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Everything You Need to Know About the Milky Way
Posted on September 14, 2012 | 13 Comments, -
![Spacecraft with a lenticular design (that is, shaped like a biconvex lens) were actively studied by NASA and US industry in the late 1950s and early тАШ60s. A craft of […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Image-of-X-20-and-Lenticular-spacecraft-115x115.jpg "Flying Saucers From NASA")
Flying Saucers From NASA
Posted on September 10, 2012 | No CommentsSpacecraft with a lenticular design (that is, shaped like a biconvex lens) were actively studied by NASA and US industry in the late 1950s and early тАШ60s. A craft of […] -
![I was visiting the Tall Ships event in Dublin recently when I noticed something strange in the light blue daytime sky!€а Overlooking the River Liffey I could see something that […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Moon-Daytime-115x115.jpg "The Moon in the Daytime")
The Moon in the Daytime
Posted on September 7, 2012 | 7 CommentsI was visiting the Tall Ships event in Dublin recently when I noticed something strange in the light blue daytime sky!€а Overlooking the River Liffey I could see something that […] -
![So summer is officially over so goodbye to the long bright evenings and short warm nights and hello to autumn with its optimal night sky viewing with the longer nights.Everything […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Image-of-Galilean-Moons-115x115.jpg "Wonders of the September Sky 2012")
Wonders of the September Sky 2012
Posted on August 31, 2012 | No CommentsSo summer is officially over so goodbye to the long bright evenings and short warm nights and hello to autumn with its optimal night sky viewing with the longer nights.Everything […] -
![Radio astronomy is the study of the radio frequencies emitted from stars, galaxies and other celestial objects. Radio waves are produced naturally from lightning and astronomical objects, or are produced […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Image-of-Karl_Jansky_radio_telescope-115x115.jpg "Karl Jansky: The Father of Radio Astronomy")
Karl Jansky: The Father of Radio Astronomy
Posted on August 29, 2012 | 3 CommentsRadio astronomy is the study of the radio frequencies emitted from stars, galaxies and other celestial objects. Radio waves are produced naturally from lightning and astronomical objects, or are produced […] -
![Neil Armstrong was born in 1930 in Ohio and died in 2012 in Ohio. Between those two dates he became immortal on the Moon. Think about it, as long as […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/image-of-Armstrong-in-Gemini-spacesuit-115x115.jpg "Neil Armstrong R.I.P.")
Neil Armstrong R.I.P.
Posted on August 25, 2012 | 4 CommentsNeil Armstrong was born in 1930 in Ohio and died in 2012 in Ohio. Between those two dates he became immortal on the Moon. Think about it, as long as […] -
![Once, about four billion years ago, an asteroid about a kilometre and a half across fell on our Moon.It fell unwitnessed by the brooding, lifeless Earth which loomed large in […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/image-of-lindsay-crater-115x115.png "A Piece of Armagh on the Moon: Image of the Month")
A Piece of Armagh on the Moon: Image of the Month
Posted on August 23, 2012 | 2 CommentsOnce, about four billion years ago, an asteroid about a kilometre and a half across fell on our Moon.It fell unwitnessed by the brooding, lifeless Earth which loomed large in […] -
![Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is vaster than we puny humans can imagine.A huge (100 000 light years across) spiral of stars and nebulae embedded in the tenuous interstellar medium […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Map-of-MilkyWay-115x115.jpg "Finding Your Way in the Milky Way")
Finding Your Way in the Milky Way
Posted on August 21, 2012 | 2 CommentsOur galaxy, the Milky Way, is vaster than we puny humans can imagine.A huge (100 000 light years across) spiral of stars and nebulae embedded in the tenuous interstellar medium […]