Northern hemisphere observers will no doubt be overjoyed by the fact that the Vernal Equinox (spring equinox) occurs on March 20, which heralds the advent of spring in the northern hemisphere, the current severe weather […]
While the LMC was long considered to be a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, its status as a galaxy is now strongly disputed. Moreover, its status as a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way […]
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a small dwarf irregular galaxy that has long been considered a true satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. However, while the SMC’s status as a dwarf galaxy is not […]
Photographing a supernova in the process of erupting is notoriously difficult to do because it is impossible to predict the exact moment of the phenomenon, and its very first burst of light. In fact, the […]
Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae) is a yellow-white Delta Scuti-class variable, F2-type giant star in the constellation Cassiopeia, with an apparent visual magnitude of +2.27. Along with the stars Alpheratz (Alpha Andromedae) and Algenib (Gamma Pegasi), Caph […]
Unlike most other prominent naked-eye stars, the star Gamma Cassiopeiae does not have a traditional Latin or Arabic name, which is strange considering that the star is relatively bright with a mean apparent magnitude of […]
Schedar (Alpha Cassiopeiae) is a second magnitude star in the constellation Cassiopeia which despite its “Alpha” designation appears to be marginally dimmer than Beta Cassiopeiae (Caph), depending upon which frequency is used to measure Schedar’s […]
In this list we present some of the “best” observing targets in the Milky Way, but bear in mind that for many observers the Milky Way is all but invisible. In fact, some estimates put […]
The dwarf planet designated 136199 Eris is named after the Greek goddess of strife, while its satellite, designated Dysnomia, is named after the goddess of lawlessness, who incidentally was Eris’ daughter. Eris is the most […]
Phobos is the larger and nearest of Mars’ two natural satellites, the other being Deimos. Both moons were discovered a few days apart in 1877 by American astronomer Asaph Hall from the U.S. Naval Observatory […]
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