southern hemisphere

The Apus Constellation

Welcome back to Constellation Friday! Today, we will be dealing with the beautiful bird-of-paradise itself, the Apus constellation! The Southern…

9 years ago

What Causes Day and Night?

For most of here on planet Earth, sunrise, sunset, and the cycle of day and night (aka. the diurnal cycle)…

10 years ago

Bottoms Up! It’s a Year of Lunar Libration From Down Under

Do you live in the southern hemisphere? Are you tired of all those views of the Moon that favor celestial…

12 years ago

An Amazing Deep-Field View of Centaurus A

Sometimes, you just have to say “Wow!” The view you’re looking at above is of Centaurus A (NGC 5128), a…

12 years ago

Equator

[/caption] An equator is an imaginary line that runs around the surface of a planet, perpendicular to the sphere's axis…

14 years ago