06
May
2008
Locating Alpha Centauri - Tips for Finding Alpha Centauri in Southern Hemisphere
Posted by marko as Astronomy Tips&Tricks
Alpha Centauri is the nearest star from our Sun and it is located in constellation Centaurus. In fact Alpha Centauri is not one big star, but a formation of three stars located close to each other. The brightest one of those three stars is Rigil Centaurus, many times called just Rigil Cent. Alpha Centauri […]
03
May
2008
Stars, Planets and the Moon in Northern Hemisphere in May 2008
Posted by marko as Astronomy Tips&Tricks
So, we are already in May and having a very nice and warm spring. What’s up with the nightsky this month? There will be only few more dark nights before the summer in northern hemisphere, especially in the northern side. Here in Helsinki the Sun will go below -12 degrees 9th of May. After that […]
29
Mar
2008
April Nightsky - Constellations and Planets in April 2008
Posted by marko as Astronomy Tips&Tricks
April is the last darker month in northern hemisphere before the summer. In April nights are shorter and days longer. Even though this means less time to observe the celestial objects, you can still have few hours good skywatching every night.
Big constellations such as Orion, Taurus, Canis Minor and Canis Major are heading more and […]
15
Mar
2008
Another Tip for Finding the North Star (Also Called Polaris)
Posted by marko as Astronomy Tips&Tricks
Today’s post is not a regular HomeboyAstronomy.Com article. Instead I proudly present a great tip from Aaron Scott. I received this email from Aaron and instead of keeping it as a secret between me and Aaron, I would like to share Aaron’s tip for finding the North Star, also called Polaris. Check out my article […]
11
Mar
2008
Seven Great Articles From The Archieves of HomeboyAstronomy.Com
Posted by marko as Astronomy Tips&Tricks
Today one of my older articles received more than 1.200 diggs in Digg.Com. The article I wrote was The Top Ten Hubble Images of All Time - The very Best of Hubble Images. It stayed in the front page of Digg.Com for the whole day and right now it seems to be in the Science […]
20
Feb
2008
Full Lunar Eclipse in Northern Hemisphere in February 21st. in 2008 (Helsinki, Finland)
Posted by marko as Astronomy Tips&Tricks
Few days ago I wrote about the night sky and planets in February 2008. In that post I said few words about the full lunar eclipse that can be watched early tomorrow. Full lunar eclipse is a phenomenon in which the Moon is covered by the shadow of the planet Earth. In full lunar […]
13
Feb
2008
Night Sky and Planets in February 2008 - Tips for Observing Night Sky and Planets in February
Posted by marko as Astronomy Tips&Tricks
February is an interesting skywatching month. In February nights are becoming shorter in northern hemisphere, and for example in southern Finland nights are 13 hours long in the beginning of February, while in the end of February they are only less than 12 hours long. In January the nights for observing the sky were much […]
12
Feb
2008
Finding Orion in Southern Hemisphere - Tips for Locating Orion from Sidney in Southern Hemisphere
Posted by marko as Astronomy Tips&Tricks
Are you watching the night sky from Australia, Chile, South Africa or other countries in southern hemisphere? If ye, you probably find the pictures of HomeboyAstronomy tips weird. The reason is that the sky looks different from your location compared to our location here in north. It looks like your sky, or our sky, is […]
09
Feb
2008
Do The Stars Move? - An Easy Method to Notice How the Stars Move on Night Sky
Posted by marko as Astronomy Tips&Tricks
As we know, stars do not move. Stars are like our sun. They are stationary and do not move, but planets and moons do move. They orbit stars. Anyhow, why it looks like that stars move? As you watch the sky in early night, it looks different than later at night. Stars change their position […]
08
Feb
2008
Planet Saturn in Early February Observed From Northern Hemisphere
Posted by marko as Astronomy Tips&Tricks
Planet Saturn is a very interesting object to observe, may be because of its awesome disks. Right now in February, Saturn can be seen in northern hemisphere, just like it was seen also in January. Planet Saturn starts climbing from between East and North-East direction. Saturn comes visible at about 6:30 pm. here in Helsinki […]