Viewed from a planet at Earth's orbital distance around Alpha Centauri A, stellar companion B would provide more light than the full Moon does on Earth as its brightest
night sky object, but the additional light at a distance greater than Saturn's orbital distance in the Solar System would not be significant for the growth of Earth - type life.
Not exact matches
Just because that something is the second brightest
object in the
night sky and you've probably seen it just about every single
night of your entire life is no excuse for not saying something.
Just because that something is the second brightest
object in the
night sky and you've probably seen it just about every single
night of your entire life is no excuse...
Our instruments can only readily perceive
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The Moon is the most obvious celestial
object in the
night sky, of course, and a favorite for amateur astrophotographers.
UNTIL Simon Marius and Galileo Galilei discovered four of Jupiter's moons 400 years ago, the only known moon was a rather prominent
object in Earth's
night sky — one that is familiar even to today's light - blighted city dwellers.
The
night's three brightest
objects form a triangle low in the
sky just after sunset.
In terms of brilliance for size, Venus is by far the mostluminous
object in the
night sky, so bright it will no doubt inspire aflood of UFO sightings.
This will allow it to produce images of extended
objects in the
night sky such as giant cosmic clouds of gas and dust.
The moon is the most recognizable
object in the
night sky, yet for most people its movements remain a mystery.
And if you enjoy quests for
objects in the
night sky, after that you might jet to «My Life as a Comet Hunter,» where David H. Levy describes a «cosmic passion» that's lasted for the past 50 years.
Now a team from the University of California, Berkeley, has applied the formidable observing power of the Very Long Baseline Array of radio telescopes to one of the most familiar
objects in the
night sky: the Orion Nebula.
This is the
night sky as seen in gamma rays, radiation emitted by the most energetic
objects in the universe.
I mean, you know, he was 8 years old and, you know, in the prologue I invent this little encounter, you know, this little dialogue between him and his father reacting to this
object in the
night sky.
Faint
objects like galaxies and globular clusters are clear to the naked eye from here; the
night I visited, the
night sky was bright enough to read by, the Milky Way was lit up like a celestial highway and faint meteors continually peppered the heavens.
Why does the second - brightest
object in the
night sky get so little respect?
Today, Sirius can be seen almost worldwide as the brightest star in the
sky — excluding the sun — and the fourth brightest
night -
sky object after the moon, Venus and Jupiter.
If it succeeds, it will be a naked - eye
sky object day and
night.
«This mission has given us an opportunity to work together toward a better understanding of some of the most beautiful and enigmatic
objects in the
night sky, Saturn and its moons.»
Astrophotography is a specialized type of photography for recording images of astronomical
objects and large areas of the
night sky.
I am the owner of a fine homebuilt 13 - inches Dobson telescope to enjoy myself observing the marvelous celestial
objects disseminated in the warm summer
night skies.
Lowell started a program using a dedicated camera that would take images of the
sky night after
night; someone would then painstakingly compare the images to look for moving
objects.
I left Sagittarius and started observing
objects a little higher in the
night sky.
The bigger the telescope's aperture, the more light is collected and therefore the dimmer and more distant the
objects in the
night sky that can be imaged.
Going outside at
night at one of these observatories and seeing the eyes of giant telescopes staring up at the
sky, gathering in photons from distant
objects, is an extraordinary experience.
From anyplace on Earth, the clearest thing in the
night sky is usually the moon, Earth's only natural satellite and the nearest celestial
object (240,250 miles or 384,400 km away).
By the second
night, however, the
object had faded in brightness to 30 million times fainter than the limit of visibility with the naked eye in Earth's
night sky (Bhargavi et al, 2000).
William Herschel, who first observed the
object on August 6, 1780, believed the Great Andromeda Nebula to be the nearest of all the «great nebulae» in the
night sky.
Each disc's main menu runs with an ethereal montage of flying, floating
objects against a starry
night sky, while an excerpt of the gibberish choral end credits theme plays.
The results resemble abstract expressionist paintings and Platonic idealist visions of subjects ranging from
night skies to reflective glass
objects to the rooftops of Manhattan.
One
night, Lexi and Nathan saw an
object fall from the
sky and went to investigate.
8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Big Sur has ideal conditions for viewing with a telescope celestial
objects in the
night sky.
Attend one of the monthly star parties and view
objects in the
night sky through our telescopes, and bring your astronomy and astrophysics questions — we've got answers!
The monthly Star Party is an event hosted by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit in which we provide telescopes for the public to view
objects in the
night time
sky, as well as providing astronomy and astrophysics information to the general public.
No matter which length of day you choose; the day -
night cycle showcases a total contrast in
skies, lighting and even dynamic casting of shadows from structures,
objects and foliage as sunrise becomes mid-day, mid-day progresses into sunset and sunset transitions into midnight before looping back around again in what is a graphically authentic depiction of a day -
night cycle.
Her early
object paintings and interest in scientific imagery led to her drawings and prints of seas,
night skies and deserts, with their extraordinary surfaces and physical presence.
Allen Gilchrist, a local amateur astronomer, will be on hand with others pointing out
objects of interest in the
night sky and helping visitors use the telescopes that will be available.
The
object of her attention is a starry
night sky, an image that she has been painstakingly creating by applying paint, rethinking, sanding it off, and adding more.
Oh, sure, Venus and the moon and one or two other very bright
objects may peep through the bruise of the
night sky, but the full glory of heavens is lost to us in cities and towns because of light pollution.