Astronomy

Vernal equinox (spring equinox) for this year will occur on 20 March, 05.48 UTC. The moment marks the first day of spring season in Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in Southern Hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, the vernal equinox corresponds to the center of the Sun crossing the celestial equator moving southward. It is also the points [...]

According to NASA’s Eclipse Home Page, there is two eclipses happened during this month. The first is Annular Solar Eclipses that took place on February 7, 2008, and the second one is Total Lunar Eclipse on February 21. The first eclipse will be visible from a wide track, which traverses Antarctica and southern regions [...]

Winter Solstice for this year will occur on December 22, 2007 at 6:08 AM UT (Universal Time), when the sun shines directly over the tropic of Capricorn. This event marks beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and summer in the Southern Hemisphere. At winter solstice, the sun appears at its lowest point in the sky, [...]

Mars will come into its Opposition on December 24, 2007. Six days earlier, on December 18, 2007, the planet will have come to its closest distance to Earth during this apparation: 88.42 million km (55 million miles or 0.58935 AU). This is not very close, as Mars will be quite close to its aphelion at [...]

The sun will reach point of Autumnal Equinox (fall equinox) at September 23, 2007, 09.51 UT. At the autumnal equinox, the sun appears to cross the celestial equator, from north to south. This event marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere. In the language of science, an equinox [...]

After August 28th moon eclipse, we’re now facing next eclipse: Partial solar eclipse, which takes place on September 11 2007. As the last eclipse at 2007, this eclipse can be seen on parts of South America, Antarctica and the South Atlantic. This event is the sixth partial eclipse of Saros series 154. After one more partial [...]

An interesting astronomy event on this month is total lunar eclipse, that will takes place on August 28, 2007. According to NASA Eclipse Home Page, the penumbral phase begins at about 07:54 UT, but most observers will not be able to visually detect the shadow until about 08:30 UT. A timetable for the major phases [...]

Summer Solstice for this year will occur on June 21st, 18:06 UT (GMT). This event marked season change from spring to summer in northern hemisphere and autumn to winter in southern hemisphere. Solstice, from the Latin for sun stands still, in astronomy, either of the two points on the ecliptic that lie midway between the equinoxes [...]