A place to stand
Of all the sights visible in the nighttime sky, none is more awe-inspiring than the view of the Milky Way galaxy.
Oct 23 2011 | Posted in Tom Burns | Read More »
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Star birth, star death
The night sky reminds us that we inhabit but a small portion of space and time, a tiny fragment of our vast galaxy, a brief moment in an even vaster universe. Humans live a century or so. Stars last 100-million centuries. They are born in huge clouds of hydrogen gas and dust called emission nebulae.
Aug 21 2011 | Posted in Tom Burns | Read More »
Fredrich Bessel measures the universe
The experienced stargazer will recognize the star numbered “61” in the constellation Cygnus, the Swan, almost immediately. The beginner seems to have absolutely no reason at all to seek it out. This relatively faint point of light is, after all, not one of the constellations on the imaginary lines that identify the Swan’s shape. Why bother?
Jun 26 2011 | Posted in Tom Burns | Read More »