A Wolf-Rayet star is a rare prelude to the famous final act of a massive star: the supernova. As one of its first observations in 2022, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope captured the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 in unprecedented detail. A distinctive halo of gas and dust frames the star and glows in the …
Webb captures rarely seen prelude to a supernova Read More »
This was a first attempt at a prime focus image (camera directly connected to his telescope) of the Orion Nebula M42 by Hermanus Astronomy member Deon Krige. Here is his fact sheet and comments: “Setup ; Meade telescope LX50 10” F10 Schmidt Cassegrain. Original no Go-To mount. Camera Canon 760D with Focal Reducer 6.3 Prime …
M42 Orion Nebula Prime Focus Image by Deon Krige Read More »
In 2016, the Hermanus Astronomy Centre in partnership with the Overstrand Municipality, many local schools, businesses and National organizations, designed and constructed a true scale model of our Solar System along the Cliff Path between the Old Harbour and Grotto Beach. It is considered a true scale model as the scale applied for the sizes …
Fun in the Sun with the Solar System Model along the Cliff Path Read More »
Compass Image of Bedin 1 in NGC 6752. Credit: NASA, ESA, and L. Bedin (Astronomical Observatory of Padua, Italy) January 31, 2019, ESA/Hubble Information Centre Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study some of the oldest and faintest stars in the globular cluster NGC 6752 have made an unexpected finding. They discovered a dwarf …
Hubble fortuitously discovers a new galaxy in the cosmic neighbourhood Read More »
A view of Eta Carinae by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 2000. (R) What the star could look like in 2032, when it overshadows its nebula. January 30, 2019 by Jeff Heinrich, University of Montreal For over a century and a half, Eta Carinae has been one of the most luminous – and most enigmatic …
