The evening of July 27 until the early morning of July 28, 2018, will be a wonderful night for selenophiles and planet gazers as two interesting astronomical phenomena will occur simultaneously which were something to look up to, the Total Lunar Eclipse and the Opposition of Mars. Let us know what to expect during these celestial events. read more
Regardless of the season, whether it is the scorching hot summer or chilly winter, Al Sadeem Observatory regularly observes the Sun in monitoring daily changes in sunspot morphology which corresponds to its dynamic activity with additional information about solar flares from the NOAA-Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), and Solar Influences Data Center (SIDC). Here is our 1st annual sunspot monitoring report from Al Sadeem Astronomy (ASA) Observatory. read more
Vesta, a minor-planet designated as 4 Vesta – is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt with a diameter of 525 kilometres (326 mi).
It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta the virgin goddess of home and hearth from Roman mythology.
Vesta is the second-most-massive and second-largest body in the asteroid belt next to the dwart planet Ceres and it contributes an estimated 9% of the mass of the asteroid belt It is slightly larger than Pallas, though significantly more massive.
The summer season in the UAE has just started. It will be unpleasantly hot during the day but is expected to have more clear skies at night. Wondering what’s going to be up at the sky for the new month? The following is a list of astronomical events for July 2018. All dates and times were given in UAE Local Time.
Messier 11 or the Wild Duck Cluster, Catalogue as NGC 6705 is an open cluster in the constellation Scutum (the shield). Discovered by a German Astronomer Gottfried Kirch in 1681 at Berlin Observatory. The cluster was appeared as nothing more than a fuzzy blob through the telescope. It wasn’t until 1733 that the blob was first resolved into separate stars by the Reverend Willian Derham of England and Chales Messier included it in his catalogue in 1764.
The very hot summer season in the UAE is indeed approaching. Wondering what’s going to be up at the sky for the new month? The following is a list of astronomical events for June 2018. All dates and times were given in UAE Local Time. read more
Here are the final stacked and post-processed images (different color edits) of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex by Al Sadeem Astronomy Observatory’s owner/co-founder Thabet Al Qaissieh taken on the clear evening of May 20, 2018 using the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with Samyang 135mm lens mounted on IOptron sky tracker mount. read more
Here is the final stacked and post-processed image of Messier 107 taken by Al Sadeem Astronomy’s resident astronomer Aldrin B. Gabuya last May 21, 2018, using the observatory’s Meade LX850 16-inch SCT mounted on Skywatcher EQ8 pro and SBIG STT-8300MM CCD camera. read more
Here is the final stacked and post-processed image of Messier 16 (Eagle Nebula) using Vixen ED115S mounted on Skywatcher EQ6 Pro mount, and ZWO1600MC-cool camera taken last May 19-20, 2018 from Al Sadeem Observatory by resident astronomer Aldrin B. Gabuya. read more