Artists’ conception of the Kepler-10 system. (Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL/CALTech).
On Monday, scientists unveiled a powerful new technique to quickly validate transiting exoplanets. The method, known as the “Blender,” combines data gathered for both the Kepler and Spitzer Space Telescopes in an effort to identify tiny transiting exo-worlds that would otherwise go unnoticed by ground-based instruments. [Read more...]
Your Chance to see the “Moons”(?) of Venus!
Two degree FOV on January 13th… north is up.
(Created by the Author in Starry Night).
The planet Venus is going through some pretty fancy sky maneuvering this year. Starting off low to the south in dusk skies, it is about to shoot dramatically to high northerly declinations later this spring, and then dip down to a climatic transit of the Sun on June 5th-6th this summer. [Read more...]