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Tag Archives: The Moon

Lessons learned trying to live-stream an eclipse

Urban Astronomer avatarPosted on 22 Dec, 2016 by Allen Versfeld22 Dec, 2016
Great African Eclipse os 1 September 2016. Credit: Allen Versfeld

Some months back, the Astronomical Society of South Africa (ASSA) decided use the upcoming partial annular solar eclipse to promote astronomy in South Africa, and perhaps drum up a few new members for ASSA. Now ASSA has decades of experience with public outreach, but they wanted to try something new: video.  My brief, as a committee volunteer, was to help them to live-stream an eclipse.  Overall, we felt we’d succeeded in the end, but there were definitely some lessons worth learning. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, News and Updates | Tagged ASSA, Solar Eclipse, Sun, The Moon | Leave a reply

Will the Blood Moon harm my unborn baby?

Urban Astronomer avatarPosted on 9 Oct, 2014 by Allen Versfeld3 Sep, 2019
Lunar eclipse, also known as a "Blood Moon"

Dear Urban Astronomer I am pregnant, and am worried that all these Blood Moons could harm my baby. I have asked around in my community, but everybody has their own scary story about what will happen to my baby if I go outdoors during the blood moon. Please let me know what precautions I must take. Yours, Hypothetical Reader   The blood moon will not hurt your baby Okay so nobody actually mailed this question to me.  But at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Astronomy 101, Bad Science, UFO's and Modern Myths, Questions and Answers | Tagged Lunar Eclipse, Mythology, Q&A, The Moon | 8 Replies

Using the Moon as a telescope

Urban Astronomer avatarPosted on 11 Jun, 2011 by Allen Versfeld30 Dec, 2020
The Moon

Scientists from the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand have published a novel method to improve the resolution of our view of the universe:  analyse diffraction lines created by the light of a distant object passing the edge of the Moon during a lunar occultation. The problem they’re trying to solve is one of angular resolution:  There’s a limit to how small an object we can see at any particular distance.  A healthy human eye can resolve down to slightly … Continue reading →

Posted in News and Updates | Tagged Equipment, The Moon | Leave a reply
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