Send us a text In this episode of The AstroGuy Podcast, Wayne explores what’s happening in the night sky this November. The evening skies are filled with bright planets — Jupiter shines brilliantly all month, Saturn’s rings appear nearly edge-on, and Uranus reaches opposition on November 21st, making this the best time of the year to view the distant ice giant. Neptune remains faint in Pisces, while Mercury, Mars, and Venus make brief appearances near sunrise and sunset. Comet Lemmon (...
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Send us a text In this episode of The AstroGuy Podcast, Wayne explores what’s happening in the night sky this November. The evening skies are filled with bright planets — Jupiter shines brilliantly all month, Saturn’s rings appear nearly edge-on, and Uranus reaches opposition on November 21st, making this the best time of the year to view the distant ice giant. Neptune remains faint in Pisces, while Mercury, Mars, and Venus make brief appearances near sunrise and sunset. Comet Lemmon (...
The Great Astronomers: Henrietta Swan Leavitt, the woman who measured the universe
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22 minutes
3 months ago
The Great Astronomers: Henrietta Swan Leavitt, the woman who measured the universe
Send us a text In this installment of the Great Astronomers Series, we dive into the life and legacy of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, one of astronomy’s most quietly revolutionary figures. From painstakingly measuring the brightness of stars on photographic plates to uncovering the relationship that would become the foundation for modern cosmology, Leavitt’s work changed our understanding of the universe. Learn how her discovery of the period-luminosity relationship in Cepheid variable stars enable...
The AstroGuy Podcast
Send us a text In this episode of The AstroGuy Podcast, Wayne explores what’s happening in the night sky this November. The evening skies are filled with bright planets — Jupiter shines brilliantly all month, Saturn’s rings appear nearly edge-on, and Uranus reaches opposition on November 21st, making this the best time of the year to view the distant ice giant. Neptune remains faint in Pisces, while Mercury, Mars, and Venus make brief appearances near sunrise and sunset. Comet Lemmon (...
