Brightness Variations of Sun-like Stars
An extensive study made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope
deepens a long-standing mystery in the study of stars similar
to the Sun. Unusual year-long variations in the brightness of
about one third of all Sun-like stars during the latter stages
of their lives still remain unexplained. Over the past few
decades, astronomers have offered many possible explanations,
but the new, painstaking observations contradict them all and
only deepen the mystery. The search for a suitable
interpretation is on.
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Galaxies get together on the sly
Astronomers have captured images of our nearest large galaxy,
Andromeda, hooking up with its neighbour, the Triangulum
Galaxy.
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Chemical of life found in a comet
NASA scientist discover glycine, a fundamental building block
of life, in samples of comet Wild 2 returned by NASA's
Stardust spacecraft.
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Unveiling the true face of a "superstar"
Sharpest-ever views of the star
Betelgeuse show it blowing a huge wind into space.
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Five-galaxy pile up in
space!
A new and beautiful image gives a new look at
Stephan's Quintet which is a compact group of galaxies
discovered about 130 years ago and located about 280 million
light years from Earth.
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21st - 22nd August 2009 - HBAG held its
thirdl gathering under the stars in conjunction with the
Fraser Coast USQ Science Week. There was a great public
turn out for the even featuring a lecture at the University
and telescopes viewing on Friday and Saturday night plus solar
viewing during the day.
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27th
June 2009 - HBAG held its second official gathering under the stars at
our friendly Urraween observing site. With new members
joining the group along with their families we had several telescopes
on site and the skies were superb! With 12 attendees we all
enjoyed great easy polar
alignment and optical performance tips from our Rockhampton
guest Vince Legge "Vinnie" as
we explored the magical objects across the central Milky Way
region plus an early setting Moon, the edge on rings and moons
of Saturn and Jupiter rising in the east.
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12th
June 2009 - HBAG held its first gathering under the stars at
Urraween. With an array of telescopes from 4-inch to 12-inches
aperture, the skies cleared beautifully as we all took in views of
galaxies, star clusters, Saturn and the Moon.
10th June 2009 - Probe to
crash in to Moon
This might be an observing and video imaging opportunity for group
members
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30th May 2009 - This website established
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