Written by Marko on February 23, 2008
Only few days ago we followed how US Navy destroyed American falling and malfunctioning spy satellite USA 193 by shooting a tactic missile. Now there is another satellite falling uncontrolled. This time it is a Russian malfunctioning satellite, called Kosmos 2430 rkt. The Russian space debris is going to enter the atmosphere already in few days.
The falling Russian satellite was photographed in...
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Written by Marko on February 22, 2008
HomeboyAstronomy.Com was created in order to serve amateur astronomers and those interested in astronomy. I have been writing this blog now for 6 months and I have received a number of emails saying much kind words about this blog. Just few days ago I received a very positive feedback from Frankie, an Englishwoman running a guest house (www.RivendellGuesthouse.fi) in Finland. My total moon eclipse...
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Written by Marko on February 21, 2008
Last night we were provided a beautiful phenomenon, a total lunar eclipse, here in northern hemisphere. I was not able to see it here in Finland due to clouds, but many friends and HomeboyAstronomy readers have reported successful observations. As I was not able to see it, I have no images of the total lunar eclipse this year. Therefore I decided to provide links to observations around the world. ...
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Written by Marko on February 21, 2008
Few days ago HomeboyAstronomy wrote how Pentagon is going to shoot down malfunctioning spy satellite. Pentagon decided to shoot the spy satellite down with a tactic missile because it contains very toxic fuel, hydrazine. According to US Navy, the spy satellite was successfully destroyed at 5:30 am. EET above the Pacific ocean.
The idea of destroying the toxic satellite with a tactic missile is...
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Written by Marko on February 20, 2008
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 eclipse the Sun, the Earth and the Moon are all nicely aligned. The lunar eclipse is a beautiful phenomenon which I stro...
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Written by Marko on February 18, 2008
It is my pleasure to present our newest cool things, the weekly newsletter and monthly free give-away campaigns! We are now going to send out weekly newsletters to all those who subscribe to our email newsletter. The newsletters will contain links to the latest posts in HomeboyAstronomy.Com, news from the world of astronomy, featured astronomy articles and gear reviews.
Why our newsletter is so...
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Written by Marko on February 15, 2008
American defense ministry Pentagon announced that they are going to destroy a falling spy-satellite with a tactical missile. Pentagon released this news yesterday and it has been confirmed by the president George W. Bush. The reason for destroying the satellite is that it is carrying chemicals that are dangerous to humans. By shooting a tactical missile Pentagon is trying to make sure that the sa...
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Written by Marko on February 13, 2008
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 longer.
In early night observers can see the bright winter constellation, ...
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Written by Marko on February 12, 2008
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 just upside down. We noticed some time ago that our articles serve only the ast...
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Written by Marko on February 11, 2008
The giant planet Jupiter has a number of moon orbiting from which four are the biggest ones, namely Io, Europa, Ganymedes and Callisto. Jupiter's moons are very interesting because they all have differences. This article provides a short introduction to the moons of Jupiter and the history of their discovery.
The smallest moon of Jupiter is Europa, which has a diameter of 3138 kilometers. Europ...
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