Two new versions in just a few days: I’m talking about the popular software named Stellarium , which lets you explore the heavens, taking advantage of a large database that includes more than 600,000 stars (with extra catalogs of more than 120 million items!), with the […]
Category: astronomy
The observation of the Perseids
Today even the homepage of Google presents a very special image, because this is the proper time to observe the Perseids meteor shower. Indeed, though the period in which you can see them in the night sky extends from late July to about August […]
Our Galaxy, in the infrared
One of my preferred sources for stunning astronomical images is surely APOD (Astronomical Picture of the Day). It certainly does a good job in making you aware of the fact that almost every day there is something interesting from the world of astronomy – […]
