What's Up the Observatory of Eilat and the Arava

29/12/2023

05/12/2023

עברית אחרי האנגלית
Next Wednesday night December, 13, we will be camping out until Thursday morning to observe the best meteor shower of the year, the Geminid meteor shower.
We will be gathering others will be bringing telescopes to see the high winter sky.
The peak of the Meteor shower, up to 120 meteors an hour will be at 2:00 in the morning with best observation from midnight until sunrise.
Bring blankets, chairs, beverages and food. Being wood for a small fire to keep coffee and soup hot.
Fun for the whole family.

ביום רביעי הבא בלילה, 13 בדצמבר, נצא לקמפינג עד יום חמישי בבוקר כדי לצפות במטר המטאורים הטוב ביותר של השנה, מטר המטאורים הג'מינידים.
אנו נאסוף אחרים יביאו טלסקופים לראות את שמי החורף הגבוהים.
שיא מטר המטאורים, עד 120 מטאורים בשעה יהיה בשעה 2:00 לפנות בוקר עם תצפית מיטבית מחצות ועד הזריחה.
הביאו שמיכות, כיסאות, משקאות ואוכל. להיות עצים למדורה קטנה כדי לשמור על קפה ומרק חמים.
כיף לכל המשפחה.

08/08/2023

The Moon rises around 11 or midnight Monday night with Jupiter following just below it. Seeing any early Perseid meteors yet? A few Perseids trickle in starting in late July, then they build for a couple of days toward their peak, August 12-13. The sky then will be moonless for perfect meteor-watching conditions. The weak, long-lasting Delta Aquariid shower is still somewhat active throughout this period. For both showers, the later in the night the more abundant the meteors.
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20/04/2023

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25/03/2023

Place your bets. we may have a great comet within the next year or 3

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29/01/2023

Meteor impacts are an inevitable part of being a rocky planet in space. The craters they leave behind are a window into the tumultuous history of Earth.

24/01/2023

it would take us 75,000 years to reach Proxima Centauri b

The closest exoplanet to Earth is only 4.2 light-years away. It's an Earth-sized world in the habitable zone of its small star, meaning liquid water *could* exist on the surface. Now, a possible second planet, Proxima Centauri c, is awaiting confirmation!

Even the closest known exoplanet is very far from Earth. If we traveled as fast as NASA's Voyager spacecraft, 38,000 mph/61,000 kph, it would take us 75,000 years to reach Proxima Centauri b. https://go.nasa.gov/3j14Srg

21/01/2023

The two planets will be close enough in the sky to both be seen through a telescope.

18/01/2023

We'll be looking for it.

What is the green comet? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice talk about the Oort Cloud comet passing by Earth for the first time since The Stone Age....

11/01/2023

Earth is spinning at 1 Revolution Per Day at the equator at a speed of about 1500KPH. Of course nothing close to that at the pole but still 1RPD

09/01/2023

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07/01/2023

Really cool history

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06/01/2023

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26/12/2022

We're going to be looking for it from the end of January through February.

The comet, which will not return for another 50,000 years, should be visible with the naked eye in February.