For Astronomy fans

Val · Postby **Val** » February 7th, 2006, 7:46 am

Here are some recent shots taken by the Hubble Telescope, as well as an artist's representation of a planet.

plex · Postby **plex** » February 7th, 2006, 7:49 am

cool...nice pics there..

Val · Postby **Val** » February 7th, 2006, 7:51 am

some older images

stewchicken · Postby **stewchicken** » February 7th, 2006, 8:03 am

nice stuff man!

Stark Auto Rentals · Postby **Stark Auto Rentals** » February 7th, 2006, 8:48 am

nice stuff guys!!

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » February 7th, 2006, 10:36 am

Val uranus is so big!

seriously though during christmas it was possible to see the cresent of Venus with an average binoculars

steffali · Postby **steffali** » February 7th, 2006, 10:38 am

Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:Val uranus is so big!

hahahaa

hard luck dey val :oops:

Spyrogyra · Postby **Spyrogyra** » February 7th, 2006, 11:51 am

nothing could beat the SOHO images

Fuzz Master · Postby **Fuzz Master** » February 7th, 2006, 12:02 pm

Val · Postby **Val** » February 7th, 2006, 12:05 pm

lmao @ Duane :lol:

unimatrix001 · Postby **unimatrix001** » March 1st, 2009, 3:23 pm

Trinidad & Tobago Astronomical Society (TTAS)
http://www.tt-astrosociety.com/

Caribbean Institute of Astronomy (CARINA)
http://www.caribbeanastronomy.com/

You can check out those two sites for more info about astronomy in Trinidad & Tobago. TTAS has monthly meetings in the Dudly Huggins Building at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine. Meeting times for 2009 are at 6.30pm every last Saturday of the month (eg Saturday 28th March 2009). Seeing this year is the International Year of Astronomy, there are very structured lectures about astronomy for those who know nothing and those of you who are well versed.

Check it out.

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » May 31st, 2012, 7:25 pm

http://www.transitofvenus.org/

What is a transit of Venus?

When Venus passes directly between earth and the sun, we see the distant planet as a small dot gliding slowly across the face of the sun. Historically, this rare alignment is how we measured the size of our solar system.

When is it?

The next transit of Venus occurs June 5 or 6, 2012, depending on your location. Observers in North America see it the evening of June 5. This will be the last transit of Venus to occur in your lifetime.

Where can I see it?

Slooh Space Camera will provide a live broadcast from worldwide sites - view online at www.slooh.com. Visit their site for details.

Postby **pete** » May 31st, 2012, 8:14 pm

Won't get to see it in Trinidad

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » August 13th, 2012, 10:02 am

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News081012-whipprom.html

nasa wrote:

This image (above) from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows a very long, whip-like solar filament extending over half a million miles in a long arc above the sun’s surface.

Filaments are cooler clouds of solar material that are tethered above the sun’s surface by unstable magnetic forces.

The image and video (below), which covers August 6 to 8, 2012 show the filament as a darker strand that has been in view for several days. Towards the end of the video part of the filament seems to break away, but its basic length and shape seem to have remained mostly intact.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogal ... =150200371

i tried to embed the video, no luck.