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Early #AugustNightSky, Beautiful #StarClusters, #Perseid #MeteorShower

Posted on August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 by astrochange

In this video, Dr. Jim Daly of Astronomy For Change discusses the early August Night Sky with some of the jewels of the Summer Sky, some of the prominent constellations, the Milky Way, the major planets visible (Jupiter & Saturn), the phases of the moon for August 10 – 13 along with the Perseid Meteor[…]

A Most Distant Globular Cluster

Posted on June 24, 2019June 30, 2020 by astrochange

Well, I did it! Using the college’s 0.63m flagship instrument, I, along with colleagues, visually observed the second most distant globular cluster associated with our Milky Way galaxy! I’m fascinated with relics as they have a story to tell, a deep story of something very old, of a long-gone epoch, a bridge, if you will,[…]