Alan Young Telescope Restoration, Reaches Final Stages
Work continues at Cranbrook Astronomy Society, to restore the historic Alan Young telescope. read on..
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Stars – What Are They?
Our closest star is of course, the Sun. It is incredibly important to us here on Earth. Without the heat and light from the Sun, there would not be any life on Earth.
However, it is rather humbling to realise that there are billions of stars in the universe. And even worse, our Sun is an unremarkable star.
There are many stars that are bigger than our Sun and many are smaller. Some are older, others younger.
We also now know, through modern detection methods, that other stars have their own planets in orbit around them. read on..
Astronomy Guest Stars – What Are They?
What Is A Guest Star?
A “Guest Star” in astronomy is a star that just suddenly appears in the sky, in a location where there was not one before.
To be more accurate, the star WAS there before, but it was too faint for us to see. So it appears, not because it has been created, but because it suddenly becomes much brighter and we are able to observe it. read on..