Experience shows that the camera brings a significant help as we will discover. When selecting and reviewing observations, the following three points must be taken into account: Atmospheric circumstances: observations…
Astronomy
Visual Observation of Meteors
Astronomers have been disinterested in the study of meteors for centuries, likening them to an atmospheric phenomenon similar to lightning. It was only at the end of the 18th century…
From Dust to Meteorite
Meteors and meteorites are two nouns which in fact define the same interplanetary object, with the difference that the second reaches the ground, as we explained in the page dedicated…
As well as we have explained, scientists are studying meteorites for information on the events that occurred during the birth and the primordial evolution of the solar system. The theory…
As we said in the introduction, you have to prepare your observation before looking at the sky. At first it is not easy to recognize the stars and find the…
During the night you will not only see stars in the sky but many other objects: The Moon: every month, for about 25 days, the Moon is visible in the…
The Fall of Meteorites
In the past it has happened that some meteorites are so big and so heavy that they violently hit the Earth forming huge craters several kilometers in diameter! In fact…