Yes, I know this is all over Facebook. But if you haven’t seen it yet, you owe yourself 5 minutes. Sí, sé que esto está en todas partes en Facebook. Pero si usted no ha visto todavía, te debes a ti mismo 5 minutos. Ja, ich weiß, das ist überall auf Facebook. Aber wenn Sie es nicht gesehen haben noch schulden Sie sich 5 Minuten.
Partial Lunar eclipses are quite common. Photos like this aren’t. It was taken by Ana Garcia of AstroLaPalma.com, who offer observations (tours or private), telescope rental, the “Los Indianos” tour in Santa Cruz de La Palma and tailored astronomy travel packages.
The European Space Agency have released this lovely video of the Horsehead Nebula in visible and infrared wavelengths. The Horsehead Nebula is in Orion’s Belt. It’s an area of dust and gas in space where stars are being born.
This guide book is now on sale from the Dragon Tree Publishing website, or from the following shops: Santa Cruz de La Palma Libreria Trasera La Molina Artesania Best of La Palma Papiro Libros Casa Fideo San Pedro Museo del Puro Libreria la Estrella Los Cancajos Artesania Las Nieves Bazar Costa Souvenir (beside Costa Salinas) Mazo El Molino Casa Roja/Belmaco Los Llanos Maria Luisa (Just below the church) Tijarafe El…
The Spanish version of my guide to the observatory, “Una espectacular ventana al universo: guía del observatorio astrofisico del Roque de los Muchachos” has arrived. You can buy it from this page and bookshops and tourist shops on the island. “Una espectacular ventana al universo: guía del observatorio astrofisico del Roque de los Muchachos” por Sheila M Crosby ha llegado y está a la venta desde esta página y algunos…
The astronomical viewpoint at Fuencaliente has three (modern) standing stones, where the shadow of the setting sun points to another stone at (respectively) the summer solstice, both equinoxes, and the winter solstice. Tomorrow night (Wednesday) there will be a free activity run by Cielos La Palma at the viewpoint, starting at 6:30 pm to watch the sunset, followed by astronomical observations including another chance to see comet PanSTARRS through…