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…
DetailsSince 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…
DetailsIf 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,…
DetailsThis 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…
DetailsUnistellar 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…
DetailsThis 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…
DetailsSince 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…
DetailsUnistellar Citizen Astronomers are invited to participate in this week’s quest to observe celestial objects in the Gemini constellation! Quick facts about the Gemini constellation: In Latin, Gemini literally means “twins.” In Greek and Roman mythology, Zeus placed the twin brothers Castor and Pollux in the sky the twins after their clash with Idas…
DetailsYes, asteroids do have moons! In fact, 194 asteroids within the asteroid belt, which is located roughly between Mars and Jupiter, have been discovered to have moons so far. Throughout our solar system, hundreds of small bodies have been discovered to have moons. The first asteroid discovered to have a moon was 243…
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