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September 22 - 24, 2017
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CSP Highlights

ASNH Events (stargazing, meetings, public events) for August

ASNH Events

Meetings and Outreach Events
Aug
29
ASNH General Meeting (Will resume in October)

The general membership meetings are open to the public and attendance is encouraged.
355 Prospect St New Haven CT 06511
The event starts at 07:00:00 pm
Sep
12
ASNH BOD Meeting


Yale Leitner Student Observatory
The event starts at 07:00:00 pm
Sep
15
Colchester Land Trust - Stargazing



The event starts at 08:00:00 pm
Sep
16
Colchester Land Trust - Stargazing (rain date)



The event starts at 08:00:00 pm
Sep
22
CSP 27


edmund d. strang scout reservation camp, goshen, ct
The event starts at 07:00:00 pm
Sep
26
ASNH General Meeting (Will resume in October)

The general membership meetings are open to the public and attendance is encouraged.
355 Prospect St New Haven CT 06511
The event starts at 07:00:00 pm

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2017 Eclipse schedule (click the image to download)

NASA Whats Up for August

NASACast: What's Up? Video Podcasts

What's Up? -- A monthly video that gives tips for where you can find the moon, planets and stars in the night sky. Also includes amateur astronomy news and updates on NASA missions.

FaviconWhat's Up - August 2017

Posted on: 1 Aug 2017, 11:58 am


Prep for the August solar eclipse by observing the moon's phases. Plus, catch 2 meteor showers.





ESO European Southern Observatory ESOcast

ESOcast SD

ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO, the European Southern Observatory. Here we explore the Universe's ultimate frontier with our host Doctor J, a.k.a. Dr. Joe Liske.

FaviconESOcast 122 Light: Supermassive Black Holes Feed on Cosmic Jellyfish (4K UHD)

Posted on: 16 Aug 2017, 1:00 pm


Observations of “Jellyfish galaxies” with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have revealed a previously unknown way to fuel supermassive black holes. It seems the mechanism that produces the tentacles of gas and newborn stars that give these galaxies their nickname also makes it possible for the gas to reach the central regions of the galaxies, feeding the black hole that lurks in each of them and causing it to shine brilliantly.





Hubblecast

Hubblecast HD

The latest news about astronomy, space and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope presented in High Definition is only for devices that play High Definition video (not iPhone or iPod). To watch the Hubblecast on your iPod and/or iPhone, please download the Standard Definition version also available on iTunes.

FaviconHubblecast 101: Our Place in Space

Posted on: 28 Jun 2017, 9:00 am

CBS New Sunday Morning article Preserving the starry starry night

NASA News

NASA Ames Research Center - News and Features

Ames News RSS

FaviconScientists Improve Brown Dwarf Weather Forecasts 17 Aug 2017, 1:36 pm

Researchers have a new model for explaining how clouds move and change shape in brown dwarfs, using insights from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

FaviconAn Eclipse by Any Other Name: Doing Science with Transits and Occultations 17 Aug 2017, 9:48 am

While the mechanics of a total solar eclipse are actually rather mundane, different flavors of this phenomenon make some very sophisticated science possible.

NASA Image Of The Day

NASA Image of the Day

The latest NASA "Image of the Day" image.

FaviconAtlas V Rocket and TDRS-M 18 Aug 2017, 1:04 pm

As the Sun rises at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket vents liquid oxygen propellant vapors during fueling for the lift off of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-M.

FaviconJupiter: A New Point of View 17 Aug 2017, 8:54 am

This striking Jovian vista was created by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft.

APOD for Today

APOD

Astronomy Picture of the Day

FaviconTotal Solar Eclipse of 1979 

From cold, clear skies over Riverton, Manitoba, Canada, planet Earth, From cold, clear skies over Riverton, Manitoba, Canada, planet Earth,


FaviconPerseids over the Pyrenees 

Perseids over the Pyrenees Perseids over the Pyrenees

Astronomy News

Space.com News Feed

Favicon Music for a Solar Eclipse: Kronos Quartet Will Serenade the Event in Real Time

The Aug. 21 total solar eclipse will have musical accompaniment at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco, featuring the acclaimed Kronos Quartet.

Favicon 50 Years of Solar Eclipses from Space In Astronaut Photos

See amazing photos of solar eclipses from space as seen by astronauts and cosmonauts over the last 50 years.

Faces of the Moon A new book by ASNH member Bob Crelin Click the book below for information on the book

There Once Was A Sky Full Of Stars A new book by ASNH member Bob Crelin Click the book below for information on the book

The 100 Best Targets for Astrophotography A new book by ASNH member Ruben Kier Click the book below for a review from Springer.com

Cosmic Perspective Radio Shows


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