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Webb Spots Baby Galaxy Cluster
The powerful telescope’s latest findings are the first to spectroscopically confirm distances for a young protocluster of galaxies just 650 million years after the big bang. Astronomers think the protocluster represents the earliest stages of what will develop into a massive conglomeration like the Coma Cluster, which includes thousands of gravitationally bound member galaxies. Every […]
The Stuph File Interview: Artemis II Crew Announcement
Check out my April special appearance on The Stuph File radio show with host Peter Anthony Holder.
The Night Sky This Week April 17 2023
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his picks for top skywatching picks of the week. In this episode we highlight the Moon meeting planets and stars, and the annual Lyrid meteor shower and explain what it is and how best to watch it from the city or the country-side.
CBC Interview – Artemis II Crew Reveal
My interview with Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel talking about humans returning to the Moon after five decades.
Watch Moon Hide Mars!
The Griffith Observatory is running a livestream of the lunar occultation of Mars as seen from Los Angeles, California on Monday January 30th. For a rundown of major sky events this week including comet ZTF, then check out my livestream here
The Night Sky This Week January 30, 2023
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his picks for top skywatching picks of the week In this episode we look at the Green comet ZTF as it makes its closest approach to Earth on February 1, 2023 and the lunar occultation of Mars.
Light Pollution Affects Most Astronomical Observatories around the World
Researchers from Italy, Chile and Galicia have studied and compared the light pollution levels at major astronomical observatories across the world. The study shows that light is polluting the sky above most observatories and that immediate action is needed to decrease the amount of contamination coming from artificial light. The work was published in Monthly Notices […]
Webb Spots Baby Galaxy Cluster
The powerful telescope’s latest findings are the first to spectroscopically confirm distances for a young protocluster of galaxies just 650 million years after the big bang. Astronomers think the protocluster represents the earliest stages of what will develop into a massive conglomeration like the Coma Cluster, which includes thousands of gravitationally bound member galaxies. Every […]
The Stuph File Interview: Artemis II Crew Announcement
Check out my April special appearance on The Stuph File radio show with host Peter Anthony Holder.
The Night Sky This Week April 17 2023
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his picks for top skywatching picks of the week. In this episode we highlight the Moon meeting planets and stars, and the annual Lyrid meteor shower and explain what it is and how best to watch it from the city or the country-side.
CBC Interview – Artemis II Crew Reveal
My interview with Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel talking about humans returning to the Moon after five decades.
Watch Moon Hide Mars!
The Griffith Observatory is running a livestream of the lunar occultation of Mars as seen from Los Angeles, California on Monday January 30th. For a rundown of major sky events this week including comet ZTF, then check out my livestream here
The Night Sky This Week January 30, 2023
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his picks for top skywatching picks of the week In this episode we look at the Green comet ZTF as it makes its closest approach to Earth on February 1, 2023 and the lunar occultation of Mars.
Light Pollution Affects Most Astronomical Observatories around the World
Researchers from Italy, Chile and Galicia have studied and compared the light pollution levels at major astronomical observatories across the world. The study shows that light is polluting the sky above most observatories and that immediate action is needed to decrease the amount of contamination coming from artificial light. The work was published in Monthly Notices […]
