Written by Marko on January 6, 2008
One of the most interesting things related to astronomy is the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting the planet. As one of the most challenging projects in the history of mankind, the International Space Station provides humans a great location to research the universe. For amateurs like me the ISS provides lots of interesting things to read, watch and wonder. It is great to watch shuttle fli...
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Written by Marko on January 5, 2008
Pleiades (also called as M45 in Messier's list) is the brightest open constellation in the night sky. It is located in Taurus constellation, close to Orion constellation. Pleiades is the brightest deep sky object it can easily be spotted without a telescope or binoculars. Because of that Pleiades has "always" been known. The first writings about Pleiades are from about 750 B.C. by Homeros. The Bib...
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Written by Marko on January 4, 2008
It was a great day today when it comes to astronomy. Early in the morning (7:30 am), as I drove to work, I saw the Moon and Venus close to each other in southern sky. They were up there alone, shining bright just before the dawn. They really look awesome together. It is a pity that I had no camera with me. A friend of mine has carried a camera almost every day with him, and the result is that he h...
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Written by Marko on January 3, 2008
Have a great new year 2008! It is nice to be back from Christmas holidays to write some astronomy articles. Last night we had a clear sky here in Finland and I went to observe Orion constellation and its stars Betelgeuse and Rigel, as well as M42 the Orion Nebula. It is getting colder here in north (finally!) and one must wear good clothes in order to stay warm outside.
It is January now and ma...
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Written by Marko on December 30, 2007
Few hours more and year 2007 is history. A new year is beginning and new challenges are awaiting. Year 2007 was an interesting year because of many reasons. I returned back home from Switzerland after working there two years and I started a new interesting job in Finland. I met a couple of new amateur astronomers, such as Harri at my work, and I have learnt many fascinating things about astronomy ...
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Written by Marko on December 24, 2007
It has been very busy before my Christmas vacation started a couple of days ago. I have been busy at work, but we have also (traditionally) been hurry with preparing for the Christmas. It is the usual hazzle. Anyhow, now it is over. It is pretty quiet here at my home, all the things are done and we are ready for the Christmas. Santa Claus is coming tonight and my kids are excited.
I am going to...
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Written by Marko on December 22, 2007
I just started my vacation yesterday and it feel good. No need to wake up 6am, jump into a cold car, drive to work.. no, I wake up 9am, make some coffee, read my Finnish astronomy magazines and wonder what would I watch tonight. I am taking it relaxed now, so I am not going to write much articles anymore on this year. As soon as January begins I will be back with some stunning articles. Meanwhile ...
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Written by Marko on December 20, 2007
Just like you cannot learn to play music by reading, you cannot learn sky watching without really watching it one day. You can learn music theories by reading but you will never become a great artists without playing in front of audience. The same applies with astronomy. You need to go out one day, take your binoculars or telescope and start finding the objects, such as M42 or Sirius. Then you re...
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Written by Marko on December 19, 2007
They have some interesting news in NASA's website. A powerful jet from a super massive black hole seems to blast a nearby galaxy. According to researchers, this jet might destroy the planets on its way, but it might also speed up the formation process of new stars. This objects is known as 3C321 and it includes two galaxies in orbit around each other. There are two huge blak holes in the middle of...
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Written by Marko on December 18, 2007
I have a friend living in Milan in Italy who is an amateur astronomer as well. Some time ago I asked him if I could visit him and we could watch the night sky on the surrounding mountains. While I was searching for information about Milan and Italy, I stumbled on few great sites full of information on Italy. I wanted to share these with my readers because these might be useful for someone.
In c...
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