🇬🇧 – 🇮🇹 In 1730 born the French astronomer Charles Messier, whom we amateur astronomers know very well for the catalog of celestial objects that we like to chase after in the homonymous Messier marathons! Il 26 GIUGNO 1730 nasce l’astronomo francese Charles Messier che noi astrofili conosciamo molto bene per il catalogo di oggetti celesti…
June – Giugno 25
🇬🇧 – 🇮🇹 Astronomers, galaxies and astronautics… Read the Astronomy Bulletin of toDay! Entra e leggi il bollettino per gli astronaviganti, oggi leggeremo su astronomi, Andromeda ed il papà dell’astronautica…. Clicca ed entra!
June – Giugno 24
🇬🇧 – 🇮🇹 Astronomers, comets, first known sighting of a UFO… Read the Astronomy Bulletin of toDay! Entra e leggi il bollettino per gli astronaviganti, oggi leggeremo su astronomi, primo avvistamento UFO, comete…. Clicca ed entra!
June – Giugno 23
🇬🇧 – 🇮🇹 Astronomers, historic first flights, water on Mars, discoveries, fly-by of Mercury… Read the Astronomy Bulletin of toDay! Entra e leggi il bollettino per gli astronaviganti, oggi leggeremo su astronomi, sorvoli, primi voli storici, scoperte, pianeti extrasolari…. Clicca ed entra!
June – Giugno 22
🇬🇧 – 🇮🇹 In 1633, after a complicated procedure, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was found guilty, while three cardinals out of ten, as many were the judges, refused to sign the sentence. Therefore today, in the Dominican convent of Santa Maria sopra la Minerva, Galilei was forced to renounce his convictions. Nel 1633 dopo una procedura…
June – Giugno 21
🇬🇧 – 🇮🇹 Tuesday 21 June at 14:58 CEST: the Summer Solstice occurs which marks the beginning of the astronomical Summer (the meteorological one began on 1 June). Due to the inclination of the Earth’s axis of rotation of 23° 27′ with respect to the normal to the plane of the Earth’s orbit around the…
June – Giugno 20
🇬🇧 – 🇮🇹 In 1764 the astronomer Charles Messier discovered the following open clusters: M23, M24, M25 and M26 (click on the abbreviations for details) Nel 1764 l’astronomo Charles Messier scopre i seguenti ammassi aperti: M23, M24, M25 e M26 (clicca sulle sigle per le schede) In 1990, the asteroid 5261 Eureka was discovered from the Monte Palomar Observatory. ° with…
June – Giugno 19
🇬🇧 – 🇮🇹 In 1668 there was a discovery of chondrites weighing 227 kg in Vago (VR). Chondrites are the most common among meteorites, they are rocky and contain chondrules, i.e. spherules of minerals containing ferrous metals. It was Count Lodovico Moscardo who reported the exact weight of the 3 fragments into which the 1668…
June – Giugno 18
🇬🇧 – 🇮🇹 Astronomers, moons, rockets, probes, astronauts… Read the Astronomy Bulletin of toDay! Entra e leggi il bollettino per gli astronaviganti, oggi leggeremo su astronomi, lune, razzi, sonde…. Clicca ed entra!
June – Giugno 17
🇬🇧 – 🇮🇹 Galaxies, nebulae, airship, famous telescopes… Read the Astronomy Bulletin of toDay! Entra e leggi il bollettino per gli astronaviganti, viaggiamo attraverso galassie, nebulose e notizie curiose…. Clicca ed entra!
