Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, I’m Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the Planetarium’s official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. We hope you will come here to learn what is hot and exciting, profound or even weird from worlds beyond ours . So that's the introduction out of the way, now on with the Universe!
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Image of the Month: The Tarantula Nebula
Posted on April 20, 2012 | No CommentsOur Image of the Month was released to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and is a striking panoramic look at a stellar nursery which is... -
Young Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Posted on March 1, 2012 | No CommentsWe are looking far from home in this pretty image of an open cluster of young stars, sparkling like jewels. They and their associated gas cloud are known as NGC... -
NGC 1672 and the Only Joke in Astronomy
Posted on November 14, 2011 | No CommentsHere is possibly the only joke in all of astronomy. Two spiral galaxies walk into a pub. The first one goes up to the bar and asks for two drinks,... -
Antennae Galaxies seen by the ALMA Antennae: Image of the Month
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsThe Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is the world’s biggest and most complex astronomical instrument. Located at the European Southern Observatory on the Chajnantor plateau in northern Chile, the array... -
How to see an Exploding Star
Posted on September 8, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe astronomy community is excited by the discovery of an exploding star, a supernova, in a galaxy 21 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. We explain this... -
NGC 6744: the Milky Way’s Cosmic Twin?
Posted on June 2, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe nearby galaxy NGC 6744, similar to the Milky Way, has been imaged by the European Southern Observatory. What can we see in this beautiful galactic portrait? Barred spiral galaxy... -
Image of the Month: War of the Galaxies!
Posted on April 21, 2011 | No CommentsAn image from the European Southern Observatory, reveals two galaxies, NGC 3169 and NGC 3166, meeting in intergalactic space. What kind of cosmic drama ensues in these close encounters of... -
Image of the Month: Baby stars of NGC 2841
Posted on February 18, 2011 | 1 CommentNGC 2841 is a rather beautiful flocculent spiral galaxy. The Hubble Space Telescope recently imaged NGC 2841 as part of an investigation into how new stars are created. How do... -
Image of the Month: Andromeda through different eyes
Posted on January 20, 2011 | No CommentsOur Image of the Month is a radically different view of the great spiral galaxy in Andromeda from the European Space Agency. Tracy McConnell explains how it was made and... -
The Hubble bubble?
Posted on January 3, 2011 | No CommentsThe NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope continues to produce stunning images. Let’s examine a particularly pretty recent treat, revealing the aftermath of a cosmic disaster. Like so many beautiful astronomical sights,...