Archive for the ‘Astronomy’ Category

Cool Night Tonight; Even Cooler Picture!

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Shuttle & Hubble 5-16

On this chilly May night (read more in my entry below), I thought I’d share this picture from Discover Magazine’s website. Photographer Thierry Legault took this picture through his telescope of the space shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble telescope silhouetted against the sun. This was last Thursday when Atlantis was approaching Hubble to begin servicing the famous satellite/telescope. Some of you may have seen a similar picture back in 2006 of the shuttle and ISS silhouetted against the sun taken by the same photographer.

You can read the entire article by CLICKING HERE.

Denver “Meteor Shower” on Tape

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

From the Fox affiliate in Denver:

Descriptions range from an “unreal bright light” to a “spectacular fireworks display.” Those are just a few of the comments from people who witnessed a light show in the skies over Colorado early Thursday, a light show that the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Northern Command — better known as NORAD and NORTHCOM says was a Russian Rocket.

Watch the great video here.