http://homeboyastronomy.com Homeboy Astronomy Blog - Down-to-Earth Advices for Amateur Astronomers Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:33:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://homeboyastronomy.com/2009/10/11/planets-in-october-2009-in-northern-hemisphere/ 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 http://homeboyastronomy.com/2008/12/24/merry-christmas-to-all-homeboy-astronomy-readers/ 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 ... http://homeboyastronomy.com/2008/12/05/planets-in-december-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 ... http://homeboyastronomy.com/2008/10/12/nasa-was-able-to-predict-the-meteoroid-dropping-to-sudan/ 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 ... http://homeboyastronomy.com/2008/10/02/planets-in-northern-hemisphere-in-october-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 ... http://homeboyastronomy.com/2008/09/18/first-picture-of-likely-planet-a-great-breakthrough-in-astronomy/ 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 ... http://homeboyastronomy.com/2008/09/15/planets-in-northern-hemisphere-in-september-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 ... http://homeboyastronomy.com/2008/09/11/stunning-images-of-cerns-new-lhc-hadron-collider/ 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 ... http://homeboyastronomy.com/2008/09/05/stars-in-northern-hemisphere-in-september-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 ... http://homeboyastronomy.com/2008/08/12/perseids-meteor-shower-tonight-how-to-locate-perseids/