astronomy

I have a project going related to Flat Earth debunking, but I want to get some geometry right first. It is commonly observed that star trails near the poles are circles, while a star trail right on the celestial equator is a straight line, since it is a great circle on the celestial sphere. I...

I wrote a python program for identifying potential sun or moon transits involving a certain observer location but an uncertain observing time and/or date. It searches a TLE file containing satellite orbits for transits of the sun or moon over a user-specified number of days at a given location...

Nibiru FOUND? Mysterious gigantic rogue planet spotted lurking outside our solar system Thus claims UK tabloid and conspracy fan gutter rag The Daily Star, the article continues... A MYSTERIOUS large object has been spotted floating around outside our solar system – and people are convinced...

It was around 3:00 am at night ,,It was cool breeze so I went to rooftop with my binoculars and Android phone just to lay down and enjoy the breeze , I watched the moon it was brighter than usual there were clouds moving dark and light both I recorded the moon then paused recording when clouds...

STEREO is a NASA mission consisting of two satellites, one ahead of the Earth's orbit, and one behind. They both have a variety of instruments, including five cameras, two of which are specifically for photographing the Sun's corona, COR1 and COR2 Earth has been visible on STEREO Ahead in the...