.... OCTOBER 2016 NIGHT SKY.. El año 2016 DE OCTUBRE DE CIELO NOCTURNO ....

....Entering October, the Milky Way in Sagittarius appears more and more vertical, till it is swallowed by the southern horizon. At the same time, another arm of our galaxy, the Perseus's, shines more and more in the North-East, introducing the most typical constellations of the Autumn, as Cassiopeia, Andromeda and Perseus himself. This area is very rich in Deep-Sky objects, such as Andromeda's galaxy, the Double Cluster or the E.T. cluster; a good telescope will help us in discovering them quite easily.

Among the planets, both Mars and Saturn are setting down early, saying good-by till the next year. On the other hand, the Moon accompanies us during the first part of the month. The view she offers through a telescope is by far the most amazing we can see of a celestial body: in spite of the 400.000 Km of distance which separate us, her craters and mountains, her seas and their accidents emerge and offer us an unforgettable view.

Clear skies to everybody!  

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Con la llegada de octubre, la Vía Láctea de Sagitario va poniéndose cada vez más vertical, hasta hundirse poco a poco tragada por el horizonte sur. En cambio, otro brazo de nuestra galaxia, él de Perseo, va adquiriendo cada vez más protagonismo, arrastrando las constelaciones más típicas de otoño, como Cassiopea, Pégaso y el mismo Perseo. Esta zona es muy rica en objetos de Cielo Profundo, como la galaxia de Andrómeda, el Cúmulo Doble o el cúmulo de ET, que un buen telescopio nos puede descubrir con facilidad.

Entre los planetas, tanto Marte como Saturno desaparecen cada día más pronto en el horizonte oeste, saludándonos ya hasta el año que viene. En cambio, la Luna nos acompaña durante la primera parte del mes. El espectáculo que nos ofrece por medio de un buen telescopio es el más detallado que podemos admirar en otro cuerpo celeste: a pesar de los 400.000 kilómetros de distancia que nos separan, los cráteres y las montañas, los mares y los accidentes de su superficie sobresalen delante de nuestros ojos y no dejan indiferente a ningún observador.

¡Cielos despejados para todos!

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100000 STARS CHROME WORKSHOP EXPERIMENT

http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/ http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=noobfromua 100,000 Stars is an interactive visualization of the stellar neighborhood created for the Google Chrome web browser. It shows the real location of over 100,000 nearby stars. Zooming in reveals 87 individually identified stars and our solar system. The galaxy view is an artist's rendition. FullHD Video preview.

We love this. Fantastic idea!

Called 100,000 stars  this is a fully-immersive 3D plot of (in fact) 119,617 stars. This is an interactive visualization of the stellar neighborhood created for the Google Chrome web browser/App. It shows the real location of nearby stars. Zooming in reveals 87 individually identified stars and our solar system. The galaxy view is an artist's rendition.

According to Aaron Koblin's blog posting to announce the project, "Visualizing the exact location of every star in the galaxy is a problem of, well, galactic proportions. With over 200 billion stars, capturing every detail of the Milky Way currently defies scientists and laptops alike. However, using imagery and data from a range of sources, including NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), we were recently able to take one small step in that direction by plotting the location of the stars closest to our sun.

"The result is a new Chrome Experiment called 100,000 Stars that visualizes the stellar neighborhood. Using your mouse or trackpad, you can zoom in and out to explore our galaxy. Zooming in reveals the names of the most prominent stars close to our sun - click each name to learn more about it and see a digital rendition."

Koblin concludes, "As you explore this experiment, we hope you share our wonder for how large the galaxy really is. It's incredible to think that this mist of 100,000 measurable stars is a tiny fraction of the sextillions of stars in the broader universe." Author: Google Data Arts Team Sources: Programmed by some space enthusiasts at Google. Galaxy images provided by Wikipedia and ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5m/R.Gendler and A. Hornstrup. Star renderings derived from Wikipedia Sun images courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams. Star data provided by: HYG Database, by Astronomy Nexus Gliese/Jahreiß Catalog, by Dr. Wilhelm Gliese and Dr. Hartmut Jahreiss Bright Star Catalog (5th edition), by Dr. E. Dorrit Hoffleit and Dr. Wayne H. Warren Jr, and the Department of Astronomy at Yale University HIPPARCOS Catalog (3rd Edition) by the European Space Agency.

Click/view via this link and you can play with the real thing: https://stars.chromeexperiments.com/

....SEPTEMBER 2016 NIGHT SKY.. El año 2016 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE CIELO NOCTURNO....

 

....In this September, the great protagonist of the night sky is once more the Milky Way, which shows us all its beauty from the darkest places of the island in the nights without the Moon. Its most brilliant arm, the Sagittarius's, appears day by day more vertical towards the South, before being swallowed by the horizon: a wonderful picture our cameras should not miss.

In the same area, and more precisely in the constellation of Scorpius, rich of beautiful targets for a telescope, two guest 'stars' are now present, which are actually the planets Saturn and Mars, dancing in this epoch in the claws of the big animal, due to the phenomenon called “retrogradation”.

We should not lose the last opportunities for this year to admire the “Lord of the Rings” with its satellites and the “Red Planet” in its best moment.

If you are interested in discovering the Moon's secrets, your best chances are in the first part of the month. The direct view through a telescope of its craters, its seas, its mountains and its planes is really unforgettable.

¡Clear skies to everybody!..

En este mes de septiembre, la gran protagonista del cielo nocturno sigue siendo la Vía Láctea, que se nos presenta en todo su esplendor desde las zonas más oscuras de la isla en las noches sin Luna. Su tramo más brillante, el brazo de Sagitario, se nos muestra cada vez más vertical hacia el sur, antes de hundirse tragado por el horizonte: una estampa imperdible para nuestras cámaras de fotos.

En la misma zona, más precisamente en la constelación del Escorpión, llena de interesantes objetos a descubrir con el telescopio, lucen dos 'estrellas' huéspedes muy brillantes: se trata de los planetas Marte y Saturno, que,debido al fenómeno de la retrogradación, en esta época danzan en la zona de las 'pinzas' del animal.

No debemos perdernos las últimas oportunidades de admirar al “Señor de los Anillos” y a sus satélites, así como al “Planeta Rojo” en su mejor momento. 

Para los que les apasiona descubrir los secretos de la Luna, las noches más propicias se dan en la primera mitad del mes. La visión en directo de sus cráteres, sus mares, sus montañas y sus llanuras no deja indiferente a nadie.

¡Cielos despejados para todos!

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