Steve’s Virtual Planet

Globe at Night Update #1

I’ve been accumulating GaN data for the past week or so. I have been relaying on the more qualitative technique published by the GaN web site. This uses the belt of Orion and the remaining stars of the constellation as magnitude indicators. I now have some data from around the Atlanta area, both at home in Chamblee and also at Fernbank Science Center.

Clouds and weather have impacted at least 5 days and the seeing has been fair to poor most nights. But I still get mag 3 or 4 in the city area. More to come in the coming week. I plan to do another round in the second half of March.

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Galileo’s Universe Part 2 - Planetarium Program at Fernbank

“Galileo’s Universe - The Birth of the Modern World” will premier at Fernbank Science Center this Fall.

“Galileo pondered the features of the moon, the phases of Venus, the moons of Jupiter, and much more. We will take an in-depth look at Galileo’s observations and accomplishments. How did Galileo’s work complement and further the work of Copenicus, Kepler, Brahe, and Newton?”

This planetarium program will be of the to commemoration of the International Year of Astronomy at Fernbank. The currently planed dates are from November 5th to November 21st.

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Galileo’s Universe - Presentation at Agnes Scott College

Steve will again present his talk entitled “Galileo’s Universe” at Agnes Scott College as part of the Open House Lecture Series. The talk will be held at the Agnes Scott Observatory at 8:00 PM on Friday, November 13, 2009.

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Galileo’s Universe, presentation at AAC

Steve will present a presentation entitled “Galileo’s Universe” at the March meeting of the Atlanta Astronomy Club

“It follows the early development of The Scientific Revolution where the old ideas of the universe were turned upside down and made irrelevant, thus giving birth to the field of modern astronomy. “Galileo’s Universe” will be a chronology of the lives and science of 5 very famous people who, in their time, contributed to monumental leaps forward in human understanding and thus brought about what could truly be called a revolution.”

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Welcome to Steve’s Virtual Planet

Virtual Planet is my clearing house of links, posts and pages related to astronomy. This site contains information and links related to astronomy for the true amateur and the hobbiest.

Watch this space for additional material that will be posted under different categories and project headings.

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