Uranus, The Elected Cabinet of Student Astronomy Club,HKUSTSU

21/06/2014

The winners and notable photos of the 5th International Earth and Sky Photo Contest, (www.twanight.org/contest), a program by The World at Night (TWAN) in collaboration…

25/05/2014

APOD: Camelopardalids and ISS (2014 May 25)
Image Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park (North York Astronomical Association)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140525.html

Explanation: From a camp on the northern shores of Lake Erie, three short bright meteor streaks were captured in this composited night skyscape. Recorded over the early morning hours of May 24, the meteors are illusive Camelopardalids. Their trails point back to the meteor shower's radiant near Polaris, in the large but faint constellation Camelopardalis the camel leopard, or in modern terms the Giraffe. While a few meteors did appear, the shower was not an active one as the Earth crossed through the predicted debris trail of periodic comet 209P/LINEAR. Of course, the long bright streak in the image did appear as predicted. Early on May 24, the International Space Station made a bright passage through northern skies.

http://www.photopark.ca/
http://www.nyaa.ca/

Starship Asterisk* • APOD Discussion Page
http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=140525

08/05/2014

人創宇宙：百億光年的狂想 — TC

【全文看：http://bit.ly/1s64Rea】

天體學家今早發表研究報告，宣告成功模擬宇宙演化。看完附錄短片後，不禁為學者的瘋狂喝釆。人類觀天數千年，掌握了自然定律，今日天體學家用來創造虛擬宇宙，不啻若通過了「考試」。

宇宙由無到有，暴漲生成時空和物質，再緩慢膨脹百多億年之後，可觀察部份已横跨數百億光年；科學家欲模擬其演化史，從何入手？幸好宇宙沒有方向性，沒有中心，「見微知著」，一個足夠大小的角落就可代表其典型。

(圖：圖右是研究團隊公佈的 Illustris 模擬宇宙截圖，和圖左的 Hubble 望遠鏡觀察紀䤸難分虛實。模擬的宇宙鉅細無遺，看來像科幻電影場景，若不深究，不知是現代天體學和最前端電腦科技的結晶)
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07/05/2014

LiveView from ISS

國際太空站 (ISS) 最新的一個實驗 High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV)，就是把四部相機安裝在 ISS 的外邊，並將相機全時指向地球，所拍攝到的實時畫面則可於網上看到，是真正的「瞬間看地球」！

04/05/2014

鏗鏘集
從極微細粒子去探究無限大宇宙，科研工作者期望科學精神能夠在社會紥根，甚至發揚。
星期日晚 7:35 無綫翡翠台
Now on TVB there is a episode talking about astronomy which is produced by RTHK

03/05/2014

Astronomers have used a new technique to measure — for the first time — the spin of an extrasolar planet. In the disk of dust and gas that surrounds a newborn star, grains glom together into rocks, then boulders, then planetesimals, and then ultimately planets. At the end of the day (a.k.a. millions…

29/04/2014

香港電台講東講西講緊本港天文學!!!

http://programme.rthk.org.hk/channel/radio/player_popup.php?type=live&player=mp3&rid=168

29/04/2014

Amazing Images of Today’s Solar Eclipse from Earth and Space

Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/111571/amazing-images-of-todays-solar-eclipse-from-earth-and-space/

The images are pouring in. While most of North America slept this AM, Australians were treated to the very first solar eclipse of 2014 earlier today. And while this particular eclipse was a partial one only from the Australian continent, it still offered observers a fine view of an often elusive nat…

24/04/2014

This week, April 20 – 26, 2014, is International Dark Sky Week, a global effort to get people to appreciate the skies above them. Light pollution — excess light thrown into the sky by street lights, houses, buildings, and pretty much everything that makes light — reduces our ability to see...

23/04/2014

Interesting

Out beyond the orbit of Neptune lurk millions of icy bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects. We haven’t found and seen them them all yet, but astronomers have theorized the numbers. However, since 1992, nearly a thousand TNOs have been observed. Most of them are very small and receive little sunlight…

15/04/2014

Tonight's Lunar Eclipse
Credit to Sean Parker Photography

"Blood Moon"

HQ: http://500px.com/photo/67099881

Tonight's Lunar Eclipse was an unforgettable experience for me! It was such a great sight to see. Here is a 8-photo panoramic taken through a 12" LX Meade 200 telescope with a Canon 6D. I will be posting more photos after I get some sleep. Sharing is appreciated!

15/04/2014

Total Lunar Eclipse is LIVE now!But HK can't see this event!
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On the night of April 14th, two significant and spectacular events will take place simultaneously, as Mars reaches its closest point to Earth while the Moon will be totally eclipsed.

The first eclipse of the year takes place over much of the Western Hemisphere on April 15. The total eclipse will last for over an hour providing stunning vi...