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Planets in October 2009 in Northern Hemisphere

Written by Marko on October 11, 2009

Phew! It was a loooong break. As you can see, my previous post is from last Christmas. It has been really busy ride at my work, so I had to skip blogging this site. Now the situation looks better, so it is time to continue writing Homeboy's Astronomy Blog. Today I am going to present you which planets can be observed on northern hemisphere during October 2009. Right now it is a bit rare situati...

Planets in October 2009 in Northern Hemisphere

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Merry Christmas to All Homeboy Astronomy Readers

Written by Marko on December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas to all our readers. Take it relaxed and enjoy the wonderful time of Christmas. We are going to eat a lot, open and give gifts, read books and just be together with our families. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. Photo: krisdecurtis...

Merry Christmas to All Homeboy Astronomy Readers

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Planets in December 2008

Written by Marko on December 5, 2008

Oh boy, it was a long break! I'm sorry for this blogging hiatus. I've been very busy at work lately, and therefore I haven't been able to write much. Anyhow, now the rush seems to be over and I can continue writing some astronomy articles. Astronomy season here in northern hemisphere is currently ongoing and the activity of astronomy bloggers is high. I just received the latest Finnish astronom...

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NASA Was Able to Predict the Meteoroid Dropping to Sudan

Written by Marko on October 12, 2008

Few days ago a small meteoroid dropped into the atmosphere above Sudan, and NASA was able to predict this phenomenon. 2 meters wide meteoroid that dropped into our atmosphere and burned into pieces, was no threat the life on Earth. Although this small meteoroid was no dangerous, it must have lightened up the sky over Africa. Similar bolidi was seen in Finland few months ago. "This is the very f...

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Planets in Northern Hemisphere in October 2008

Written by Marko on October 2, 2008

There are four planets we can see in northern hemisphere in October 2008. Unfortunately the planets won't be close to each other in October, but Mercury has something interesting going on in this month. Let's now have a look what's up with the planets in northern hemisphere in October 2008. Shortly said, Uranus and Neptune can be seen during early night, while Jupiter can be seen already on twili...

Planets in Northern Hemisphere in October 2008

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First Picture of Likely Planet – A Great Breakthrough in Astronomy

Written by Marko on September 18, 2008

Probably the very first photograph of an Earth-like planet was released a couple of days ago. This is the first time scientists have managed to photograph an exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star. Although this information is not 100% sure yet, we can say this is a great breakthrough in astronomy. The exoplanet (left corner) was photographed with the adaptive Gemini telescope of Hawaii. The big brig...

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Planets in Northern Hemisphere in September 2008

Written by Marko on September 15, 2008

September nights in northern hemisphere are dark enough for early-season stargazing. There are a number of interesting planets to observe in September in northern hemisphere. In this article we summarize which planets can be seen in northern hemisphere in September 2008. Before going through the planets we can be seen in northern hemisphere in September 2008,let's narrow the scope by stating whic...

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Stunning Images Of CERN’s New LHC Hadron Collider

Written by Marko on September 11, 2008

CERN's new LHC collider was started up yesterday morning. While some people were called this a kind of a doom's day, so far we haven't been "eaten" by a black hole. I already discussed about the possible microscopic black holes of Switzerland, so today I am not going to continue with that same topic. Instead I would like to share some stunning images of CERN's new LHC collider I found yesterday. T...

Stunning Images Of CERN's New LHC Hadron Collider

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Stars in Northern Hemisphere in September 2008

Written by Marko on September 5, 2008

While I was driving to gas station last night, I noticed lots of stars above. I realized that we are already in September and the nights are getting darker. I have been working way too much because I haven't even realized that stargazing season has already began. Anyhow, as soon as I noticed the stars and realized that the season has began, warm feeling went through my body. I knew that finally I ...

Stars in Northern Hemisphere in September 2008

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Perseids Meteor Shower Tonight – How to Locate Perseids?

Written by Marko on August 12, 2008

This week has been very interesting for amateur astronomers here on northern hemisphere. First we saw the solar eclipse and now we are cheered by the Perseids meteor shower, which is probably the best known meteor show. Perseids meteor shower provides almost every time a good meteor show, and tonight we are expecting even better one. Perseids meteor shower has now reached its maximum Perseids me...