Society for Popular Astronomy

Now updated by Ade and extended from July 2020 to March 2021

See Computers and Astronomy section for Mars Mapper 2020 (available free)

<How to use Mars Mapper The app opens with the current Martian aspect presented to Earth, but not the Red Planet's phase. You can step forward or backwards in time in increments of one hour, or an Earth day (a Martian day is 24h 37m long), or click the 'Reset to now' button to return to the present....

The APPG for Dark Skies is seeking proposals and evidence from a range of stakeholders with expertise and experience in the subject of dark sky preservation and light pollution. quote< "The purpose of this consultation is to collect information, to identify the main threats and challenges that the c...

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NASA researchers demonstrate the ability to fuse atoms inside room-temperature metals. "But researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have now demonstrated a method of inducing nuclear fusion without building a massive stellarator or tokamak. In fact, all they needed was a bit of metal, some hydro...

Time to dust off the 250mm SCT and the x4 imagemate then . May the Cloud Gods be with us,

Amazon wins FCC approval for Kuiper internet constellation consisting of some 3,200 satellites that could rival Elon Musk's Starlink network

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... newcomment

Found Neowise F3 Monday evening 20th July at 23.00UT using 11x80 binoculars from our north-facing bedroom window. Easily swept up the comet in binoculars "beneath" the bowl of the Big Dipper but no joy n/eye - the streetlights rob the eye of dark-adaption in an instant. The comet was dimmer and the ...

See todays (Tues 14 July) spaceweather.com for a stunning high-resolution monochrome image of F3 Neowise

Captivating video Gordon. Thank you

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A North-facing bedroom window seems to be a popular observing location these days :D I awoke at 2.00BST and decided to take a peek out of our window. In spite of the three encroaching LED streetlights around us, I immediately saw Capella well up in the NNE so decided to try for Neowise which should ...

Hi Jan, and Welcome!

That is a lovely , atmospheric image. Well done

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ESA video based on the High Resolution Stereo Camera on Mars Express. Nice!

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Vide ... er_on_Mars