CELEBRATE APOLLO 11 50TH WITH NASA

Hey Space Placers!

Join NASA in the celebration of Apollo 11's 50th Anniversary.

Start with seeing what Buzz Aldrin, the second human to walk on the Moon saw as Eagle was coming in for a landing and the SIMULATED view of what Neil Armstrong saw via Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's reconstruction of the event. This is an AMAZING experience!




Click these links for more information on NASA's ongoing celebration:

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-historic-moon-landing-with-live-tv-broadcast

https://www.nasa.gov

Sky Guy in New Orleans

SKY GUY VIEWING ALERT!! 7/12-7/13 2019 MOON & JUPITER

Hey Space Placers!

If your skies are clear the next few nights watch the waxing gibbous Moon approach and pass bright Jupiter. You can't miss this sight in the sky after dark as the Moon and Jupiter will be on celestial display in the S - SE sky.

If you have binoculars or a telescope take a peek at Jupiter and its four main moons - always a treat to see.

The Moon moves about 12 degrees a day in the sky as it orbits the Earth in its lunar month and these next few days will show that motion very easily.

The reddish star to the lower right is bright and huge Antares.

Here is what the view of Jupiter and Antares looks like without the Moon in a dark sky location.

Bright Jupiter on the left keeps Antares, to the upper right of Jupiter, company in this southern hemisphere view.
Greg Redfern

Here's to clear skies and enjoy the view!

THE MILKY WAY FROM CHILE

Hey Space Placers!

Enjoy these pics I took of our Milky Way in the dark desert skies of the Atacama Desert. Probably will be the best I ever take.....skies were incredible.

Sky Guy in VA

ORION ABORT SYSTEM TEST

Hey  Space Pacers!

I'm back from the solar eclipse in Chile. It was a non-stop adventure that kept me very busy so I was REALLY unable to keep up my blog.

Enjoy this video of NASA's test of Orion's abort system - it was a complete success which is a BIG step forward to the Moon.



Sky Guy Back In VA

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2019 CHILE

Hey Space Placers!

Sorry I have been out of contact but have been traveling for the total solar eclipse in Chile.

Here are some pics:

Here are some Milky Way pics from Chile:

Headed for Atacama Desert next.

Don't know about Internet.

Hope to stay in touch.

Sky Guy in Chile.

HELP FIND BLACK HOLES

Hey Space Placers!

Help astronomers find black holes by participating in a new citizen scientist project called Spiral Graph.

Details are here as well as all of the other projects you can help with.

Sky Guy in VA

MILKY WAY SUMMER VIEWING SEASON STARTS

Hey Space Placers!

With the Moon racing towards the Sun for next Tuesday's total solar eclipse the night sky beckons us right after it gets dark.

If you are fortunate enough to live in a dark sky location or are on vacation where the sky is dark, you are in for a real night sky treat - the Milky Way.



Our home galaxy is visible now in both hemispheres as a band of milky white light cut by seemingly empty patches of sky which is really huge bands of dust.

The Milky Way at Sea Off the Coast of Sydney, AU
Greg Redfern

Closeup of Southern Milky Way Taken At Sea
Greg Redfern

Summer Milky Way
Greg Redfern

The Summer Milky Way Overhead at Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park
Greg Redfern

80-90 % of people on the North American continent cannot see the Milky Way due to light pollution. SO if you get to a dark sky site this summer make sure you look for the Milky Way in the sky.

Sky Guy Greg