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Free Astronomy Magazine – January-February 2017 Issue Available For Reading And Download

Posted on January 8, 2017 11:12 am - Posted by Damian Allis - Leave a Comment

Greetings, fellow astrophiles!

The most recent issue of Free Astronomy Magazine (January-February, 2017) is available for your reading and downloading pleasure at www.astropublishing.com (click the link to go directly to the issue).

Free Astronomy Magazine was featured as the first of a series of articles on great free online content for amateur astronomers (see A Universe Of Free Resources Part 1) and we’ll be keeping track of future publications under the Online Resources category on the CNYO website.

You can find previous Free Astronomy Magazine issues by checking out our Free Astronomy Magazine Category (or look under the Education link in our menu).

For those wanting a quick look at what the issue has to offer, the Table of Contents is reproduced below.

January-February 2017

The web browser-readable version of the issue can be found here:

January/February 2017 – www.astropublishing.com/1FAM2017/

For those who want to jump right to the PDF download (27 MB), Click here: January-February 2017

Posted in: Free Astronomy Magazine - Tagged: 234 odd signals, all sky automated survey for supernovae, alma, asas-sn, asassn-15lh, atacama large millimeter/submillimeter array, centaurus galaxy cluster, eso telescope, gravitational instability, hd 163296, ic 2163, jupiter, ngc 4696, paranal observatory, radio-wave polarization, superluminous supernova, tsunami, very large telescope

“Upstate NY Stargazing In January” Article Posted To newyorkupstate.com And syracuse.com

Posted on January 5, 2017 1:47 pm - Posted by Damian Allis - Leave a Comment

Greetings, fellow astrophiles!

The latest article in the Upstate NY Stargazing series, “Upstate NY Stargazing in January: Quadrantid meteors and Winter’s best early evenings,” has just been posted to newyorkupstate.com and syracuse.com.

Direct Link: newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2017/01/…_winters_best_early_eveni.html

Direct Link: www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2017/01/…_winters_best_early_eveni.html

Anyone clicking on the link will be treated to a remarkable image of the Horsehead and Flame Nebulae, next to the belt-edge star Alnitak in the constellation Orion the Hunter. With the kind reproduction permissions from Andrew Chatman of ASRAS, I’ve included the hi-res version of the image below for your downloading and desktop-background-ing pleasure.

Caption: The Flame and Horsehead Nebulae in the constellation Orion the Hunter. The belt star Alnitak is the brightest star in the image, just above the Flame Nebula. Image by Mike Selby, Andrew Chatman (member of ASRAS-Rochester Astronomy Club) and Stefan Schmidt at SC Observatory, Samphran, Thailand. Downloadable images: 3000×1956 6436×4196.

The Quadrantids turned out to be a wash for CNY, but we’ve had a few crystal clear nights near the New Moon for planetary and other observing. With, perhaps, a last major focus on Orion this year, a How-To seeking guide for nearby constellations using Orion was included in the article (reproduced below with caption).

Caption: Orion can guide you around its neighborhood. Red = belt stars to Sirius and Canis Major; Orange = Rigel and belt center to Gemini; Yellow = Bellatrix and Betelgeuse to Canis Minor; Green = Belt stars to Aldebaran and Taurus; Blue = Saiph and Orion’s head to Capella in Auriga. Click for a larger view.