Did you know: Uranus
Did you know: Astronomical tidbits and this months is our Solar System planet Uranus.
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Elizabeth Cocking
- Mar 8, 2020
- 1 min
Did you know? Gamma Rays & Gamma Ray Bursts.
Blamed for turning Bruce Banner into the Incredible Hulk, Gamma Rays and Gamma Ray Bursts are the most energetic and luminous...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Jan 6, 2019
- 1 min
Did you know - Stars: the oldest, biggest and hottest of the bunch
Our first club meeting is on Monday 4 February at 6:30pm, with a presentation by Lesa Moore about astrobiology. The Oldest Star: One of...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Aug 29, 2018
- 1 min
Did you know? Asteroids
This month we feature…. Asteroids Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes, from the almost spherical to irregular like Eros which is...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Jul 1, 2018
- 1 min
Did You know? Nebula (plural Nebulae)
This month we feature…. Nebula (plural Nebulae) Latin for “cloud”. The image above is of the great Orion Nebula - this is an object you...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Jun 1, 2018
- 1 min
Did you know? - the constellations
This month we feature …. The Constellations (latin for “set of stars”) There are 88 constellations in the western astronomy night sky...
Elizabeth Cocking
- May 1, 2018
- 1 min
Did you know? - the planets
The Earth is not a sphere ! It is an oblate spheroid. Due to its rotation it bulges out at the equator about 43 km more than at the...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Mar 3, 2018
- 1 min
Did You know? Moons & Andromeda Galaxy
All of Uranus’ moons (NASA image above taken by Voyager) are named after characters from Shakespeare and Alexander Pope plays. For...