May 2009 News & Notes.
May 1, 2009 by David Dickinson
Filed under Astro News, Astro News & Commentary
Vanth & Orcus. (Artists’ Impression).
And the Winner is: It’s official; after much debating and furious blog commenting, the newly discovered moon of the Plutoid Orcus (remember, the anti-Pluto?) is… drum roll… Vanth! Loyal followers of this space and Astronomy Picture of the Day will remember a few weeks ago, when astronomer Mike Brown put out [...]
April 2009 News & Notes.
April 1, 2009 by David Dickinson
Filed under Astro News, Astro News & Commentary
Kepler’s Launch as seen from Jetty Pier. (Credit: JoanneW./Flickr).
The Successful Launch of Kepler: The Kepler space telescope launched successfully last month on March 6th, during a spectacular night launch. Sporting one of the biggest CCD imagers ever to leave Earth, Kepler is bound for an Earth-trailing, heliospheric orbit. Kepler will spend several months staring at [...]
