Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. We hope you will come here to learn what is hot and exciting, profound or even weird from worlds beyond ours . So that's the introduction out of the way, now on with the Universe!
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![Could HIP 13044 b be the strangest exoplanet yet found? We are getting used to the discoveries of bizarre exoplanets but newly-discovered world HIP 13044 b not only survived the […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/image-of-HIP-13044-b-115x115.jpg "ESO finds weird doomed planet from another galaxy")
ESO finds weird doomed planet from another galaxy
Posted on November 19, 2010 | 1 CommentCould HIP 13044 b be the strangest exoplanet yet found? We are getting used to the discoveries of bizarre exoplanets but newly-discovered world HIP 13044 b not only survived the […] -
![Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have been looking ten thousand years into the future of the vast globular cluster Omega Centauri. Nearly 16 000 light years from Earth, Omega […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/image-of-omega-centauri-sta-115x115.jpg "Hubble Space Telescope sees into the future")
Hubble Space Telescope sees into the future
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsUsing the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have been looking ten thousand years into the future of the vast globular cluster Omega Centauri. Nearly 16 000 light years from Earth, Omega […] -
![Gorgeous! Spectacular! Awesome! What else can I say about this stunning Turneresque image of the Lagoon Nebula (M8)? A typical stellar nursery, M8 lies about 4300 light years (1320 parsecs) […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/image-of-Lagoon-nebula-115x115.jpg "Hubble images the spectacular Lagoon Nebula")
Hubble images the spectacular Lagoon Nebula
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 1 CommentGorgeous! Spectacular! Awesome! What else can I say about this stunning Turneresque image of the Lagoon Nebula (M8)? A typical stellar nursery, M8 lies about 4300 light years (1320 parsecs) […] -
![What is light? Here’s an easy introduction to the electromagnetic spectrum all the way from radio waves to gamma rays. Before the modern era of technological astronomy, to know anything […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/diagram-of-electromagnetic-spectrum-115x115.jpg "What is light?")
What is light?
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 4 CommentsWhat is light? Here’s an easy introduction to the electromagnetic spectrum all the way from radio waves to gamma rays. Before the modern era of technological astronomy, to know anything […] -
![It is difficult to look at this Hubble Space Telescope image of the nebula NGC 2467 without thinking about what it would be like to fly through it. It is […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/image-of-nebula-NGC-2467-115x115.jpg "What would you see flying through a nebula?")
What would you see flying through a nebula?
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 2 CommentsIt is difficult to look at this Hubble Space Telescope image of the nebula NGC 2467 without thinking about what it would be like to fly through it. It is […] -
![Imagine that once the Sun sets, rather than a dark sky sprinkled with a few thousand dim stars, we had a sky blazing with ten thousand or so stars blazing […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Image-of-the-NGC-3603-Young-Cluster-115x115.jpg "Hubble shows us a spectacular star cluster")
Hubble shows us a spectacular star cluster
Posted on October 1, 2010 | No CommentsImagine that once the Sun sets, rather than a dark sky sprinkled with a few thousand dim stars, we had a sky blazing with ten thousand or so stars blazing […] -
![Here’s how rainbows are made. Some 13.7 billion years ago, a mere millionth of a second after the Big Bang, the first hydrogen and helium nuclei condensed out of a […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/image-of-a-rainbow-115x115.jpg "Following a rainbow back to the Big Bang")
Following a rainbow back to the Big Bang
Posted on September 27, 2010 | No CommentsHere’s how rainbows are made. Some 13.7 billion years ago, a mere millionth of a second after the Big Bang, the first hydrogen and helium nuclei condensed out of a […] -
![That amazing instrument, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), has just celebrated its twentieth anniversary since it was placed in orbit. Since then, (after a rocky start, remember that dodgy mirror?) […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Image-of-the-mystic-mountain-115x115.jpg "Hubble’s view of the Mystic Mountain")
Hubble’s view of the Mystic Mountain
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 1 CommentThat amazing instrument, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), has just celebrated its twentieth anniversary since it was placed in orbit. Since then, (after a rocky start, remember that dodgy mirror?) […] -
![At first glance Gliese 710 is not a very distinguished star. A K7 class orange dwarf a bit more than half as massive as the Sun, it currently lies about […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/When_Worlds_Collide_Book_Cover-115x115.jpg "Will a rogue star cause chaos in the Solar System?")
Will a rogue star cause chaos in the Solar System?
Posted on September 22, 2010 | No CommentsAt first glance Gliese 710 is not a very distinguished star. A K7 class orange dwarf a bit more than half as massive as the Sun, it currently lies about […] -
![Around this time of year, go outside after 9pm on a clear night and look at the sky. Even if it is not quite dark a bright star will be […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Summer_Triangle-115x115.jpg "Altair, Deneb and Vega: three easy to spot stars")
Altair, Deneb and Vega: three easy to spot stars
Posted on September 22, 2010 | 2 CommentsAround this time of year, go outside after 9pm on a clear night and look at the sky. Even if it is not quite dark a bright star will be […]