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Author Archives: Michael Busch
Blue Moon No Really
It happens only once in a blue moon — and scientists say a blue moon is exactly what we’ll see in the skies this New Year’s Eve.
Don’t expect an azure glow over our lunar satellite, however. The term [...]
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Kennedy Space Center’s Final Launch of Atlantis
On May 14, Central Florida residents and visitors will have a chance to view the historic Space Shuttle last launch of Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis is one of three remaining shuttle orbiters, each of which is scheduled to [...]
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Einstein Tongue
We all know inventor, scientist and all around genius Albert Einstein was one successful guy, but what most of us don’t realize is that it took a lot of hard work for him to get there. Einstein was a classic [...]
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Air Safety from the view point of Aircraft Components
The first legal guidelines were passed in the United states to regulate civil aviation in the 1920′s. Of particular importance was the Air Commerce Act 1926, which required pilots and aircraft to be subjected to testing and licensed, for incidents [...]
Great astronomy pictures for a whole year
Do you like pictures of outer space? Are you fascinated by the unbelievable beauty of some of the photographs of the universe? Then the Astronomy Calendar 2010 is probably a must have for you
Click on the picture and get [...]
EXO-PLANETS – ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE DISCOVERY OF LIFE OUTSIDE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
An Extrasolar planet also called Exoplanet is defined basically as a planet, outside our solar system, which revolves around a star (like our Sun). As of July 31, 2009 there are exactly 357 exoplanets listed in Extrasolar planet Encyclopedia.
How do [...]
WHEN WILL MAN GO TO MOON AGAIN?
Let us start from the beginning of this well known “Space Race”. This so called, analogy to arms race, was an informal competition between United States and Soviet Union to see who could outrun each other in advancements in space [...]
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Tagged man on moon, manned space exploration, Moon, space race
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TRIPLE ECLIPSE – An Extremely Rare Astronomical Event
The Triple eclipse was seen with a beginning of a lunar eclipse on July 7th, succeeded by a solar eclipse on July 22nd, and will be topped off with another lunar eclipse on August 7th. Some of the [...]
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Tagged Astrology, humbug, Lunar eclipse, Solar eclipse, Triple Eclipse
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Stellarium – a free open source planetarium
This is just a short post about an interesting piece of software I recently found: Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org/).
I have not tried it in depth yet but it sounds promising – have a look at the feature list from the homepage:
in version [...]
Revolutionary software in lunar research – PHOTLUN
Virtual lunar Atlas is a program that allows us to observe and study the moon and its surface. It was developed by Christian Legrand and Patrick Chevalley. This program is basically developed for cheering special interest for astronomers, amateurs, and [...]
