NAES Astronomy Club!

Next Viewing Night

TONIGHT! March 5th
7pm-?
@NAES-Park in front, walk around back!

Tonight we will be looking at Saturn,Mars, the Orion Nebula and looking at Dark Sky Awareness!

   



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  • GLOBE at Night 2010 is NOW! 3 - 16 March from globeatnight.org: GLOBE at Night is an annual 2-week campaign in March. People all over the world record the brightness of their night sky by matching its appearance ...
    Posted Mar 5, 2010 8:19 AM by Jason Bilotta
  • Families Enjoy Night Sky at Galilean Nights 5 year old Destiny looks on at Jupiter through a large telescope. Neil Armstrong Elementary School, Port Charlotte FL, Oct 23rd About 70 Families were treated to a host of ...
    Posted Oct 29, 2009 12:32 PM by Jason Bilotta
  • Viewing Night This Friday Night! We will be hosting a viewing night this Friday, October 30th.  It will be a small telescope and naked eye observing night, with Jason showing us more constellations, and we ...
    Posted Oct 28, 2009 6:07 PM by Jason Bilotta
  • First Meeting October 16th! NAE Astros will be having the first club meeting at the school at 7:25am, followed by a viewing at the school that night from 7:15pm until everyone leaves ...
    Posted Oct 8, 2009 11:59 AM by Jason Bilotta
  • Galilean Nights! Join us as we celebrate the 400th anniversary of Italian Astronomer Galileo's discoveries as we turn our telescopes up to Jupiter! Galilean Nights will be a great time to ...
    Posted Oct 28, 2009 8:02 PM by Jason Bilotta
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In the Sky


The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated south[b] of Orion's Belt. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 ± 20 light years[2][5] and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. Older texts frequently referred to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula.
courtesy Oberlin College


The Pleiades nebula is a reflection nebula -- it glows with light scattered from nearby stars. In this case the stars are actually embedded within the nebula. The scattered light is blue for the same reason the sky is blue: blue light is scattered more than red light. The Japanese name for Pleiades is "Subaru" -- the car manufacturer took its name from this cluster of stars.

courtesy Oberlin College