The Geminids (in December) and the Perseids (in August) are the two best meteo shower display every year. Since we are in December, it’s the Geminids that i’m going to talk about.
Meteor shower???
In simple terms, on the 13th and 14th of December, we are supposed to see lots of shooting stars - up to 100 [...]
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Posted in Astronomy, Mauritius on June 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Some time back I posted an article on astronomy and I received some interesting response from it (better than I expected; so why not continue).
The birth of Venus by Boticelli
Looking North-West these days at around 7 p.m. you can’t fail to notice a bright “star” somewhere above the horizon, it’s so bright that you [...]
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Posted in Astronomy, Mauritius on March 20, 2007 | 12 Comments »
This week, it’s Sports week at uni and so I have some time for me. So what I’d like to talk about is some basic astronomy for Mauritius.
In Mauritius, we are lucky to have a beautiful night sky. Nearly every night, we can see Orion - the hunter - accompanied by his dog [...]
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