Abergavenny Astronomy Society

15/01/2025

AbergavennyAS.org.uk has posted a new item, 'First Meeting of 2025 is on Monday 27th January'

Usual venue, upstairs in the Hen & Chickens, Flannel St. starting at 7:30pm.
The topic for the evening is
Gravitational Waves
We will cover:-A bit of the history of Observing, A bit of GW History, A bit of theory, Recent Developments and The future

Everyone welcome, members, strangers, indeed anyone with an interest in our Universe.No knowledge necessary, just a curious mind. Come along with questions, theories or to just listen.

First Meeting of 2025 is on Monday 27th January January 13, 2025 KevinLeave a comment First Meeting of 2025 is on Monday 27th January Usual venue, upstairs in the Hen & Chickens, Flannel St. starting at 7:30pm. The topic for the evening is Gravitational Waves We will cover:-A bit of the history of O...

02/01/2025

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01/01/2025

Happy New Year from AAS🎉

30/12/2024

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c140exemgk7o

Astronomers are poised to see a star system about 3,000 light years away explode into brightness.

27/12/2024

Congratulations Martin 👏👏👏 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EcNcb9AfZ/?

27/12/2024

https://apple.news/Az_lg6ZaaSsi9Jx8ecSvz7A

Parker solar spacecraft successfully completes closest flyby of any human-made object

24/12/2024

https://apple.news/ACipxGUreQ8enGbYonWqftw

The probe - launched in 2018 to help scientists better understand the outer layer of the sun - will race past the sun at 435,000mph as it goes within the corona today.

22/12/2024

https://apple.news/AATGyiNABSLGA7Wo-Ul2KQQ

On Christmas Eve, NASA's fastest-moving probe will come closer than ever to the surface of the sun.

22/12/2024

https://apple.news/Aa19eQ1MPRLC8Q7uBCwrKdw

December 22, 2024 There's a supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy, and astronomers have spotted a pair of stars orbiting one another very close-by. The black hole is known as Sagittarius A*, and is located right at the core of the Milky Way. Astronomers know there are supermassive blac...

22/12/2024

https://apple.news/ALHu6n6TTTIqyKvpuKRBXVw

16/12/2024

https://apple.news/Asc4zPHK6Q8OtflL82Gcceg

December 14, 2024 "It looks like a mouldy pizza! The colours of Io, caused by sulphur dioxide at various temperatures, range from black to orange to yellow to blue." When we spoke to NASA planetary scientist and Voyager mission imager Linda Morabito back in 2017, we got an amazing insight into how s...

16/12/2024

https://apple.news/At_LCQbDcQT-7ELHKbWsDDg

It is a bit cloudy but you may be able to catch a glimpse - I just did👍

December’s full moon, known as the “cold moon,” is on a rare 18.6 year cycle and will be visible Sunday. Here’s how to see it and what to know about the moon.

13/12/2024

On the off chance there’s a clear sky🤣 look out for

Start 2024 with the first major meteor shower of the year. December 13, 2024 The Quadrantid meteor shower heralds the start of 2025's meteor activity. It's active from 28 December to 12 January, with low activity over most of this period. The Quadrantid shower swings into high activity over a period...

13/12/2024

https://apple.news/AxLFKWyAtSrOPyUW0bhlPCg

For two decades now, the iconic twin Voyager spacecraft have been quietly overturning everything we thought we knew about the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space Space & Physics For all of humanity’s millennia of staring at the stars and decades of launching probes to explore ...

13/12/2024

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December 12, 2024 A jet that's shooting out from black hole at nearly the speed of light is smashing into a mysterious object that astronomers can't identify. The supermassive black hole is at the centre of galaxy Centaurus A, and astronomers have noticed a strange V-shape feature caused by the jet....

13/12/2024

https://apple.news/AehTJ4ovaR5mLGF5xdC2mgQ

December 7, 2024 The Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their closest ever look at a well-known quasar, the bright centre of a galaxy generated by a supermassive black hole consuming cosmic material. The quasar is known as 3C 273 and is blasting out an enormous jet of material into space a...