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Tag Archives: Small Magellanic Cloud

Podcast #34: The Equinox Show

Urban Astronomer avatarPosted on 23 Sep, 2018 by Allen Versfeld23 Sep, 2018
Microphone. Image By Jpcuevas (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Welcome to this special Equinox edition of the Urban Astronomer Podcast! This episode I share the microphone with Clem Unger for the first of a quarterly series. Clem has been on the show before, and he’ll be back every equinox and every solstice. In this episode We start with a look at coming attractions in the sky over the next three months. Clem discusses the state of current asteroid missions OSIRIS-Rex and Hayabusa 2 Allen and Clem butt heads over … Continue reading →

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Posted in The Urban Astronomer Podcast | Tagged 47 Tuc, Mars, Mercury, Moon, NASA, Planet, podcast, Small Magellanic Cloud, Venus, What's Up | Leave a reply

The Small Magellanic Cloud and 47 Tuc

Urban Astronomer avatarPosted on 3 Oct, 2015 by Allen Versfeld31 May, 2016
SMC and 47 Tuc

A few nights ago, I captured this image of the Small Magellanic Cloud and the nearby globular cluster 47 Tuc.  It had been a while since I’d last taken the camera outside, and I wanted to grab something relatively simple while the weather was still clear.  So I decided to have another go at capturing a long exposure wide-field image.  Previous images of the Milky Way in Sagittarius, and the region around Crux and Carina, had been disappointing because of … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged 47 Tuc, Astrophotography, dwarf galaxy, Globular Cluster, Small Magellanic Cloud | Leave a reply
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