On June 30, people around the world celebrate Asteroid Day. That makes these warm summer nights the perfect time to seek out some of the most elusive objects in our solar system. All month long, we’re dedicating our weekly observing challenges to asteroids. Our new crop of observing targets even includes a Potentially Hazardous…
DetailsAstronomers around the world celebrate Asteroid Day on June 30, but here at Unistellar, we’re celebrating with an entire month of asteroid related activities! This week, our targets are all asteroid occultations! An asteroid occultation is an asteroid passing in front of a star from our perspective on Earth. These space rocks are great…
DetailsLe 26 juin, un transit de l’exoplanète WASP-148b sera observable avec votre eVscope et votre eVscope eQuinox. A cette occasion, Unistellar s’est associé à l’Association Française d’Astronomie (AFA) et son magazine, Ciel&Espace, pour proposer à sa communauté francophone en Europe (France, Belgique, Suisse) une campagne unique, en deux temps. Première étape: l’exoplanète HAT-P-27b Dans un…
DetailsUnistellar Citizen Astronomers are invited to participate in this week’s quest to observe celestial objects in the Leo constellation! Quick facts about the Leo constellation: In Latin, Leo means “lion” Leo was one of the earliest identified constellations. There is evidence that Mesopotamia had a similar constellation in 4000 BCE. Regulus (also known as…
DetailsWhat is a lunar eclipse? A lunar eclipse happens when three things happen at the same time: the Sun, Moon and Earth are closely aligned the Moon is a Full Moon the Moon moves into the Earth’s shadow Depending on where the Moon is located along Earth’s shadow determines what type of eclipse…
DetailsMay 25 is the 20th anniversary of Towel Day, also known as Douglas Adams Day. This day is to commemorate the amazing author of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book series that was made into a radio show, TV show, a movie, and more. In honor of this special anniversary, Unistellar Citizen…
DetailsSince the Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this month, Unistellar Citizen Astronomers are invited to participate in this week’s quest to observe celestial objects in the Aquarius constellation! Quick facts about the Aquarius constellation: In Latin, Aquarius means “the water-bearer” or “cup-bearer.” Aquarius was associated with floods throughout ancient history, like the destructive floods…
DetailsIn the early morning of May 9, 2021, Unistellar citizen astronomers successfully contributed to the detection of Trojan asteroid Patroclus by occultation. Patroclus’ shadow was traveling at 17.5 km/s along a path across the United States, from California to Wisconsin and the event lasted less than 6 seconds. Later this year, the…
DetailsLast week was the 101st anniversary of the Great Debate. In terms of scale, it truly was the great debate of recent history — it was about the size of the universe! It was also about the nature of so called “spiral nebulae” and whether our Milky Way Galaxy was the only galaxy or…
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