Canes Venatici Constellation
Unistellar Citizen Astronomers are invited to participate in this week’s quest to observe celestial objects in the Canes Venatici constellation! Quick facts about the Canes Venatici constellation: In Latin, Canes Venatici means “hunting dogs.” Canes Venatici represents the hunting dogs of Boötes, the herdsman from Greek mythology. Boötes is a constellation adjacent to Canes…
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Lyra Constellation
Since the Lyrid meteor shower peaks next week, Unistellar Citizen Astronomers are invited to participate in a quest to observe celestial objects in the Lyra constellation! Quick facts about the Lyra constellation: In Latin, Lyra translates to lyre, a stringed instrument that looks like a small harp. They have been used since the time…
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Citizen Astronomy Event: Detecting Asteroid 1263 Varsavia
If you live within a 100 mile-wide path across the US from San Francisco, CA to Tucson, AZ, you will have the opportunity to observe the short disappearance of a star and help make new discoveries about a main-belt asteroid! If you detect this asteroid, we may be able to accurately derive its orbit,…
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Celestial Safari
This week, Unistellar Citizen Astronomers are invited to participate in our Celestial Safari! This challenge involves searching for animals currently visible in our night sky, so this is a fun way for kids to get into astronomy! Whale Galaxy The Whale Galaxy, along with our own Milky Way Galaxy, is classified as…
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New Challenge: Detect a Brown Dwarf!
Unistellar citizen astronomers based all over the world can take part in a new challenge in April: detecting a brown dwarf! On April 6, 13, 20, and 28, a brown dwarf will transit (pass in front of) its star, from our view here on Earth. This brown dwarf was recently discovered by NASA’s Transiting…
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Detect a Trojan asteroid and discover more about our Solar System’s history
This month Unistellar citizen astronomers across North America will have the opportunity to detect a special type of asteroid with their eVscope! On the morning of April 7, a Trojan asteroid known as 9142 Rhesus will occult (pass in front of) a star from our view here on Earth. It will be visible across…
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Cosmic Easter Egg Hunt
Since Spring is underway and Easter is right around the corner, Unistellar Citizen Astronomers are invited to participate in our Cosmic Easter Egg Hunt! So turn on your eVscope and get hunting! Iris Nebula The Iris Nebula is a reflection nebula, which means that it scatters light from a nearby star or…
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