Walt Whitman, May 21, 1876
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CURRENT MOON
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Lat. 35° 36' N
Lon. 82° 30' W
Member of NASA's Night Sky Network
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In the coming months NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft will exploit the Moon's own gravity to revolutionize what we know about the lunar interior.
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