Friday, July 30th, 2010

AstroEvent of the Week:29th-September 5th, 2008: Spot Neptune!

Now, to spot a planet that was first located mathimatically.

Neptune and Triton as imaged by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. (Credit: NASA/JPL).  
Now that the Moon is out of the sky this week, it’s a good time to add the outer most gas giant to your “been there, done that” list! First spotted in 1846 by [...]