The Solar System – Amateur Astronomers Association

Category: The Solar System

December’s Night Sky Notes: Spot the King of Planets

by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Jupiter is our solar system’s undisputed king of the planets! Jupiter is bright and easy

Kat Troche December 1, 2024

Happy 2024 – What year is it on other planets?

As we celebrate the new year (2024) on Earth, did you wonder what year it is on other planets? Let’s look at how many years

Antoine Faddoul January 1, 2024

The Total and Annular Solar Eclipse: A Celestial Feast

The annular eclipse of October 14, 2023 has led to magnificent, awe inspiring photographs by members of the Amateur Astronomers Association. Thankfully, the skies were

George Roush November 1, 2023

An Intense Solar Storm During the Vietnam War

The following item is based in large part on an article that appeared in Meteored Italy, written by Margherita Erriu on July 2, 2023. Excerpts

Lee Covino October 1, 2023

Our Tempestuous Sun: Part 3

ur Sun’s Invisible Magnetic Fields – Previously, we learned that the stirring and convection of ultra-heated plasma in our Sun’s inner layers – the solar

Alice Charles September 1, 2023

ASE 2023: The Anti-Total Solar Eclipse

AS we look forward to the Great North American Eclipse of 2024, I can’t help being struck by the similarities of another solar eclipse that

Tom Haeberle August 1, 2023

Our Tempestuous Sun, Part 2.

Our tempermental and stormy sun, forged from a violent birth, is an electrically charged ball of gas, called plasma, with three inner and outer layers.

Alice Charles August 1, 2023

Our Tempestuous Sun

How Did Our Sun Form and What Is It Made Of? Earth’s Sun had a violent birth. It formed from a solar nebula – a

Alice Charles July 1, 2023

The Saros and the Solar Eclipse

In the space odyssey and forgotten sequel film, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, our lost astronaut, Dave Bowman, now an incorporeal being, re-appears on

Tom Haeberle July 1, 2023

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