ASTRONOMY

Sponsored by Findlay Toyota of Flagstaff (https://www.findlaytoyotaflagstaff.net) Part 1 | 6:30-7:15 pm: Robert Burnham and his Celestial Handbook Robert Burnham, Jr. compiled one of the most popular astronomy books ever—the three-volume "observing bible," Burnham’s Celestial Handbook—while working at Lowell Observatory in the mid-20th century. However, Burnham’s life was tragic in many ways. In celebration of National Astronomy Day, we will take a look at the complicated man who brought the wonders of space to people around the world. Lowell Observatory Historian Kevin Schindler will host a discussion with journalist Tony Ortega, who in 1998 wrote the defining account of Burnham’s life; Donna Courtney, Burnham’s niece and only surviving relative; and Brian Skiff, renowned sky expert who has worked for nearly 40 years at Lowell Observatory as an observer and research scientist. Part 2 | 7:15-8:00 pm: Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with live views of the moon from the Giovale Open Deck Observatory (weather permitting). Join Lowell Observatory educators for a tour of the moon's surface and learn about past and future lunar exploration.

🌕 #ObserveTheMoon is an annual worldwide public event that encourages observation, appreciation and understanding of our #Moon. Tonight we're celebrating with an online lunar festival from the #NationalSpaceCentre. Join us for a one hour show, then head outside for some Moongazing. Highlights include: 🔭 Alex hosts a session to help you get into astronomy and what telescope to buy for any budget. 🌑 Emma introduces the Apollo 17 lunar sample on display in our Rocket Tower. 🌗 Hayley shows us how to observe the Moon. 🚀 Will looks at the landing sites of the Apollo space missions. You can also watch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalSpaceCentre/

International Observe the Moon Night is an annual event in the fall near a first-quarter Moon. A first-quarter Moon offers excellent viewing opportunities along the terminator (the line between night and day), where shadows enhance the Moon’s cratered landscape. Everyone on Earth is invited to learn about lunar science and exploration, take part in celestial observations, and honor personal and cultural connections to the Moon. This year, IOMN is on Saturday, September 26, here in the United States. For more information, visit NASA's official IOMN website: http://moon.nasa.gov/observe and make sure you share your photos, videos, and artwork with us on social media. Tag us and use #ObserveTheMoon!

Learn the night sky and get an introduction to what telescope could be good to buy - with ASV's Perry Vlahos Weather permitting we'll look at some planets - live!

Taking a Picture of MARS Through my Telescope. Telescope Used: https://bit.ly/2Bx23rQ Camera Used: https://bit.ly/3eywFY6 I connect a camera to my Celestron Edge HD 11 telescope to take a close-up picture of the planet Mars from my backyard. Mars Opposition takes place on October 13, 2020. The red planet will make its closest approach to Earth, appearing 22.4 arcsec. in diameter! The final image is a stack of the best 1000 frames (through each RGB filter) of 15000 taken with the ZWO ASI290mm Mini. There are certainly better pictures of Mars online, but this is my best image of Mars to date! Thank you for watching, and clear skies! Perserverance = Perseverance 🙂

There is an alien world orbiting the Earth and this video tells you how to explore it from your back yard. The moon is unique as far as space objects go. It is bright and nearby so you can easily explore it using binoculars or a small telescope. You will learn why the Moon is such a good target for observing, what equipment you can use to observe it, what you can see with binoculars or a telescope, and it finishes with how sketching what you see is the best way to learn about it. The Moon is up there most nights, waiting for you to discover its secrets.

The Autumn Equinox of 2020 happens on Tuesday, September 22nd. Learn more about this celestial event, why there are two equinoxes and solstices a year, and get a broad overview of the constellations seen in the night sky during the autumn season (northern hemisphere centric). Chapters: 0:24 - Introduce Autumn Equinox 2020 1:31 - Equinox Meaning - Latin for 'Equal Night' 1:44 - Earth's Orbit around the Sun with Equinoxes and Solstices labeled 2:51 - Path of the Sun in the sky throughout the year 4:04 - Reason we have Seasons 4:52 - The Autumn Equinox in nature 5:43 - Autumn Night Sky Overview 6:02 - Pegasus the Winged Horse Constellation 6:50 - Delphinus the Dolphin Constellation 7:03 - Andromeda the Chained Woman Constellation 8:25 - Triangulum the Triangle Constellation 9:12 - Perseus the Hero Constellation 9:57 - Capricornus the Sea-Goat Constellation 10:22 - Aquarius the Water-bearer Constellation 11:58 - Pisces the Fish Constellation 12:58 - Aries the Ram Constellation 13:30 - Cetus the Sea Monster Constellation 14:16 - Review of the Autumn Equinox Subscribe to Learn the Sky: https://www.youtube.com/c/learnthesky?sub_confirmation=1 Do you speak another language? Help me translate my videos: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_vide... Online Classes Available by Learn the Sky: https://www.learnthesky.com/store Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnthesky Website: https://www.learnthesky.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/learnthesky/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learnthesky/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/learnthesky #learnthesky #keeplookingup🔭 #constellations #stargazing #autumnequinox

Hi Spacecats, I'm Dr Maggie Lieu and welcome to my channel, where you can find all things space, astronomy and physics! Have you ever wondered how astronomers know how far away things are? It turns out the the method they use to determine an astronomical object's distance, depends on what it is! Extra reading: Media credits: Variable star: NASA/ESA/KORNMESSER Universe expansion: Kornmesser/Calcada/NASA/ESA/HUBBLE Redshift: ESO If you enjoyed the video, please consider by liking, sharing and subscribing! I'm also on: twitter: https://twitter.com/space_mog instagram: https://instagram.com/space_mog/ facebook: https://facebook.com/spacemog/

Summer and early fall are great times of year for stargazing—summer offering warm nights and fall bringing into view the farthest object seen from Earth with the naked eye, the Andromeda Galaxy. On Friday, September 18 at 1PM ET, join the Museum’s Director of Astrovisualization Carter Emmart and Museum Astrophysicist Jackie Faherty for a virtual, around-the-world tour of the current night sky. Watch our other live field trips here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrfcruGtplwFbGAatRx-N-ZiOjQ6BXNco #Constellation #StayHome #LearnWithMe #AMNH #Planetarium #Stars Come face-to-face with constellations and discover all you can learn about the universe by just looking up! *** Subscribe to our channel: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=amnhorg Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/user/AMNHorg Facebook: http://fb.com/naturalhistory Twitter: http://twitter.com/amnh Tumblr: http://amnhnyc.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/amnh This video and all media incorporated herein (including text, images, and audio) are the property of the American Museum of Natural History or its licensors, all rights reserved. The Museum has made this video available for your personal, educational use. You may not use this video, or any part of it, for commercial purposes, nor may you reproduce, distribute, publish, prepare derivative works from, or publicly display it without the prior written consent of the Museum. © American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm Join us for our monthly recreational astronomy night meeting. This is where our members get to show their latest projects or give tutorials and tips on just about everything to do with astronomy. All are welcome - members and non members. Chris Vaughan - The Sky This Month Colin Haig, Director of Marketing at Diffraction Limited - Astroimaging: Canadian Connections Arushi Nath - How I travelled around the Universe for 6 years to complete my RASC Explore the Universe Certificate Joel Dick - 30 astronomy book recommendations from my library Music compliments Canadian artist An Ant And An Atom. If You Try, I'll Run Away From You from the album There Is No One. https://anantandanatom.com/

Join Lowell Observatory educators on September 10th at 8:30pm PDT at the Giovale Open Deck Observatory (https://lowell.edu/godo) for a guided, interactive observing session. After showcasing some planned celestial objects through our 14" PlaneWave CDK telescope, we’ll let you choose which objects to see next via YouTube's chat function. It's stargazing, reimagined. *Note: Programming may be canceled due to inclement weather.

Andrea Jones and the Night Sky Network shared tips and info to help folks prepare for the 2020 edition of International Observe the Moon Night. Get ready to #ObserveTheMoon on September 26 this year! International Observe the Moon Night Website & Official Resources: https://moon.nasa.gov/observe Twitter: @NASAMoon https://twitter.com/NASAMoon Facebook: @NASAMoon https://www.facebook.com/NASAMoon Flickr Group: @observethemoon2020 https://www.flickr.com/groups/observethemoon2020/ Use #ObserveTheMoon to tag your posts and find other folks online! Feedback! Sign up at: https://moon.nasa.gov/feedback/ Poster by Tyler Nordgren: https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/400/decorative-poster-for-international-observe-the-moon-night/ Moon Phases and Libration 2020: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4768 NSN's International Moon Night Resources http://bit.ly/nsnmoonnight  NSN Apollo at 50 Lunar Resources:  https://bit.ly/nsnmoon Webinar Page: https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=674 NSN Webinar Series Page: Current & Upcoming Events https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/news-display.cfm?News_ID=707 Night Sky Network https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/ Astronomical Society of the Pacific https://astrosociety.org/ NSN Virtual Event tips page: https://bit.ly/virtualastro Find Virtual Events: https://bit.ly/nsnvirtual

How was the expansion of the universe discovered? What does the Vatican observatory do? Brother Guy Consolmagno the director of the Vatican Observatory joins John Michael Godier on Event Horizon to discuss the Vatican's rare meteorite collection. As well as the type of astronomy they conduct and how the observatory was founded. From MIT to Specola Vaticana: Guy Consolmagno at TEDxViadellaConciliazione: https://youtu.be/kmU2gDbP_Tk Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?: . . . and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory: https://amzn.to/2RdODp8 Want to support the channel? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EventHorizonShow Follow us at other places! Website: https://www.eventhorizonshow.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmgeventhorizon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jmgeventhorizon/ Music featured on Event Horizon https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/ https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/ https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ https://aeriumambient.bandcamp.com/ FOOTAGE: NASA ESA/Hubble ESO - M.Kornmesser ESO - L.Calcada ESO - Jose Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org) NAOJ University of Warwick Goddard Visualization Studio Langley Research Center Pixabay

Learn how to polar align your equatorial mount with this easy astrophotography tutorial! OPT experts walk you through the essential step to capture stunning astro-images , which is polar alignment. Learning this astrophotography skill is important, especially when it comes to longer focal lengths. The five most important things to remember when polar aligning you EQ mount: 1) Make sure your equipment is fully set up. 2) Get rough alignment and set your latitude after finding Polaris. 3) Turn your declination access to 90 degrees and make sure the mount's polar clock is aligned correctly. 4) Use a polar clock app to find out where Polaris should be placed to align with the North Celestial Pole (NCP). 5) Use the azimuth and altitude knobs to make your final adjustments! By following these tips on how to polar align your equatorial mount, you will get rid of star trails in your astrophotos, producing brighter and clearer astronomy photos! Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more how-to videos using your astro gear! Learn how to balance your EQ Mount: https://bit.ly/2QNk8WU Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro: https://bit.ly/32lkVUq QHYCCD PoleMaster: https://bit.ly/2FtLLlo Check out our latest videos: https://optcorp.com/blogs/videos ===== OPT - The Telescope Authority since 1947 Telescope equipment? Astrophotography gear? Professional Astronomy? We help with it all. Check us out at https://www.optcorp.com ===== Follow us on social media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OPTTelescopes/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/optcorp/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OPT_Telescopes Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/clearskiesnetwork LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ocea... Check out our OPT blogs: https://optcorp.com/blogs/astronomy #astrophotography #astrophotographytutorial #polaralignment #polaraligneqmount For any questions please reach out to our team of experts at [email protected] or call us at 800-483-6287.

Sagas in the Sky explores some of the stories behind the stars in the night sky. In this episode, we look at the first part of the story of Andromeda and Perseus.

We're hunting down some end-of-summer double stars today! They can be tricky targets due to changes in telescope view and distances between the pairs of stars. We'll give you some tips on how to observe them and show you where to find them.

As astronomers, one thing we feel like we understand is the shapes of galaxies. But then sometimes something like NGC 474 comes along and crushes those dreams. Luckily we can use the weird mess around NGC 474 as a "whodunnit" to figure out the history of this weird and wonderful galaxy, one that seems to include "galactic cannibalism"... #spaceisweird #weirdisgood #astrophysics Arp (1966) - http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1966ApJS...14....1A Interactive version of Arp (1966) - Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/paper.pdf Cooper et al. (2011) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1111.2864v1.pdf Pop et al. (2018) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.06102.pdf ---- 📚 "Space: 10 Things You Should Know": http://bit.ly/SpaceDrBecky 📚 US & Canada version: "Space at the speed of light" (same book, different title): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/635406/space-at-the-speed-of-light-by-dr-becky-smethurst/ 📚 German translation "Das kleine Buch vom großen Knall" : https://www.dtv.de/buch/becky-smethurst-das-kleine-buch-vom-grossen-knall-28254/ --- 🔭 Royal Astronomical Society podcast that I’m co-hosting 😱 🥳- podfollow.com/supermassive --- 🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video! -- The artwork in the background is a scientifically accurate map showing the orbits of more than 18000 asteroids in the Solar System, created by Eleanor Lutz. Find out more and buy one here: https://eleanorlutz.com/mapping-18000-asteroids --- 📹 Dr. Becky also presents videos on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbolsand Deep Sky Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos --- 👩🏽‍💻 Dr Becky Smethurst is an astrophysicist researching galaxies and supermassive black holes at Christ Church at the University of Oxford. http://drbecky.uk.com https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk

How many stars can you see in the night sky with your naked eye? A million? A Billion? As Carl Sagan liked to say, “Billions and billions?” On this StarTalk explainer video, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice are investigating how many stars you can really see. Neil explains why the number of stars you can see might be drastically lower than you think. Find out why the Moon poses a problem for seeing stars. Neil tells us how a full Moon can wash out a good amount of visible stars. Find out more about “dark time” and “bright time” when using telescopes. We discuss how binoculars can help you see a lot more stars. We dive into the evolutionary history of our eyesight. Also, Neil gives us a way to use your fist to calculate how many stars you can see in the sky. Lastly, discover more about how Andromeda went from being what we thought was a simple nebula to an entire other galaxy. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio Subscribe to StarTalk: https://www.youtube.com/user/startalkradio?sub_confirmation=1 Follow StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalkradio/ About the prints that flank Neil in this video: "Black Swan” & "White Swan" limited edition serigraph prints by Coast Salish artist Jane Kwatleematt Marston. For more information about this artist and her work, visit Inuit Gallery of Vancouver https://inuit.com/. About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson

Cygnus the Swan Constellation, also sometimes called the Northern Cross (as an asterism), is a beautiful star pattern to find in the summer months. It is part of the summer triangle asterism. The bright star Deneb, along with Vega and Altair, are the three stars the make up the summer triangle. If you can identify these stars, you can find Cygnus this way. Cygnus also sits within the Milky Way Galaxy. Be sure to look for this brilliant constellation in the summer sky. 0:33 - Introduction and Overview of Cygnus the Swan 3:00 - Star pattern of Cygnus 4:11 - Practice finding Cygnus 6:51 - More practice finding Cygnus using the Summer Triangle 8:33 - Celestial Objects of Cygnus 11:11 - Review of Cygnus 12:53 - Photo Attributes Subscribe to Learn the Sky: https://www.youtube.com/c/learnthesky?sub_confirmation=1 Do you speak another language? Help me translate my videos: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_vide... Online Classes Available by Learn the Sky: https://www.learnthesky.com/store Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnthesky Website: https://www.learnthesky.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/learnthesky/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learnthesky/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/learnthesky #learnthesky #keeplookingup🔭 #constellations #stargazing