In Astronomy

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In Astronomy
The Ahhhh!(Awe)
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Starry Night
Vincent Van Gogh
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"For my part, I know nothing with any
certainty,but the sight of stars makes me
dream."Vincent van Gogh
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The Winter Sky
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New Moon
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Wonders of the Night Sky!
Northern Hemisphere
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Wonders of the Night Sky!
Southern Hemisphere
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Hubble Ultra Deep Field 10,000 Galaxies in the
diameter 1/10th the moon
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What Can We See?
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The Solar System
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What Can We See?
Never Look at the Sun Without Appropriate Filters
Our Star 93,000,000 miles
Our Nearest Star
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What Can We See?
Never Look at the Sun Without Appropriate Filters
Sun
Sunspots
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What Can We See?
The Sun Through a Special Hydrogen Filter
Solar Prominences
Sun
Sun
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What Can We See?
Sun
Sun
Partial Solar Eclipse
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Sun
Solar Eclipse
Total Eclipse Sun
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Venus 50 million Miles from Earth
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March 26, 2004
April 23, 2004
May 4, 2004
May 18, 2004
Venus has Phases
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Earth From our Moon
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Earths Moon 250,000 miles
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What Can We See?
Craters, Mountains, Valleys, Canyons
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Mars 60 million miles
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Jupiter 400 million miles
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Jupiters Moons
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Saturn 865 million miles
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Comet Hyakutake
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Leonid Meteor Shower
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Aurora Planets Pleiades
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Deep Space

• Stars Double Stars
• Nebula
• Planetary Nebula
• Star Clusters
• Galaxies
• Black Holes
• Quasars

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M13 Great Cluster in Hercules
Beehive Cluster M44
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Pleiades
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Double Stars Beta Cygni (Alberio)
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M42 - Orion Nebula 1500 light years
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Veil Nebula 2600 Light Years
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Large Magellanic Cloud
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Large Magellanic Cloud Closer View
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy 2.4 millions light-years
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M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy Galaxies Merging
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A Gaggle of Galaxies in Coma Berenices
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Binoculars - A Great Place To Start!
Summer Milky Way
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Lots of Telescope Choices
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The End or the Beginning! Go Outside and
Take a Look
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