[nggallery id=3] Seven o’clock in the morning, Saturday 6th April, and we were on the road headed for Bela Bela and the Forever Warmbaths Resort, Limpopo’s version of a mini-Durban in our land-locked Province. This was our second IAU/OAD event for Limpopo Astronomy and the Soutpansberg Astronomy Club. After a truly cold front passing […]
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[nggallery id=7] Friday 29th March dawned with an auspicious start to the first 2013 Public Astronomy Outreach for Limpopo Astronomy and the Soutpansberg Club with overcast conditions and a light drizzle in Makhado (Louis Trichardt). One hundred kilometers south, at The Mall of the North in Polokwane, there was no rain, but the sky […]
This morning, the close flyby of Asteroid 2012 DA 14 was reported on the Expresso show.
Listen Amelia Ortiz-Gil and Thilina Heenatigala talk about their project at the Google+ Hangout “A Touch of the Universe”, hosted by CosmoQuest:
“I know you love astronomy, or else you wouldn’t be reading this blog. But what is there that can rival with the beauty of the night sky? In my personal opinion, something as wonderful and mesmerizing as that dark tapestry of stars is the smile and glow in the face of a child who has […]