2019-12-01_Astronomy
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WHEN TO VIEW THE PLANETS EVENING SK Y Venus (southwest) Jupiter (southwest) Saturn (southwest) Uranus (southeast) Neptune (south ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 43 LOCATING ASTEROIDS I Pursue a pebble in a pitcher ASTEROID 15 EUNOMIA SPLASHES across the starry back- drop ...
Chasing a Cowboy Nicolas Silva enjoys the total solar eclipse on July 2 atop a mountain ridge near Cabalgatas Altos de Cochiguaz ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 45 Peruvian nights, Incan sites, and coronal lights were all on full display during my recent adventure throug ...
46 ASTRONOMY • DECEMBER 2019 After my soggy introductions, we set off for our f light from Lima to Cusco, Peru. Upon our arrival ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 47 the Llama, whose two glowing eyes are marked by Alpha and Beta Centauri. This massive dark con- stellation ...
48 ASTRONOMY • DECEMBER 2019 Surprisingly, the town below Machu Picchu was almost as fascinating as the ancient ruins. Although ...
blocking our view from La Serena, most of us opted to travel to our preplanned eclipse-viewing site about 40 miles (65 km) east ...
50 ASTRONOMY • DECEMBER 2019 “Wow! Look at those shadow bands!” many exclaimed. As the Sun’s disk was reduced to an incredibly t ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 51 On July 4, while those in the U.S. were celebrating Independence Day with cookouts and fireworks, we set of ...
Starmus V Starmus opened with an orchestral concert featuring Hans Zimmer, setting the scene for a variety of musical sounds and ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 53 The fifth Starmus Festival, an international celebration of science and music, assembled an all-star cast o ...
54 ASTRONOMY • DECEMBER 2019 Opening awards and music The fifth Starmus Festival took place June 24–29, 2019, in Zurich, Switzer ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 55 Brian Eno receives a Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication from Peter Gabriel (right), with Star ...
56 ASTRONOMY • DECEMBER 2019 Day 1 The normal Starmus routine commenced the next morn- ing with talks, talks, and more talks. At ...
I have to say that sitting beside Aldrin and his wife while watching Apollo 11 was a touching experience, and the whole crowd er ...
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