All About the Eclipse

Hi All,

Eclipse Day 2017 has arrived.  Lots of links follow on the '411' on everything eclipse related.  Enjoy!

NASA - Eclipse 101 - Eye Safety

New York Times -  Eclipse Path Across the USA

NASA - Solar Eclipse 2017

NASA - Live Stream of the Eclipse 

Eclipse 2017 - Science/Background 

NASA - How Eclipses Work? 

NASA - Eclipse Misconceptions  

NASA - Eclipse History 

Space.com - Total Solar Eclipse 2017: When, Where and How to See It Safely 

Wikipedia - Solar Eclipse 2017 

Enjoy the links!

Regards,
Stu

The Eclipse is Coming, The Eclipse is Coming!

Hi All,

The eclipse is coming, the eclipse is coming.  Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you probably know that there is a total solar eclipse coming on Monday, August 21st!

The last time there was a total solar eclipse was in 1991 - over 25 years ago.
NASA has a great eclipse site  for adults and for kids!  Click here for the site. 
And the site has links to Events and Activities and Resources all related to the eclipse.  Click the prior links to go to that subject. 

CNN Travel created a funnish site called the 'Slacker's Guide to the 2017 Solar Eclipse'.  For complete coverage of the eclipse users can visit the formal CNN Eclipse website.  Viewers can also watch live, in virtual reality, as the eclipse moves coast to coast on August 21st!

Click on this link that will tell you the best place(s) to see the 2017 eclipse! 

So when you are watching the eclipse you'll need a set of eclipse glasses.  Click here to learn more. 
And here.
And here.  

TimeandDate.com  has a map of the solar eclipse on this site.

For those of you who are awed at the rarity of the eclipse, visit this Washington Post site for an article titled 'Here's every total solar eclipse happening in your lifetime. Is this year your best chance?'

Finally, click here to learn a bit more about the history of the eclipse and much, much more.

Enjoy the sites and the links and the eclipse.

Regards,
Stu

Hubble Site - Science For You!

(Hubble Space Telescope pictured at left)


Hi All,

Just a quickie post on this grey, rainy/snowy, cold winter Saturday afternoon...

Hubble Site is the website for the Space Telescope Science Institute (STSCI).  What does that mean for you?  Well, simply put there are videos, galleries, education links, links to the Webb Telescope and Astronomy Exploration for folks who visit the website. 

What I wanted to share today were the photos from the Gallery section of the site.  To say the photos are awesome is an understatement!!!  Click on this link for a bunch of Hubble Space Telescopes' Top Shots.  Click on this link for Hubble Telescope Wallpaper for your computer!

Learn a bit about how the pictures were generated by clicking on this link!  And for the latest news releases click on this link - the HubbleSite Newscenter link.  (It is a complete collection of every Hubble Space Telescope new release and supporting materials.  Additional tools and resources to learn more about astronomy are included!)

And if you are completely obsessed - or just a bit interested in the Hubble Space Telescope - users might want to click on this page - the Stay Connected page which lets users access Hubble images, news, updates and video anytime, anywhere from your smartphone!  How cool is that.  And, users can be put on an email list by visiting the Stay Connected page as well.

Enjoy the photos and the videos from the Hubble Space Telescope - they are awe-inspiring.

Regards,
Stu

Astronomy Picture of the Day and NASA website

Hi All,

Just a quickie post today.  Click on this link for NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Picture of the Day. 

Here is a summary of NASA's picture of the day: "Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer." Now that's a quick and accurate summary of the website!

Note that there are links below the picture.  The webpage is very heavily hyperlinked.  For example, you can click on Subaru Telescope, locked in a cosmic dance, Hubble Legacy Archive,  loops and tails, interacting galaxies back up to quintet status and constellation Pegasus.  Clicking on these links will get you ever deeper into the various (and myriad) sub sites of the NASA website.  Very cool  stuff - fore example, I clicked on the 'interacting galaxies back up to quintet status link' and I got more links from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory!  On this page you can find Chandra Observatory images by date - which goes all the way back to 1999!

Those of you who like 'all things NASA would do well to visit the Multimedia link on the NASA homepage. It is very, very interactive and has links for the Public, for Educators/Teachers, and For Students.  The shear number of  videos, images, NASA TV Live, Interactive Features, Podcasts and 3D Resources on the Multimedia page is awesome!

So sit back and gear your tablet, laptop or desktop computer up for a long, long adventure when you visit the NASA website!  

Enjoy the links and the website!

Regards, 
Stu

NASA Picture of the Day

Hi All,

If you didn't already know it, NASA has an amazing repository of 'Astronomy Picture of the Day' going back to June 16, 1995.  Amazing photos of stars, suns, galaxies, nebula's, comets, solar system, nova's, moons, planets and more.  Here is the link to the archives for the pictures. 

Click on this link to search all the Astronomy Pictures of the Day since 6/16/95.  

Other parts of the NASA site that might be interesting include:
1. Astronomy Picture of the Day's Educational Links
2. Are you interested in partaking in a discussion about a particular Astronomy Picture of the Day?  If so, then click on this link for a discussion forum. 
3.  Click on this link to the main NASA website.  There are links to News, Missions, Multimedia and ways to Connect with NASA. 

Enjoy the site!
Stu